Those still direct to the same URL for me. Auto-conversion of ! references seems sub-optimal that way.
What works is linking manually to /c/automation_games (propably only from lemmy, as I understand kbin has different conventions :( ): !automation_games@feddit.de, written like [!automation_games@feddit.de](/c/automation_games)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tV1eO8ZFYQI Sadly, we're quite a while away from holographic pets like that.