Thanks to our list, I'm replaying Modern Warfare 2019, and I don't think I can be unconvinced that it isn't the best reboot this series has ever seen. A consistently great campaign throughout, and the gunplay is so damn smooth. I'm still unbelievably salty that it's two sequels were so damn shite.

Today was a bad day to discover the Spider-Man 1977 collectable figure announcement, which not only shadow dropped last night, and was limited to only 600 units, but also sold out within minutes 🥲🔫 I loved Nicholas Hammond's version of Spidey as a kid, and I'm actually salty I missed out on this!

Well, I think it's safe to say that my first-time playthrough of Pacific Drive is going well 👍 www.twitch.tv/thefriendlybro

Crazy that you can go from an episode like "Ice", which is surprisingly brilliant, to a dud such as "Space"... I wasn't quite expecting an SCP-tier astronaut ghost to be the villain, especially one that looks so not scary 🫢

Fahrenheit: Indigo Prophecy is now the 125th game I've completed live on Twitch, and let me tell you, I've been lied to regarding its quality... The final act is awful! Lost all semblance of pacing, randomly introduced the internet as a villain, and threw in a sudden love interest! Mental.

Earlier this month, I had the chance to hop onto a call with David Bateson, Agent 47 himself! It was, genuinely, one of the coolest things I've done in a while and by the end of it? Well, we got Tobias Rieper reacting to a bunch of silly memes over on IGN - please enjoy 🙏 youtu.be/CxyGD79_ULU?...

I've worked on close to 800 videos while at IGN, but recently, I've been enjoying doing a bit more on-camera work! This Call of Duty Campaigns Ranked video is one of the latest examples of that, which I'm actually kind of proud of 🙏

Introducing my fiancée to The X Files, we're a few episodes in, and this goofy ass drawing pops up. I'd love to know which people in 1993 thought this was genuinely creepy.

I've had a lot of fun bits in storage for ages, and this 1/12-scale General Grievous kit was one of them! I'm finally in a space where I can find a little place for him in my office ♥️

I've returned to the IGN UK Podcast to chat more silliness, and as you can probably tell, there's a lot to speak about this week 🙏 open.spotify.com/episode/2knd...

As is tradition, this sounds like a massive regression of what made the prior Black Ops so fun. A fully cooperative Call of Duty is something I'd love to play in the future, but so far, it sounds like Black Ops 7 is just a good reminder to check out other co-op PvE military shooters instead...

I'm seeing people describe Call of Duty: Black Ops 7's campaign as a playable episode of Skibidi Toilet, which is probably the biggest turn-off you could label a game with.

Not sure where this ranks within the best IGN social graphics ever made, but this is pretty high up on the rankings.

Finally, a new Xbox!

I was recently reminded of NVIDIA's Eye Contact AI thingy, and decided to give it a go... Scary stuff, it looks like I've seen things you wouldn't believe 💀

An option to lock doors that you've opened. There's something extremely satisfying about doing it, and so far, I can only think of Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth, SWAT/Ready or Not, and Amnesia: The Bunker... I'm not even trying to take the piss, I genuinely desire this in more games 🫢

Streamed a bit of Fahrenheit: Indigo Prophecy tonight, but this time, using the Elgato Prompter, and it was genuinely game-changing! It doubles as another monitor, so you can slap anything up on it, like Twitch chat - I bloody love toys like this.

So, with Dispatch... Everyone removed Sonar from the Z Team, right?

Got a couple of mates over, and we all decided to watch three episodes of All's Fair starring Kim Kardashian... Genuinely a hilarious time. It's an incomprehensible mess that you can't stop watching and laughing at. It also features the most jaw-dropping wardrobe choice I've ever seen in a TV show.

Perfect 👍

Partially painted my office, and sorted out a vaguely decent backdrop for my future work and streaming endeavours! Behind the power of zooming in, plus purple and blue lights, is a mess of moving boxes and bags, but the viewers will never know 🤫

Finally watched 28 Years Later, and I really wasn't expecting a bunch of zombie-killing Jimmy Savile ninjas to make an appearance...

The console gaming landscape is essentially a flat no-man's land these days. Get yourself a decent pre-built PC, wait for Sony and Xbox exclusives to arrive on Steam, and grab a Nintendo Switch. It's literally all you need these days, I didn't think I'd actually miss console wars.

Surprised myself this past weekend by playing Plants vs. Zombies: Replanted for hours on end in co-op. I haven't even played PVZ before, but recently, the likes of Battlefield and Bloodlines 2 haven't been hitting, and somehow this did. The simpler the better, I guess.

Today is a good day... I just found out that CityFibre are installing gigabit-capable networks in my building, and soon that sweet, sweet 1.2Gbps download and upload speeds will be mine 🙏 500 Mbps is for SUCKERS!

MindsEye is horrible, incredibly entertaining and might be one of the more memorable games I've finished this year. No one sets out to make an awful game, but after hearing directly from a developer who worked on it... Well, it's safe to say it certainly wasn't sabotage that scuppered the game.

