David Strathdee

Going to hop on the bandwagon and do a thread of all the games I finish in 2026. Some old, some new. Here we go…

Rather embarrassing to see this on my feed when last night, during Only Connect's missing vowels round about cities' public transit, I gleefully shouted "Vienna and Gondolas!"

Knock-off pikachu called "Stoatovoltaic"

After much research I have perfected the theory of "AI as the One Ring". All AI techbros consistently fall under: - Knows it's bad, thinks they're just built different - Thinks it's inevitable and switches sides w/ no morals - Thinks it's his magic girlfriend - Evil CEO ruling over the rest of them

[Halloween in York] He did the mash He did the Minster mash The Minster mash It was a…Shambles

Proven by science (me) to be the best song for running ever made. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tB4A...

You can tell it’s a Monday morning because I read this three times thinking it was quite an unusual marketing move for the new Ali G film.

The only reason I, an American, know what this is... Is because of a section of an article Jon Bois once wrote about working at Radio Shack. And it's my favorite part of the entire article.

“a distinctly British approach to artificial intelligence”

If we’re going after people who play music on trains, can we go after people who hang windchimes in their front garden

Happy “technically October is the longest month of the year” day to all who celebrate.

Been a stressful month at work. September is the last time I remember not having chest/back pain. Barely had any free time, and the time I have had has been spent recovering from work. It’s not good lads.

Don’t think anyone’s made quite enough fuss that they had the Holy Grail on Antiques Roadshow last week.

Here's a photo of a helicopter landed on Joanne's 227 foot support yacht that follows around her 290 foot main yacht

Enormous news. A melanoma vaccine, one of the most deadly cancers out there. Science is good and helpful and there should be more of it. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...

When you’re midway through the washing up and realise you forgot to clear the table.

Vulnerability xkcd.com/3314/

Me:- Maybe I’m not neurodivergent Also me:- I’m going to watch at least 31 films in Oct so I’ve effectively watched a film a day as that is pleasing to me Me again:- I’ve watched 24 so far which I know ‘cos of my spreadsheet tracking everything I watch and read Still me:- Seems neurotypical to me

Video games has decided to discontinue its once leading product, the video game

super important🚨🚨🚨

it cannot actually be ignored or danced around that the closure of BioWare came so soon after the Saudi and Jared Kushner acquisition of EA. they absolutely did take the studio making EA’s broadly queerest games out back and shoot it old yeller style. do not let yourself or colleagues ignore that

Another legacy Canadian company ground underfoot for US profit, good show, good show.

Redditors aren't afraid of asking the big questions

I think you'll find he's 1500 years old, and he's killed twice as many enemies as that

Diminish an anime Pokémon: Gotta catch just one and get it to Level 100 so it obliterates everything

“I’ve entered a boxing match where you dress as a Breaking Bad character, but I need to shed a few pounds.” “Welterweight?” “Saul Goodman, actually”

HS3

I genuinely saw this and thought “we’ve really moved a long way from slogans like ‘live, laugh, love’”

This sign in John Lewis is hurting me.

“The internet is a store but it used to be a library” hits me like a slug to the chest

Worrying developments...

i will never forget @plante.bsky.social’s years-long bit at @theverge.com where he refused to refer to McCartney as a member of the Beatles

We wrote a sketch for Agendum about eight sixes now being officially 54 because “most people thought it was something like that”. This is the same. You’re not monitoring or measuring anything real.

Add “for tax purposes” to a movie. Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me For Tax Purposes

Saw a poster for a big fireworks event. It was AI slop. Emailed the organisers along the lines of "If you can't be arsed to design a poster, how can I trust you'll be arsed to safely operate a fireworks display?" Won't do anything, mind, but it cheered me up a bit

My heart breaks for mathematicians whose lives and careers are being destroyed by AI — and especially this PhD student, who doesn’t even know he is a poet