Fergus Halliday

I think this article was engineered in a lab to specifically make me mad

It conflates generative AI and Tesla self-driving, only quotes from experts employed at major AI companies and asks Gemini for comment 🤮

AI got personal last week, and it's more complicated than we think A fake news story about me, a series of AI breakthroughs, and a resignation in the tech world have shown that 2026 could be pivotal for AI.

Absolutely staggered by how sketchy this piece is. Could the ABC please not get a finance columnist who clearly doesn't understand technology to write about AI? www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...

It's lost out to my Steam Deck as of late but depending on the game and the quality of your wifi network I rate it!

I had a similar moment with the big Diablo showcase the other day, which included a special thank you to a bunch of streamers I had never heard of. Truly bizarre stuff.

Congrats! 🎉

I am slightly irked that they didn't squeeze the Metal Gear Acid games into this collection though.

This was the first shooter I ever played and one of the all time greats. Incredible to see it preserved in such a way.

A State of Play with announcements I care about, never thought I'd see the day...

YouTube video by PlayStation Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol.2 - Announce Trailer | PS5 Games

I'd been holding off on playing the Collection port of MGS3 until this happened so I guess it might be time to feed on a tree frog or two www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3Au...

On one hand, remaking the original God of War trilogy feels very much like Sony are scraping the bottom of the barrel with that particular franchise. On the other, those original games are silly but actually fun to play and I hated basically every second of GOW 2018 so I guess I'm for it?

YouTube video by PlayStation Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse - Announcement Trailer | PS5 Games

Can't believe they announced a new Castlevania game for me on my birthday www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3-S...

‘Diablo 2’ Gets First Major Update in 25 Years With ‘Reign of the Warlock’ Starring Rahul Kohli Big news for "Diablo II" fans: the Blizzard Entertainment game is getting its first major update in 25 years.

More Diablo 2 isn't quite what I actually want, which is more Diablo 3, but it's pretty close variety.com/2026/gaming/...

key art for the game romeo is a dead man, next to the headline "Interview: An Inside Look Behind the Chaos of Romeo is A Dead Man on Xbox Wire

headline says "Romeo is A Dead Man: Ren Yamazaki on the Chaos of Grasshopper’s New IP" next to the key art for the game romeo is a dead man. the key art is psychedlic with eyes and weird skulls and cats and shit

GamesHub's newest author Tanaka Haruto has produced this __banger__ article, a straight rip from Xbox Wire that claims Suda51 sat down with the diminished Australian outlet for a chat on Romeo is a Dead Man...

Is Flash more than yesterday's Roblox? How much do you remember about the forgotten gateway to game development? My guest for this issue of Multiplier is Matthew Lucis, an independent Australian game developer who releases projects under ...

An absolute treat of an issue of Multiplier went out earlier today, which looks back at the legacy of Flash. www.multiplier.au/is-flash-mor...

I don't understand what Riot wants from 2XKO Did the developer aim too high?

I have to be honest and say that, until the news about the layoffs broke, I did not realise that 2KXO had actually launched? www.pcgamer.com/games/fighti...

Save 10% on Relooted on Steam Reclaim real African artifacts from Western museums in this Africanfuturist heist game. Recruit crew members, plan escape routes, acquire the precious cargo, and bounce out of the joint as fast as you...

Relooted by @nyamakop.co.za is OUT!

Folks, if you played the demo, you ain't seen nothing! This game is immaculate & touches my soul on multiple levels. Not only is the game beautiful, the play butter smooth, you also learn histories that are hidden.
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Shared with us from Sydney happening now. He had his hands up.

the appearance of kneecap on a dungeons and dragons inspired album remains one of the funniest things that's ever happened and i don't understand why we aren't talking about it all the time

Hmmmm. Looking forward to seeing @itsquinns.bsky.social turn up on the next season of Adventuring Academy and can't help but wonder if he'll crop up in a future season of D20... 🤔

Child at the podium: “A woo woo woo.”

Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.

Panel 1: Exec: "Ok guys ok ok we won't kill Adobe Animate." Crowd: "Phew" "thank fuck" "That's better" "I'm still switching to something else." "No yeah you really should" Panel 2: Exec: "Unfortunately we will also stop adding new features to it." Crowd: "WOO!!!" "It's a dream come true!" "Yeah!" "Finally!" Exec: "... um. Why are they cheering"

maintenance mode

i made a version of wikipedia you can doomscroll
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Why should renters like me have to trade away our privacy just to get a roof over our heads? | Samantha Floreani The rise in real estate tech means renters often hand over huge amounts of revealing information to digital third parties – at great risk

News came out today of serious security vulnerabilities in seven popular Australian ‘RentTech’ platforms, leaving millions of documents containing renter personal information exposed. Renters often have no choice but to use these apps in order to secure housing.

I wrote about it for the Guardian:

YouTube video by MAX MRS Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat Trailer 2026 | Jury Duty Season 2 Trailer | Prime Video Trailer.

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Next issue will fall close to my birthday and is going to be an absolute treat, so look forward to that.

Why do we want to escape from one dystopia to another? Can you resist the siren song of a better bad future? My guest for this issue of Multiplier is Anna Zou, the lead developer at Lemon Jolly Games. I caught up with Zou ahead of last year's SXSW Sydne...

Hit send on a fresh new issue of Multiplier earlier today, which features a chat with one of the developers behind the intriguingly named Apothecary of City X. www.multiplier.au/why-do-we-wa...

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Steadily working my way through Divine Divinity and it reminds me a lot of Sacred. Increasingly curious if Larian will return to this weird combo of ARPG and CRPG with the new game or stick to the turn-based combat that's been so successful for them with OS and BG3.

Would have loved to see it top the list but incredible to see it get as high as it did