Good start to 2026… Day of climbing up at Manchester Big Depot.

Jaws 2 is one BBCFour. Bruce 2 🦈 has just taken down the Helicopter. It just disintegrates into screaming teenagers of a raft. You’re rooting for the apex predator. Brody (Schneider) is ever watchable. The revolver shells in on the sand.

What does your favorite niche game franchise give away as an Amazon.jp freebie? Me?.. Last year it was branded Tote back. This year …a 15cm ruler. ✈️

Staying up for the game.

Just got back from a mid day climbing session at the shed. The fires on I got nowhere to be for the next 3 hours. Be rude not to. Getting lost in a LA Crime Saga…

Caught up with the first 2 ep of Fallout Season 2. This actor plays Raider in the Good Bad & Ugly style hanging setup in Ep 2. Don’t think he’s related to William Fichtner. I checked. He looks the spitting image of him. He’s almost aping his voice / performance as the Bank Manager in Dark Knight.

Bought a PS5 game today because it was in the January sales. Don’t own a PS5… yet.

Been a couple of years. Also since my BlueRay copy died and wouldn’t play pass the hour mark. According to CEX when I tried to flip it. It showed an extremely rare sign of rainbowing… a form of disc-rot. 💿💀 went in the bin.

a Charlie Brown Christmas - Vince Guaraldi Trio | 🎄| 1965 | F-8431 |Fantasy Records

Boxing Day Turkey Sarnie before escaping Wiltshire for the Midlands.

Missed Jaws.. but this is on BBC2 now.

Merry Christmas 🎄 Caught WarGames at its most static wallpaper.

Master stroke this having a release date 2 days before Xmas.

35 years.

Just catching up with the fight. That jaw..

Two week break. 🎄

New video! CHRISTMAS SPECIAL 2025 youtu.be/GgkGbCS71i4 Please enjoy! 🎄

The Replacements - Let it Be | 1984 | Twin Tone Records | 081227954710 |

𝓔𝓿𝓮𝓷𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓸𝓯…

"Procession Spin", a 7-meter-wide ceramic relief created by Katsuhiro Otomo (now on display at Ginza Station). Depicting art forms from the Jomon period to the present day. Crafted by 7 artisans over a period of 2 years. (feat. Kaneda on his bike)

I see Wendy Carlos. I post Wendy Carlos.

𝓕𝓻𝓲𝓭𝓪𝔂 𝓕𝓻𝓲𝓭𝓪𝔂 𝓕𝓻𝓲𝓭𝓪𝔂 🧗‍♀️

What a thing to wake up to… youtu.be/LKItIedwjfQ?...

Been catching up with Consolevania Years in Review started with 1984… now up to 1991. youtu.be/ATM4F5NoLbA?... Looking at Noel’s House Party and Super Tennis, Bart vs the Space Mutants on the Amiga (How it was an astonishing year for games on the A500) David Icke on Wogan & Street Fighter II.

My Analogue 3D turned up last week and is currently under the Christmas tree. This email today has kinda taken the edge off it. 3 weeks after people received their orders after 14 months wait and Analogue drop clear colours, u could waited 6 mhs or at least let people buy the shells. Mixed feelings

xevious 3D/G+ / psx namco, 1997

Mr Bongo - Brazil 45 (Curated by BadBadNotGood) ~ 2025 | Mr Bongo Records | MRB7229

Sun Ra - Landquidity | 1978 | Philly Records / Strut Records | STRUT237LPBLP2 |

Been meaning to go have look around the new Uniqlo in Birmingham. Traipsed in before opening time on Sunday nursing a bad head. Got a around and had my fill.

metal gear solid / psx konami computer entertainment japan, 1998

Did an Escape Room last night. Failed the last 25%… Ran out of time. Proper Resident Evil / Spencer Mansion vibe from the Hotel Decor.

Terrible news. We had Martin Parr at the Northern Photography Festival two months ago. Excellent lecture. Really genuine and funny. Hopefully his Gallery / Project Workshop in Bristol carries on the good work he was doing.

Tough week. Two weeks to go till Xmas..

Klonoa 2: Lunatea's Veil 🕰️ ed. Some taxing final platform levels.

Mech Coin-Op Double Bill.

Took the Nephew to MCM Comicon today.

📦

I was asked my prediction.

Jumped back into Gravity Rush / Daze 2. Loved the first one, bounced off this two years ago. Seemed a bit less directionless. Feels really good now. Always looked good.

Lil’ switch shump collection boost from Jpn. R-Type Delta and Shikhondo. Later been on my list for a while..

Boom Bip - Seeds to Sun | 2002 | Lex Records | LEX006 For Brief moment in early days of the internet this was rumoured to be a Boards of Canada spin off project. It wasn’t They just remixed one of the Bip’s tracks for 12”at the time. Something BOC never did, gave him huge exposure from BOC heads.

𝑜𝒻𝒻 𝓎𝒶 𝒻𝓊𝒸𝓀. ❤️

🔥 Friday Night Solo Climb 🔥 Didn’t last very long.. blown my knee teaching (that’s right, teaching). So running is off for a while. Feeling full of cold anyway. Ran away from the climbing shed shortly after. 💀

youtu.be/4Z6TpkT-6AY?... If this is legit for the 50th Anniversary. Colour timing and the clarity.

Actually finish a fairly modern game. Rarity these days. Got on along better with this than Eternal which never even really finished (bascally just series of badly hidden spawn arenas) VFR takes a while to get use to way the controls make you shift around on the spot. Really enjoyed it.