Reviews, rants and guides on games, hardware and the web from Eliot Auster, a computing science graduate who reads the patch notes so you don't have to.https://www.superchat.blog/en-gbhttps://www.superchat.blog/rants/sony-ending-playstation-discs-gta-6/https://www.superchat.blog/rants/sony-ending-playstation-discs-gta-6/Sony's ending PlayStation disc production from 2028 and GTA VI already skips physical. Sony deleting films you paid for shows exactly where this goes.Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.superchat.blog/games/minecraftindex-minecraft-server-list-review/https://www.superchat.blog/games/minecraftindex-minecraft-server-list-review/Eliot lists his own small server on MinecraftIndex and reviews the discovery feeds, analytics and hiring system behind his favourite Minecraft server list.Thu, 12 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.superchat.blog/rants/stop-killing-games/https://www.superchat.blog/rants/stop-killing-games/Eliot backs the Stop Killing Games campaign and checks Pirate Software's case against it against how client-server games actually work.Tue, 14 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.superchat.blog/games/hypixel-minecraft-server-review/https://www.superchat.blog/games/hypixel-minecraft-server-review/Eliot has run his own Minecraft server since university, and Hypixel is still the one he plays himself, connection problems and support tickets included.Sun, 06 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.superchat.blog/tech/bitcoin-stablecoins-not-crypto/https://www.superchat.blog/tech/bitcoin-stablecoins-not-crypto/Eliot Auster explains why he's bullish on Bitcoin and stablecoins, wary of the wider crypto market, and where he thinks the price is headed.Mon, 30 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.superchat.blog/tech/netgear-nighthawk-ac1900-router-review/https://www.superchat.blog/tech/netgear-nighthawk-ac1900-router-review/Eliot spent five months with the Netgear Nighthawk AC1900 (R7000). It reboots itself daily, no firmware version fixes it, and he can't recommend it.Fri, 06 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.superchat.blog/rants/uk-tech-job-market-slowdown/https://www.superchat.blog/rants/uk-tech-job-market-slowdown/Eliot Auster on the UK tech hiring collapse in 2025: Meta's low performer cuts, Salesforce's AI hiring freeze, and why LeetCode still proves nothing.Tue, 22 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.superchat.blog/rants/ai-hype-is-getting-worse/https://www.superchat.blog/rants/ai-hype-is-getting-worse/Eliot Auster explains why he's had enough of the AI hype cycle, from hallucinating search results to LinkedIn's favourite new buzzwords.Fri, 14 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.superchat.blog/games/rulers-tabletop-rpg-review/https://www.superchat.blog/games/rulers-tabletop-rpg-review/Eliot spent three evenings running Rulers, a free 68-page tabletop RPG about ruling your own civilisation. Clever systems, rough edges, genuinely good fun.Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.superchat.blog/games/space-marine-2-review/https://www.superchat.blog/games/space-marine-2-review/Eliot spent 38 hours with Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2. The combat and co-op are superb; the mission lengths are the problem.Wed, 09 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.superchat.blog/games/teemo-best-league-of-legends-champion/https://www.superchat.blog/games/teemo-best-league-of-legends-champion/Eliot makes the case, unprompted and at length, for why Teemo's kit is the most mechanically honest design in League of Legends.Wed, 14 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.superchat.blog/guides/tbc-classic-gold-farming-guide/https://www.superchat.blog/guides/tbc-classic-gold-farming-guide/Eliot's rundown of the TBC Classic gold farming methods that hold up under scrutiny, covering mote farms, GDKPs, profession shuffles and dailies.Tue, 18 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.superchat.blog/guides/how-to-host-a-radio-show/https://www.superchat.blog/guides/how-to-host-a-radio-show/Eliot presented the tech show on his university's radio station for two years and picked up just enough about gain staging to write this guide properly.Mon, 19 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.superchat.blog/rants/hello-world/https://www.superchat.blog/rants/hello-world/Eliot Auster, a computing science graduate from York, opens Superchat.blog to write about games, hardware and the web, and whatever else has annoyed him.Mon, 15 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT