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@jeffdunn.bsky.social

senior reporter @engadget.com. formerly ars technica, business insider. writing the occasional weirdo game review at jeffreviewsgames.wordpress.com.

334 Followers  |  132 Following  |  66 Posts  |  Joined: 22.08.2023  |  1.7232

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well i guess we deserved one of these after the 20 years of being annoying. probably the worst offensive SB performance i've ever seen. at least Seattle is a likable team, congrats to Seahawks fans.

09.02.2026 02:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

right! closer to QA than anything

28.01.2026 02:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

obviously don't abuse but if you think a game sucks, you should say it sucks! "appreciation" is the enemy of criticism

28.01.2026 02:38 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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this is a bad reviewer, actually

28.01.2026 02:36 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

how do i reconcile liking that Geese album with the fact that i live in actual Long Island City and genuinely enjoy it here

24.01.2026 04:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Work-related note: I am on paternity leave for the next two months. I’ll be back at Engadget starting March 2.

02.01.2026 13:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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using grok to do an epic vulgar roast of all my friends

26.11.2025 03:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

it's with mixed emotions that i can confirm nursing pillows make for great lap desks

09.09.2025 20:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

truly cannot express how funny it is that people spent a couple years torching their life savings on shitty drawings of apes. just the worst monkey pics you've ever seen. how could anyone have expected things to get better for us after that

22.08.2025 02:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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as an american who recently had a kid, the only attainable goal i have left in life is, of course, to finish in the top 10k in Fantasy Premier League. it's year 11 for me, previous best rank is 22k, last year was 76k (which was enough for top 1%). here's my team to start the year:

15.08.2025 14:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The best Nintendo Switch 2 games for 2025 Load up your new console with excellent games for all kinds of players.

waxed poetic about FAST FUSION for our new list of Switch 2 game recs www.engadget.com/gaming/ninte...

12.08.2025 14:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

my 1-month old has only shit on our wall three times thus far and tbh i think those are pretty good defensive numbers on my part

24.07.2025 22:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

tired: sleep while your baby sleeps
wired: run anaglyph deck at 2:30am while your infant keeps you up all night

18.07.2025 00:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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he’s only gone and done it lads

18.07.2025 00:03 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

microsoft branding a studio as "AAAA" only to have it spend 7 years building a game that doesn't ship before it cans the whole staff seems like the perfect microcosm for the video game industry in 2025

02.07.2025 18:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

also yet another reminder that Final Fantasy 13 came out at the wrong time, since that one also had 20 hours of plot wheel-spinning and aggressively linear "world" design. but it didn't bring it all home the way this one does (and its dopamine hits weren't as fine-tuned)

16.06.2025 12:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

was pretty set on a 4 or 5/10 here but that third act really is pretty bold. turned the whole thing around for me

16.06.2025 12:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

i moved from boston to new york about a decade ago, and the only persistent belief i've held about this city over that time is that knicks fans deserve every ounce of torment that ever befalls them

22.05.2025 03:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Euro Truck Simulator 2 (PC) It’s 1:30 in the morning, and I can’t sleep. I’m streaming XS Manchester, soon to die, from 3,300 miles away. β€œHand in My Pocket” plays after a Tesco ad. The monitor g…

here is a 100-word review / some bad poetry on the reflective qualities of EURO TRUCK SIMULATOR 2 jeffreviewsgames.wordpress.com/2025/05/10/e...

10.05.2025 16:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

i'm liking CLAIR OBSCUR: EXPEDITION 33, but the "we have Moogles at home" and "we have 'Aerith dies' at home" energy is undeniable

09.05.2025 17:22 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Backbone Pro hands-on: A pricey controller for more than just your phone The Backbone One is one of the more popular smartphone gamepads on the market, but its follow-up wants to meet gamers across devices.

here's my write-up of the new Backbone Pro controller. i like it! a clear upgrade over the original. it'll be a great gift. but $170 for a mobile gamepad is always gonna be a tough sell, especially now: www.engadget.com/gaming/backb...

06.05.2025 13:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Reflections on the Nintendo Switch, the hybrid console that changed gaming Before the Nintendo Switch 2 arrives next month, we took some time to reflect on the many ways the original Switch has stood out to us.

herded up a little (early) group retrospective on the Nintendo Switch ahead of the Switch 2's release (mainly so i could have a new excuse to blab about Gunpei Yokoi on the site) www.engadget.com/gaming/ninte...

05.05.2025 19:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Polygon Sold To Valnet And Hit With Mass Layoffs One of the biggest gaming sites around was just blown up

games media has been in a slow-motion extinction event for years but it's no less terrible when the wrecking ball hits. best wishes to everyone affected, shocking amount of talent to just discard. always have a soft spot for polygon, helped me start out back in 2012 kotaku.com/polygon-sold...

01.05.2025 15:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

walmart charged and cancelled on me four times, leading my bank to lock my debit card. best buy kicked me out of eight 90-min queues without giving me a chance to order. then, at 1:40am, i (tentatively) got the new nintendo thing. i'm 34 and having a kid in two months. what am i doing with my life

24.04.2025 06:26 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Engadget's favorite videos from 20 years of YouTube The first video was uploaded to YouTube 20 years ago today.

some real gems in this one www.engadget.com/entertainmen...

23.04.2025 16:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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wrote a little review of LONELY MOUNTAINS: SNOW RIDERS, one of my favorite games of 2025 so far, for our running best Xbox games post: www.engadget.com/gaming/xbox/...

14.04.2025 16:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Nintendo Switch 2 promises major storage upgrades, but it'll cost you The Nintendo Switch 2 is one of the first mainstream devices to embrace super-fast microSD Express cards, but the move might bring some growing pains to start.

put together an explainer on the Switch 2 + microSD Express situation. i've tested the one (1!) card that was available to purchase prior to Wednesday, and it is indeed a major leap forward. but be ready to pay for it, at least to start. file sizes will be key: www.engadget.com/gaming/ninte...

03.04.2025 14:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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iPad (2025) with A16 review: No Apple Intelligence, no problem Apple’s latest entry-level tablet isn't very exciting, but it still meets most iPad users where they live.

here's my review of the new iPad, in which (1) "no Apple Intelligence" is both a pro and a con, (2) i spend a paragraph talking about Infinity Nikki, (3) i continue my crusade against non-laminated displays and (4) there's a photo of a very good dog: www.engadget.com/mobile/table...

26.03.2025 16:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

covering tech at the start of my career: "lol...touchwiz"

covering tech today: "the richest man on earth is trying to put my mother out of a job"

25.03.2025 03:58 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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asked that Apple Intelligence Genmoji thing to make me an emoji of "the word 'true'". that was the whole prompt

it came back with this masterpiece

think i'm coming around on generative AI

22.03.2025 12:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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