James Bareham

I've beaten Armored Core four times. I adore it. Which says something about me, I guess

Instead of doomscrolling I started my Friday morning pruning my cherry tree in the rain

You make a good point. But my love for FromSoftware games comes more from the exploration, world-building, strategy, and art design. Yes, NightReign has some of that, but I find "Groundhog Day" mechanics deeply annoying—if I have to fight those spiders one more time, I'm going to lose my mind!

The Higgs guitar and Ghost Mech scene in DS2 is fucking bonkers and I absolutely love it

I adore FromSoft games. So it's with a heavy heart that I've been forced to admit to myself that I think Nightreign is boring and bad. It's like everything great about Elden Ring, but repetitive and annoying.

China summons Nvidia over ‘serious security issues’ with chips Meeting comes as US semiconductor giant seeks to revive sales in the country

Just ONE day after publishing this essay on how Isaac Asimov foresaw the dangers of the technology 'off switch', Chinese cyber regulators claimed that "Nvidia’s computing chips have location tracking and can remotely shut down the technology" www.ft.com/content/e490...

Illustration: A sculpture of a man's face suspended within transparent, layered rectangles, set against a cosmic background of brightly colored stars and galaxies. The word 'FOUNDATION' within an ornate design is centered across the image on a dark background.

Illustration: A sculpture of a man's face suspended within transparent, layered rectangles, set against a cosmic background of brightly colored stars and galaxies on a dark background.

Illustration: Transparent, layered rectangles, set against a cosmic background of brightly colored stars and galaxies on a dark background.

Illustration: The word 'FOUNDATION' within an ornate design centered across a dark background.

Lead and inline artwork created (by me) for my essay on mbh4h.substack.com, 'Reading Foundation for the very first time in 2025' (incorporating an infrared photo of the universe from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope)

Massive thanks to @ohnorosco.bsky.social for his edits and especially his editor's note, which proved eerily apt

Reading Foundation for the very first time in 2025 Isaac Asimov’s seminal sci-fi novel is remarkably prescient when it comes to the dominant power of technology, especially who wields it and who can turn it off.

I’ve just read Isaac Asimov’s Foundation for the first time. I've known how many in Silicon Valley venerate its lore, but I hadn't realized that Asimov eerily foresaw how a few powerful players could literally shape human history by simply using the 'off switch.' mbh4h.substack.com/p/foundation...

Game Boy™ 72046 | LEGO® Super Mario™ | Buy online at the Official LEGO® Shop US Nintendo® themed collectible building set for adults

if I didn’t already have an original Game Boy sitting on my shelf, I’d buy this in a heartbeat www.lego.com/en-us/produc...

I’ve been playing DS2 on a regular PS5 and 65” OLED. I literally gasped when I saw this and the entire scene is utterly extraordinary. This game is so damn creative

screenshot of WIRED digital package page with brightly colored surrealist art on the right

@wired.com art on this package header is *chef's kiss* (sharing a screenshot because the link doesn't use this specific graphic) www.wired.com/story/a-new-...

Black Sabbath's Ozzy Osbourne dies aged 76, his family announces A statement from his family says Osbourne was with them and

Ozzy RIP www.bbc.com/news/live/cn...

Google solves its Pixel 10 leaks by just showing us the phone There’s that third camera.

The design of the new Pixel 10 has an iPhone 5s vibe with a big ass camera and is seriously my shit www.theverge.com/news/711033/...

How to make video games funny And a hilarious memoir about growing up as a gamer

Games are funnier than ever before. But “comedy” games barely exist. I found out why.

An Assassin's Creed glitch means a face without a face

How do you make a video game funny?

Late-night comedy writer @mikedrucker.bsky.social and Tactical Breach Wizards director @pentadact.com stop by Post Games to help us find some answers!

www.patreon.com/posts/how-to...

I'm looking forward the 'You Dried' popup store roadshow

I love Jon's tweets in the same way I love Jackson Pollock's paintings. No idea what this means. Totally don't care

You're going to love it. Apart from being a fun game, the art is gorgeous

Andor finishes what Rogue One Started Andor's season 2 finale made it abundantly clear that Rogue One is the best Star Wars movie. No lightsabers necessary.

Just give Andor all the Emmys and let's be done with it mbh4h.substack.com/p/andor-seas...

I Tried Grok's Built-In Anime Companion and It Called Me a Twat xAI's new $300 monthly subscription comes with two AI companions powered by its most capable model to date. I tried them. It got weird.

Headline of the day. No notes www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

Neuromancer​ | The Folio Society Fiction Experience the book that defined cyberpunk as Folio celebrates William Gibson’s science fiction classic Neuromancer. With illustrations by award-winning graphic novelist Anna Mill.

If anyone’s interested in buying a copy of Neuromancer, I cannot recommend the @foliosociety.bsky.social. Anna Mill’s artwork is utterly stunning (and no, this is not an affiliate link; I just love this book) www.foliosociety.com/usa/neuroman...

YouTube video by Jurassic World Jurassic World Rebirth | Official Trailer 2

I'm genuinely intrigued to see how Jurassic World Rebirth does at the box office. I just don't know how many times I can watch ostensibly the same movie over and over when they get progressively worse and worse www.youtube.com/watch?v=6m1e...

AI is a good tool and a bad robot I like my creative products to be productive, boring, and liability-free.

That's not to say AI is universally bad, far from it. But I stand by my premise that AI is a good tool, but a bad robot mbh4h.substack.com/p/figma-ai-a...

The Media's Pivot to AI Is Not Real and Not Going to Work AI is not going to save media companies, and forcing journalists to use AI is not a business model.

As the founder of a micro-media brand, Made by Humans for Humans, @jasonkoebler.bsky.social's essay hit a nerve, and it'll deeply resonate with anyone who's utterly fed up with the nonsensical gaslighting that AI will help the media industry in any way whatsoever www.404media.co/the-medias-p...

YouTube video by BBC Studios Improbability Drive - The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy - BBC

Like so many things, Douglas Adams saw it coming. The fawning obsequiousness of ChatGPT is Eddie the shipboard computer to a T www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxEq...

Damn, my Neuromancer essay on Hacker News, which seems pretty on brand for the subject tbh news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4454...

YouTube video by LilKirbs Only 8 people beat this level. 5,000,000 Failed it.

And I thought FromSoft games were tough. I had no idea that a Mario level could so hard that only 9 people out of 5 million have ever beaten it. It's truly bonkers (massive h/t to @plante.bsky.social for the link in this weeks Post Games newsletter) www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzMd...

The Bentley EXP 15 brings the bling and delves into tomorrow's luxury automotive experience The Bentley EXP 15 previews the company’s electric future, an asymmetric experiment in phygital form-making

Great to see a British car company placing the appropriate importance on dogs traveling in style. The rest of the Bentley EXP15 is pretty damn stunning too www.wallpaper.com/transportati...

But why today of all day... oh (from @financialtimes.com)