Patrick Hearn
@patrickhearn.bsky.social
Love-thy-neighbor Christian, not the take-away-rights kind. Husband. Tech journalist. Novelist. Father to three fluffy felines. Author of cozy reads under Shawn Wyatt. Bylines at Digital Trends, Android Police, XDA, and more.
Who lives on a sky bison high in the air? Aang-bob Square-box!
Had to order this special.
December 4, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Who lives on a sky bison high in the air? Aang-bob Square-box!
Someone is seven weeks old today!
November 5, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Someone is seven weeks old today!
fit check for my napalm era
November 4, 2025 at 7:18 PM
fit check for my napalm era
I have never wanted four arms more than since I've become a dad. Changing a diaper would be so much easier if I could hold those wiggly little legs in place while I clean things up.
October 16, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I have never wanted four arms more than since I've become a dad. Changing a diaper would be so much easier if I could hold those wiggly little legs in place while I clean things up.
I have had no time to play any games lately, and I do miss it. But I miss sleeping more. I knew parenthood would mean being tired, but y’all. This is on another level.
October 1, 2025 at 7:59 PM
I have had no time to play any games lately, and I do miss it. But I miss sleeping more. I knew parenthood would mean being tired, but y’all. This is on another level.
So, uh…I’m a dad.
The little guy decided to show up before his due date (but only by a couple of weeks!) and both he and his mom are doing great.
The little guy decided to show up before his due date (but only by a couple of weeks!) and both he and his mom are doing great.
September 18, 2025 at 1:41 PM
So, uh…I’m a dad.
The little guy decided to show up before his due date (but only by a couple of weeks!) and both he and his mom are doing great.
The little guy decided to show up before his due date (but only by a couple of weeks!) and both he and his mom are doing great.
Well, I have plenty to keep me busy for at least a week!
September 16, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Well, I have plenty to keep me busy for at least a week!
I have never been so terrified of Ditto.
September 12, 2025 at 1:49 PM
I have never been so terrified of Ditto.
Really? Tomodachi Life couldn’t do better than early-2000s Mac voiceovers?
September 12, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Really? Tomodachi Life couldn’t do better than early-2000s Mac voiceovers?
Nintendo's next announcement: "You can now play as Luigi....Mangione!"
September 12, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Nintendo's next announcement: "You can now play as Luigi....Mangione!"
Okay, those are some cool Amiibo.
September 12, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Okay, those are some cool Amiibo.
Finally. I finally defeated the Heart in Slay the Spire.
It was only Ascension 1, but still. Hundreds of hours and I clawed victory out of that miserable thing.
It was only Ascension 1, but still. Hundreds of hours and I clawed victory out of that miserable thing.
September 11, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Finally. I finally defeated the Heart in Slay the Spire.
It was only Ascension 1, but still. Hundreds of hours and I clawed victory out of that miserable thing.
It was only Ascension 1, but still. Hundreds of hours and I clawed victory out of that miserable thing.
With all the hype around Silksong, I noticed something it missed the mark on.
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Making Silksong easier is great, but it doesn’t solve its biggest issue
Team Cherry announced a patch that will scale back Silksong's difficulty, but the game is still missing something.
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September 9, 2025 at 10:20 PM
With all the hype around Silksong, I noticed something it missed the mark on.
www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/makin...
www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/makin...
Conservative country? Oh, you mean KKK-pop?
September 7, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Conservative country? Oh, you mean KKK-pop?
I don’t have a cat. I have a parrot.
August 28, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I don’t have a cat. I have a parrot.
I've been on a deckbuilding binge lately, and Slay the Spire has basically consumed my life. I wrote a little piece on why it's a great game, but how the next one could be even better: www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/slay-...
Slay the Spire was nearly flawless, but its sequel could be my perfect game
Slay the Spire created an obsession. Its sequel has the chance to be one of my favorite games of all time.
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August 28, 2025 at 1:09 PM
I've been on a deckbuilding binge lately, and Slay the Spire has basically consumed my life. I wrote a little piece on why it's a great game, but how the next one could be even better: www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/slay-...
Loki says good morning.
August 25, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Loki says good morning.
I don’t want AI to automate art so I spend more time on household chores.
I want AI to automate chores so I can spend more time on art.
I want AI to automate chores so I can spend more time on art.
August 22, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I don’t want AI to automate art so I spend more time on household chores.
I want AI to automate chores so I can spend more time on art.
I want AI to automate chores so I can spend more time on art.
Someone had to get shaved, and now he’s clinging to me for warmth. He looks more like an uncooked chicken than a cat.
August 17, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Someone had to get shaved, and now he’s clinging to me for warmth. He looks more like an uncooked chicken than a cat.
I love seeing the growth in Obsidian’s user base. A lot of the digital gardens being created now remind me of the early days of the internet, which every carving out their own piece of the web.
August 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I love seeing the growth in Obsidian’s user base. A lot of the digital gardens being created now remind me of the early days of the internet, which every carving out their own piece of the web.
"Even as the merchants of silicon and code try to render us disembodied intellects caged behind screens, something in our animal body knows where we came from." A wonderful piece from @mariapopova.bsky.social on happiness and how it's hardcoded into us: www.themarginalian.org/2025/07/31/w...
How to Be a Happier Creature
It must be encoded there, in the childhood memories of our synapses and our cells — how we came out of the ocean 35 trillion yesterdays ago, small and slippery, gills trembling with the shock…
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August 12, 2025 at 12:40 PM
"Even as the merchants of silicon and code try to render us disembodied intellects caged behind screens, something in our animal body knows where we came from." A wonderful piece from @mariapopova.bsky.social on happiness and how it's hardcoded into us: www.themarginalian.org/2025/07/31/w...
Man, I've been on the iOS and macOS platform for years, but Tim Cook presenting Trump with a participation trophy really sours me on continuing to use it. Can we just have one product I don't have to feel conflicted about using? I'm fucking tired.
August 11, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Man, I've been on the iOS and macOS platform for years, but Tim Cook presenting Trump with a participation trophy really sours me on continuing to use it. Can we just have one product I don't have to feel conflicted about using? I'm fucking tired.
The developer announcing Ballpit, sitting calmly with a fruit on his head like it's absolutely normal, has me cracking up. That's how I know I'm sleep deprived.
August 7, 2025 at 1:10 PM
The developer announcing Ballpit, sitting calmly with a fruit on his head like it's absolutely normal, has me cracking up. That's how I know I'm sleep deprived.
These Nintendo indie directs are always so campy. I love it.
August 7, 2025 at 1:05 PM
These Nintendo indie directs are always so campy. I love it.
This is all.
a cat is sitting in front of a laptop computer on a table .
ALT: a cat is sitting in front of a laptop computer on a table .
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August 6, 2025 at 2:11 PM
This is all.