Obligatory 'I lived' post.

Off to get my gallbladder removed so see you all on the other side I guess. Given the state of the world not having an organ to store my bile seems pretty appropriate...

If you see this quote with the energy you bring to Blue Sky

Stefan has been playing some Little Nightmares 3. Have a read of his preview to dive into some details. www.thesixthaxis.com/2025/09/10/l... #gaming #videogames #gamenews

This'll be my first academic event in a long while so be gentle with me ;p Looking forward to supporting some incredible research by young scholars with vital perspectives on the field. I'll be the old bald one nodding furiously and trying to spread good vibes :)

Kirby and the Forgotten Land Switch 2 Edition + Star Crossed World gets a 9 from @earlymodernhorror.bsky.social! Find out why in his review. www.thesixthaxis.com/2025/08/27/k... #switch2 #gaming #videogames #gamenews

Heartworm is a fantastic indie horror and definitely one to get your teeth into.

give me the transformers comic and I will tell the stories that need to be told

New publication alert for my #gamestudies folks www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy...

Didn't get a job I interviewed for - doing something I already do - and definitely feeling in a rut. Need to do something to break out of a negative routine. Feeling over the hill and too old to retrain but without prospects where I am. Post pets pls I guess?

Maintaining a physical museum is expensive, but as the online world grows more hostile to educational content, a place like the Vagina Museum is essential. You can support our work by donating, becoming a member or volunteering - find out more here www.vaginamuseum.co.uk/support

If you've followed us for a while, you'll know we come up against automated content moderation pretty frequently. Things like paintings which depict a model with pubic hair being flagged as sexually explicit. Or links to our online shop flagged as sexual solicitation.

Today in the UK, the Online Safety Act (2023) came into force. This means that social media companies are required to undertake age verification for users in the UK to see "adult content". And who decides what is and is not "adult content"? The social media companies themselves.

@rosetintedspectrum.bsky.social This exhibit in one of the museums I work in hits very differently after your recent videos...

"I’d recommend going in as blind as possible and just playing out your The Matrix and Sneakers fantasies." Says @earlymodernhorror.bsky.social about s.p.l.i.t, scoring it a 9/10 in his review. www.thesixthaxis.com/2025/07/25/s... #gaming #videogames #gamenews

Watched the amazing 1976 Food of the Gods adaptation (on the soon to leave Prime section) and it is full of legendary special effects like those seen in the trailer. One for all connoisseurs of films with more ambition than ability... www.youtube.com/watch?v=77Kp...

Not posted a picture of my favourite child in a while so here's Tash looking noble (both actually human kids agree Tash is the best):

Don't sleep on this one. Up there with classic Lucasarts in the genre - with modern updates that make it a joy to play.

Mark your diaries... Soho Horror Fest gets its suckers on you this November 🐙 #SuccumbToSohoHorror

I really enjoyed the new standalone expansion for @teyongames.bsky.social's Robocop game. It may not be a dollar but worth buying and playing nonetheless ;P

Contains far too many Gex puns, although some of the more Gextraneous ones got cut in the editing.

@earlymodernhorror.bsky.social has spending time with the gexy Gex, and he has thoughts on the trilogy. www.thesixthaxis.com/2025/07/09/g... #gaming #gamenews #videogames

Join me on Wed 23 July for The Reckoning Of Patience Whitaker: A Summer Ghost Story, a live-streamed event. Pay whatever you like! reckoningofpatience.eventbrite.co.uk

My opinion on the Bob Vylan / Kneecap controversy is that the IDF just bombed a seafront café

Just under a couple of weeks to pledge for this incredible project by some friends and colleagues - a must for any fan of history and video games: www.kickstarter.com/projects/pla...

@earlymodernhorror.bsky.social rounds up 10 horror demos you should check out during Steam Next Fest. www.thesixthaxis.com/2025/06/10/t... #gaming #videogames

Another one by me. Beautifully grotesque and wonderfully weird game that is worth checking out despite some clunky combat.

