Playdate Is Helping Big Ben Ring On Time
Crank it up!
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Sometimes, gamers find each other in the most unexpected places. Today, we learned that there's a geeky gaming cameo in the National Geographic travel show Best of the World with Antoni Porowski. During the Queer Eye alum's time in London, he visited Big Ben with Andrew Strangeway, a clock mechanic for the Houses of Parliament. Apparently, Strangeway has programmed his Playdate to help check the timing for the iconic clocktower's bells to ring. The Playdate isn't a new tool in the clock mechanic's arsenal either. An earlier video of him and a colleague showed the Playdate in use during preparations at Big Ben to ring in 2025 on New Year's Eve.
small handheld. big ben.
— Playdate (@play.date)2026-07-09T00:29:53.372Z
Playdate postedabout the most recent cameo on Bluesky. The company added, "for real, though, this is the kind of surprising magic that happens...
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