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John Linneman

@dark1x.bsky.social

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Video Editor + Senior Staff Writer for Digital Foundry and creator of DF Retro! Open to contract work!　日本語ＯＫ

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John Linneman @dark1x.bsky.social · 11h

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John Linneman @dark1x.bsky.social · 18h

Jake...mate...you own pretty much the entire MD library lol. Playing these games on Switch kinda sucks in comparison - laggy and less attractive. :D

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John Linneman @dark1x.bsky.social · 23h

Bruh

youtu.be/mRvw04OA1i0?...

DF Retro: Bubsy - The Ultimate Mascot Platformer?!

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John Linneman @dark1x.bsky.social · 23h

Bubsy II is most assuredly not fine. The original Bubsy absolutely is a solid little game but Bubsy II is a horrendous train wreck made by different devs. The Jag game is also horrible. 😅

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John Linneman @dark1x.bsky.social · 23h

Oh shit, me too! Glad I’m not the only one that remembers the classics.

John Linneman @dark1x.bsky.social · 3d

Hmmm…an intriguing idea

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John Linneman @dark1x.bsky.social · 3d

Man, would have been cool to see a bunch of these games remade for DSi

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John Linneman @dark1x.bsky.social · 3d

Debatable lol

Towerfall was very ok on Ouya!

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John Linneman @dark1x.bsky.social · 3d

It’s an interesting era on paper but in terms of actual playability it was pretty lousy. Extremely low performance and poor controls really held it back. Even OG Game Boy games are significantly smoother. I always wished these talents had been paired with different hardware.

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John Linneman @dark1x.bsky.social · 6d

All of the above IMO + the focus on anamorphic widescreen which stretches pixels and worsens image quality.

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John Linneman @dark1x.bsky.social · 6d

lex, no

John Linneman @dark1x.bsky.social · 7d

Nice gets, lex!

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John Linneman @dark1x.bsky.social · 8d

Yep, I've been feeling this way for years. It just didn't seem sustainable and, well, it seems like it was not. :(

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John Linneman @dark1x.bsky.social · 8d

I’m sure we’ll talk about it on DF Direct but it’s kind of an “I told you so” reaction from me. 😅

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John Linneman @dark1x.bsky.social · 9d

Whoa. Interesting find in the patch notes. Curious to test this myself. Wonder if it’s just a coincidence or they saw video and tackled it? 😅

vdgg.bsky.social @vdgg.bsky.social · 9d

Nice to see devs taking feedback from reviews to heart.

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John Linneman @dark1x.bsky.social · 10d

I had the pleasure of joining him for karaoke this week and it was the best thing. ❤️

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John Linneman @dark1x.bsky.social · 10d

Who wants an Ear Swirkle?

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John Linneman @dark1x.bsky.social · 11d

Well dang, you’re right

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John Linneman @dark1x.bsky.social · 12d

Not perfect but enough to get the gist. Though it keeps calling my Joe instead of John lol

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John Linneman @dark1x.bsky.social · 12d

If you wanna check this out, YouTube added auto-generated subtitles now! Good to know that they appear after a while.

John Linneman @dark1x.bsky.social · 13d

I’ll be joining Mitsuyoshi san live on YouTube to talk about TGS and more!

#segasoundstreet

youtube.com/live/JkT3AAy...

SEGA SOUND STREET on YouTube Vol. 54

YouTube video by SEGA SOUND TEAM YouTube Channel

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John Linneman @dark1x.bsky.social · 12d

Well heck, finally! Great to see a top tier HDR implementation as it’s become increasingly rare.

GamingTech @gamingtech.bsky.social · 12d

A Perfect HDR Game - Dying Light: The Beast - Best HDR Settings - Best HDR Game 2025?
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A Perfect HDR Game - Dying Light: The Beast - Best HDR Settings - Best HDR Game 2025?

YouTube video by GamingTech

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John Linneman @dark1x.bsky.social · 12d

Right? Who made them? Why are they showing up in such random spots? Very curious.

John Linneman @dark1x.bsky.social · 13d

How about some photos?

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John Linneman @dark1x.bsky.social · 13d

Oh shoot. I should have gone there. That’s amazing.

John Linneman @dark1x.bsky.social · 13d

I’ll be joining Mitsuyoshi san live on YouTube to talk about TGS and more!

#segasoundstreet

youtube.com/live/JkT3AAy...

SEGA SOUND STREET on YouTube Vol. 54

YouTube video by SEGA SOUND TEAM YouTube Channel

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