In my usual sucking at self-promotion I forgot to post about this but still time to sign up for the evening talk. Can't promise the glitz of Wrestlemania but hopefully more edifying :)

The end of Godzilla x Kong fits with this :)

Have you got your free ticket to the online talk Dracula as Survival Cannibal: Shipwrecks, starvation and drinking blood at sea Tomorrow, Saturday 22nd March, at 10am and 7pm British time! 10 - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1016610047... 7 - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1016618893...

Fun night in A+E with a suspected gallbladder infection. Everything continues to go super well for me :(

Watching Suckerpunch (not sure why except it's leaving Prime soon) and Sweet Dreams as the song playing during a SA threat scene is certainly a choice (lyrics of 'Some of you want to be abused...') One could never accuse Snyder of subtlety or nuance.

Went to see Grand Theft Hamlet this evening (and chat afterwards with friends and colleagues Prof Alison Findlay and @earlymodlancs.bsky.social). Expected to be fascinated by the uncanny confluence of two of my main research areas but was not prepared for how emotional and thought-provoking it was.

Browsing the Kindle offers today and this absolutely cursed cover came up in the recommendeds. Could write an entire thesis on how this is the most wonderfully misunderstood image choice:

Just left Nosferatu. Not gonna say much as so early for spoilers but think this might become another obsession alongside Eggers' other films. Due to watch it again in a couple of weeks and anticipate picking up loads of extra details. Very much in convo with Francis Ford Coppola Dracula too.

Do you like #horror, #gothic, #occult and #videogames? We've got the event for you! The Dark Arts Research Group at the Univ. of Copenhagen is hosting a 3-day conference btwn 13-15 Aug 2025. The CFP is open and we have some bursaries available. Please share! Details 👇 engerom.ku.dk/english/rese...

Having to take a break from marking to work a shift in my second job at the museum. Joys of juggling multiple fractional contracts :( Here's a picture of my baby Tash to liven up your day.

A reminder that the Middle Ages in the Modern World conference (MAMO) is back for its fifth outing in 2025! Proposals for papers, panels, workshops or other events accepted until 13th Jan 2025. More info at themamo.org.

Journal of Games Criticism has a new issue out! Special issue on videogames and the post-Anthropocene, posthumanism and the post-apocalypse, edited by @larrymay.me and @poppywilde.bsky.social. Plenty of exciting new papers. Check out Larry's thread below.

I wasn't necessarily expecting today's discussion of Volpone to involve the strange resurgence of 'cuckolding' and the linguistic shift from horns to the cuck chair but it is perhaps the bones of a provocative conference paper....

Apropos of nothing in particular, in Mario and Luigi Brothership challenging boss battles can be made easier by Luigi having sudden ideas that result in massive damage and guaranteed critical hits. So it's Nintendo canon that Luigi is super effective against bosses.

Watching the Greenwich Theatre production of Volpone on Dramaonline really opened my eyes to the play's surprising fixation on genital uncertainty. I've always noticed the focus on sterility but this is a new take for me. Anyone know any work in this area?

Not gonna lie. After two weeks laid up with bronchitis and related asthma flare-ups, this long commute in darkness isn't quite the boost in the arm I need. Volpone today - not always a well attended week at the best of times...

Update. It looks like itch.io is back up. #gamenews #gaming #videogames

@pataloon.bsky.social My review is up now :)

Come to the online launch of the Special Issue of Film-Philosophy, “Catherine Malabou, Plasticity, and Film” co-edited by Ben Tyrer & me! We are joined by the philosopher Catherine Malabou herself, as well as contributors to the Issue. Monday 25th November, 5-6pm GMT on Zoom.

After Dawn Keetley mentioned it the other day I watched The Mad Death, an 80s BBC miniseries about a rabies outbreak and man, what a nostalgia trip. Definitely deserves some more attention and a DVD rerelease rather than the £90 it goes for (I may have found a cheaper alternative...) /

Reposting here as well as the bad place. This looks like an amazing upcoming conference. Get your abstracts in guys :)