Sebastian Lenton
@sebastianlenton.bsky.social
Freelance web developer, music lover, games nerd. Birmingham, UK. He/him
Playing through Metroid Prime 4, and enjoying it despite its faults. I do think Retro Studios deserve commendation for shipping a locked 60FPS game of this scale on Switch 1. It’s absolutely smooth as butter and looks awesome. On a technological level they should be proud of what they’ve pulled off.
December 26, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Playing through Metroid Prime 4, and enjoying it despite its faults. I do think Retro Studios deserve commendation for shipping a locked 60FPS game of this scale on Switch 1. It’s absolutely smooth as butter and looks awesome. On a technological level they should be proud of what they’ve pulled off.
This is a big shame. Steven Drozd is a huge talent and more or less the architect of the Flaming Lips sound over the past 30 years or so. Will be interesting to see what both parties do next.
December 18, 2025 at 4:04 PM
This is a big shame. Steven Drozd is a huge talent and more or less the architect of the Flaming Lips sound over the past 30 years or so. Will be interesting to see what both parties do next.
Nintendo ought to hire DF to make their trailers… Metroid Prime 4 looks incredible in this footage, far better than in any of the material Nintendo themselves have put out.
Metroid Prime 4 on Nintendo Switch 2 - the Digital Foundry video review. Simply superb: youtu.be/uhVJ_P6dzFg
December 2, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Nintendo ought to hire DF to make their trailers… Metroid Prime 4 looks incredible in this footage, far better than in any of the material Nintendo themselves have put out.
Great test! I’d love to see how the various video generators handle it 😅
My usual experiment to find out how bad LLMs are at technical instructions (wiring a UK plug) as applied to grok. It's just as bad as any other LLM out there:
November 26, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Great test! I’d love to see how the various video generators handle it 😅
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November 21, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Messing around with Gemini 3 again, generated a Pac-man style game... there's a slight problem with this.
November 18, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Messing around with Gemini 3 again, generated a Pac-man style game... there's a slight problem with this.
I told Gemini 3 Pro to "use web technologies to develop a working Kit-kat clock" and here's what it came up with. I've asked other AIs to do this before and this is definitely the best one yet, but it's still far from what a decent human dev would produce. This is after one prompt...
November 18, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I told Gemini 3 Pro to "use web technologies to develop a working Kit-kat clock" and here's what it came up with. I've asked other AIs to do this before and this is definitely the best one yet, but it's still far from what a decent human dev would produce. This is after one prompt...
My mate gave me his old Retroid Pocket. Need to buy a micro SD card…
November 10, 2025 at 7:37 PM
My mate gave me his old Retroid Pocket. Need to buy a micro SD card…
If I had a client testimonials section, "bandwidth efficiency is your love language" would definitely be on it 😀
October 9, 2025 at 11:48 AM
If I had a client testimonials section, "bandwidth efficiency is your love language" would definitely be on it 😀
TIL when setting the theme-color meta tag, there are a few colours that Safari doesn't support: web.archive.org/web/20220315...
This means that anyone who sets it to bright red (#f00) as a test or placeholder, like I just did, will probably think it doesn't work...
This means that anyone who sets it to bright red (#f00) as a test or placeholder, like I just did, will probably think it doesn't work...
Eric Eggert on Twitter
“@mmatuzo @jensimmons This is because of the obscuring of the traffic light buttons. It is well explained in the WWDC presentation, I think. https://t.co/bbmuriIV8M”
web.archive.org
September 24, 2025 at 12:28 PM
TIL when setting the theme-color meta tag, there are a few colours that Safari doesn't support: web.archive.org/web/20220315...
This means that anyone who sets it to bright red (#f00) as a test or placeholder, like I just did, will probably think it doesn't work...
This means that anyone who sets it to bright red (#f00) as a test or placeholder, like I just did, will probably think it doesn't work...
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Limp Bizkit themed Quake mapset (2021)
September 24, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Limp Bizkit themed Quake mapset (2021)
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The Press Conference:
May 8, 2025 at 5:27 PM
The Press Conference:
Vaguely remember this band 😅
Under the thinly-veiled guise of a tribute to Robert Redford, I've instead reminisced about my early dalliances with the big business end of the music industry, and shared an old unreleased remix from around 20 years ago rentparty.substack.com/p/chapter-32...
Chapter 32: Roberts In Disguise
In which I dig out another unreleased remix, and contemplate my lack of Robert Redfordness.
rentparty.substack.com
September 22, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Vaguely remember this band 😅
September 12, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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"I would say Musk is like a Deus Ex villain, except that the franchise doesn't have any villains as whiny and self-servingly delusional as he's shown himself to be." www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/de...
Deus Ex's influence on Elon Musk 'may be its longest, worst legacy,' says its writer
The world's wealthiest man just doesn't get it.
www.pcgamer.com
September 6, 2025 at 1:50 PM
"I would say Musk is like a Deus Ex villain, except that the franchise doesn't have any villains as whiny and self-servingly delusional as he's shown himself to be." www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/de...
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Timeline cleanse here is one of our alley cats coming in for a happy hour tuna-rita (1oz tuna water, 3oz water)
September 5, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Timeline cleanse here is one of our alley cats coming in for a happy hour tuna-rita (1oz tuna water, 3oz water)
This will rob us of our shared experiences and cultural connections. Eg anyone who grew up in the 90s can connect about listening to Nirvana, Oasis etc regardless of who they are or whether they actually get on as people. Those who grow up with this personalised tech will never have that connection.
"In the future, when someone wants to play a video game or listen to a song, AI will generate brand new media for them, tailored to their exact interests."
Does this actually appeal to you? Like, would you want to listen to a song that is essentially a random composite of all your favourite songs?
Does this actually appeal to you? Like, would you want to listen to a song that is essentially a random composite of all your favourite songs?
August 29, 2025 at 11:04 PM
This will rob us of our shared experiences and cultural connections. Eg anyone who grew up in the 90s can connect about listening to Nirvana, Oasis etc regardless of who they are or whether they actually get on as people. Those who grow up with this personalised tech will never have that connection.
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Hackney wildlife is insane!
May 23, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Hackney wildlife is insane!
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Share if you agree! 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
June 8, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Share if you agree! 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
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Recreating the Nintendo Switch Homescreen scroll UX
- 90% done with CSS
- a li'l JS for sounds, vibrations n' taps
nerdy.dev/nintendo-swi...
- 90% done with CSS
- a li'l JS for sounds, vibrations n' taps
nerdy.dev/nintendo-swi...
June 13, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Recreating the Nintendo Switch Homescreen scroll UX
- 90% done with CSS
- a li'l JS for sounds, vibrations n' taps
nerdy.dev/nintendo-swi...
- 90% done with CSS
- a li'l JS for sounds, vibrations n' taps
nerdy.dev/nintendo-swi...
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I told you we’d be back
June 12, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I told you we’d be back
Completed Xenoblade Chronicles X, after a mere 145 hours of play. A veritable spring breeze of a game.
Loved my time on Mira, shame it’s probably unlikely we’ll get a direct sequel. 🦞
Loved my time on Mira, shame it’s probably unlikely we’ll get a direct sequel. 🦞
June 7, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Completed Xenoblade Chronicles X, after a mere 145 hours of play. A veritable spring breeze of a game.
Loved my time on Mira, shame it’s probably unlikely we’ll get a direct sequel. 🦞
Loved my time on Mira, shame it’s probably unlikely we’ll get a direct sequel. 🦞