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Alex Battaglia

@dachsjaeger.bsky.social

Ray Tracing Radical, Turok Technophile, Crysis Cultist, Motion Blur Menace and PC Police Officer for @Digitalfoundry. Wird auch Hermann genannt.

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Update: $24,218 is now raised in the raffle to fund a new mobile lab for the Wil Hornets!

Thank you!
Just $2,782 to go!

The offer of 3 raffle tickets for the price of 1 is still openβ€”though the match is running out fast. :)

(raffle ticket and details in the post below)

28.02.2026 16:05 β€” πŸ‘ 94    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2
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Today on Digital Foundry, our first look at Crimson Desert. The BlackSpace Engine looks exceptionally impressive: rich in features, heavy on RT and running at native 4K 60fps on an RX 7900 XTX on ultra settings: youtu.be/Z0pxsi7FU9g

28.02.2026 15:03 β€” πŸ‘ 135    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 4
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πŸ”΄LIVE FROM 6:30PM GMTπŸ”΄ I may have been made redundant but I won't let that ruin a good Friday chaos stream! Join me for a look at the Marathon Server Slam, followed by REPO from 8pm and @PUBG customs from 9:30! Watch here: www.youtube.com/live/lFGivJj... or on twitch.tv/platform32

27.02.2026 18:05 β€” πŸ‘ 67    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 0

Hmm hard to know why it is Not working. I will get Back to you

27.02.2026 11:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The reason for that is die to CPU time stamping being delayed a frame (Game thread Runs at half Speed). But Render thread is fullspeed. As the video Shows, it is Not placebo for the camera and animation Smoothness. It does Not fix frame-time stutters though, as the video mentions.

27.02.2026 09:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

If he does this, or indeed whatever tack he undoubtably takes to rig the elections in his favour, Vance and his cronies will be watching and taking notes.

26.02.2026 08:49 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Fund vital drone R&D by helping to raise funds for a new mobile lab for Wild Hornets!

Donate at: linktr.ee/WildHornets

$22555 / $27000 have been raised, so we are just $4445 from the finish line!

Donors can also participate in a raffle (instructions in the quoted post)

26.02.2026 09:22 β€” πŸ‘ 65    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
The Two Weeks When Luigi Died
Last timestamp of a file (gfxmain.c) that has Luigi's code active as part of the program: February 6, 1996
Earliest timestamp of a file (shade.c) that has Luigi's code commented out, signifying he is no longer being developed: February 20, 1996
This means that the idea of including Luigi in Super Mario 64 was abandoned in these two weeks.
-By the way, what happened to Luigi?
Miyamoto: Well... until February, he was in the game. (laughs)
This is also completely consistent with a statement by Shigeru Miyamoto in a June 1996 interview.
Source: x.com user @Alieneer_TF2, shmuplations.com/mario64

The Two Weeks When Luigi Died Last timestamp of a file (gfxmain.c) that has Luigi's code active as part of the program: February 6, 1996 Earliest timestamp of a file (shade.c) that has Luigi's code commented out, signifying he is no longer being developed: February 20, 1996 This means that the idea of including Luigi in Super Mario 64 was abandoned in these two weeks. -By the way, what happened to Luigi? Miyamoto: Well... until February, he was in the game. (laughs) This is also completely consistent with a statement by Shigeru Miyamoto in a June 1996 interview. Source: x.com user @Alieneer_TF2, shmuplations.com/mario64

According to internal files and interviews, Luigi has been part of Super Mario 64 for 85% of its development time. New insights from development data allow us to narrow down when exactly he was abandoned, being the two weeks between February 6, 1996 and February 20, 1996.

25.02.2026 19:11 β€” πŸ‘ 2973    πŸ” 724    πŸ’¬ 44    πŸ“Œ 33

Doing a factory reset I guess!

25.02.2026 10:18 β€” πŸ‘ 46    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0

This is Not Beta Firmware - Just normal current Public facing one actually

25.02.2026 10:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you Zabo ,- I am hoping it works Out too

25.02.2026 10:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Ps5 pro keeps failing the Update - kinda StΓΌck in Safe Mode. Any ideas?

25.02.2026 09:59 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 1

🫠🫠🫠 surreal ! Always !!