After a couple of hours playing Bloodlines 2, I've come to the conclusion this shouldn't have been called Bloodlines 2 😬 Bloodlines is an RPG through and through, but this is a few perk points, a lot of fast paced action, and not a whole load of consequences. It's okay, and that's kinda sad TBH.

Loaded up Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2, and within minutes, I'm hearing about a fella called Dale. Even while exploring the snowy rooftops of Seattle, I can't escape my boss 😪

I've now had the pleasure of video editing three separate Charlie Lopresto features on IGN, and this is another banger. I love a good retrospective, and Charlie knows how to craft a bite sized, funny and informative one! So please do give it a watch/read. #COD #Battlefield youtu.be/fjNu13MmlEM

Took a little while, but I've finally finished watching The Sopranos, and that ending? I loved it, but the reaction back when it aired must've been insanely divisive - I wish I could've experienced it! I'm gutted it's over, and now I desperately want more of it 🥲

A little 19th century melody called "The Polar Bear" has been kicking my ass recently, but I've finally cracked a 90%'ish no fuck up rate while playing it on the piano. This required a bit of movement from my hands, which is genuinely tough, but it's sick to see progress actually happening.

I don't mean to rag on another publication, but Kotaku's recent Prime deal posts are genuinely mental. Honestly, go search em up, and you'll find a bonkers amount of tweets about items that are selling for "pennies" and that are "practically free". The clickbait is off the charts, man.

I'm three episodes away from my first watch of The Sopranos being over, I'm not ready 😪 What's next, Boardwalk Empire, The Wire, Fargo??? There's so much I haven't seen 😬

At a Shrek-themed surprise birthday party for a pal of mine, and of course, your boy went as the iconic Doris the Ugly Stepsister, even had my sister Mabel tag along 💪

It's not often I'd reach the end credits of a game and feel absolutely nothing inside, having ultimately cared for none of the characters or set pieces at all. It took me four and a half hours to finish Battlefield 6's campaign. We had it good with Bad Company, man.

Mafia 3, plus Red Dead 2, sure did have some fun moments.

I edited our video version of "The Best Roguelike Games" and FTL is featured on the list, but I found this comment on YT... I have zero stakes in this genre of games but someone not knowing about FLT got me feeling sad.

I've been at IGN for nearly seven years, and it tickles me to know something as easy going as our podcast makes someone squirm. I desire more comments like this ♥️

The "MORE KAWAII HINAKO FACE" mod for Silent Hill f is truly one of the most unsettling things I've seen in a while. Genuinely, who'd want to install this? 😬

I was genuinely annoyed that I missed out on the Copper Box Arena Shows for Gorillaz this month, since Plastic Beach is an all-time banger! But life finds a way, and I'm heading to my first-ever concert next year for their 2026 Mountain Tour! I'm absolutely mad hyped for this 🙏

I missed the boat on Magic: The Gathering and Lord of the Rings, but I'll be there day one for The Hobbit! However, what Wizards of the Coast really need to do is make Yu-Gi-Oh playable again - so why not announce MTGxYuGiOh already? We all know that'd be a #1 seller 🙏

I recently had someone, in person, ask me if I could recommend a good "friend slop game" to 'em, and in reality, this is just a new way to say "co-op", which is pure shite, man.

Really struggling to understand why this popped off, I need Analyticsmaker or something, man.

I've really enjoyed S2 of Peacemaker so far, Gen V S2 though? Not so much, but I'm an episode into Alien: Earth and I'm thoroughly hooked. I wanted to remind myself what the Alien timeline looks like, and spotted this. Soooooooo, are people genuinely searching this on Google lol?

While it's probably not great to blast through six episodes of TV in a single night... It IS great to be excited about superheroes again, Peacemaker Season 2 has been really fun so far. Superman, and this? Honestly not been this excited since Avengers: Endgame.

People are out here commenting like marriage is a work of fiction, proper loveless behaviour - I honestly don't understand what the criticism is here!

When Rule of Rose is cheaper, you know something is wrong.

Thanks to Lauren, our ultimate Silent Hill f completionist, we've now got a fantastic Ending Explained video live on IGN! It was a lot of fun discussing theories, and chatting all things Hinako and Co to put this together. So, once again, big thanks to Lauren 🙏 youtu.be/_OEVAvir0qg

Hello! I'm BACK on the IGN UK Podcast, alongside Cardy and Lauren! So, is Silent Hill f truly a 7/10? Just how great is Ghost of Yotei?? And why aren't we always chatting about Big Meat??? That, and more, all on this week's juicy episode: open.spotify.com/episode/27vG...

Been enjoying a lot of comics recently, and have fallen in love with Andrea Sorrentino and Jae Lee's art. The mix of dark, bold and almost gothic-like lines is just mesmerising, man. Lee's work from Rise of the Imperfects always seemed a bit edgy, but even as a kid, his Spider-Man just spoke to me.