25.02.2026 08:47 β€” πŸ‘ 89    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

Community Member Atlash made a drag and drop activation of this modification to give smoother camera/animation movement. It is now on the PC Gaming Wiki!

community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/3...

24.02.2026 10:59 β€” πŸ‘ 130    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Today marks four years since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Over a thousand days of fighting, six million refugees abroad, and tens of thousands killed.

We honor those who gave their lives, thank those who fight on, and continue to believe in victory.
Glory to Ukraine.

24.02.2026 10:14 β€” πŸ‘ 391    πŸ” 86    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 2
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NVIDIA hiring Linux driver engineers to help with Vulkan, Proton and more NVIDIA have multiple job listings available for Linux developers - this could be your chance to improve Linux gaming if you have the skills.

NVIDIA hiring Linux driver engineers to help with Vulkan, Proton and more
#NVIDIA #Linux

23.02.2026 10:54 β€” πŸ‘ 192    πŸ” 32    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 8

Help fund Wild Hornets Mobile Lab II and participate in their raffle!🐝

Next $1,200 in raffle donations = 3 entries for the price of 1, thanks to a generous match from @base1172.bsky.social

πŸ‘‰$10 = 3 tix
πŸ‘‰Donate: linktr.ee/WildHornets

Fund drone R&D!

23.02.2026 09:32 β€” πŸ‘ 93    πŸ” 32    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2

We had a chance to contribute to this amazing book series with two articles and even a cover image. I hope everyone enjoys reading this book as much as we enjoyed writing it!

20.02.2026 07:46 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end. With tourism to the US under increasing strain, she says, β€˜If it can happen to me, i...

Again, I cannot emphasize enough: do not go to the US even if you're privileged enough to have never been scared or worried of a border crossing in you're life. Do not go ESPECIALLY for something as optional & outrageously expensive as GDC.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

21.02.2026 15:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1485    πŸ” 666    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 14
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Flexispot E7 Plus Review: Recovering From Injury With A Standing Desk A personal review from Alex.

A personal review from Alex on re-adjusting his working environment to better cope with - and to recover from - a serious back injury: www.digitalfoundry.net/features/fle...

20.02.2026 14:46 β€” πŸ‘ 136    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 1
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Have I somehow managed to fix Jedi Survivor on PC? In this video I return to the troubled PC Version to explain how it still stutters to this day and a potential fix I found that quite dramatically helps the issue. Enjoy this vid!
youtu.be/QpF25_fGLB4

20.02.2026 17:34 β€” πŸ‘ 111    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 1

RE Bluepoint:

Having a studio that is expert at remakes, working for a publisher with an insanely deep backlog of beloved classics, was always a recipe for printing money at a steady cadence.

Leave them alone and they print money forever, little or no opportunity cost. Come the fuck on

19.02.2026 19:32 β€” πŸ‘ 997    πŸ” 203    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 10

62 people have already been killed in the region this year, including 5 children. More than 1,200 civilian sites have been damaged,” Ukraine’s Minister of Internal Affairs, Ihor Klymenko.

19.02.2026 12:37 β€” πŸ‘ 81    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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How broken of a human being am I that I like to put on Star Trek: Acid Party when I am a bit sad?
It always makes me laugh for some reason

19.02.2026 12:31 β€” πŸ‘ 70    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 0

Always liked Land of the Free when I was a Youngster - cool to see you going through it all

18.02.2026 20:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Crisp looking! (That is a good Thing)

18.02.2026 20:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Jervis* - the power of my phone autocoreect strikes again.

18.02.2026 12:59 β€” πŸ‘ 37    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I briefly interacted with Jarvis Johnson in 2010 and asked him about Forgeworld Chaos Dwarves. A good guy!

18.02.2026 12:45 β€” πŸ‘ 89    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Profiling with Purpose: Performance Lessons from a Real Unreal Project | Tutorial How does Epic Games’ Technical Developer Relations team profile games? Watch this session recorded at Unreal Fest Stockholm and learn our optimization...

The text version of "Profiling with Purpose: Performance Lessons from a Real Unreal Project" is up! Check it if you, like me, prefer text/images over videos for learning. #uetips

dev.epicgames.com/community/le...

18.02.2026 12:37 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Help Wild Hornets to improve their drones by funding their mobile lab and you will also be able to get some cool items in the raffle!

17.02.2026 15:15 β€” πŸ‘ 91    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1