Here's a playlist of my favourite songs from 2025: open.spotify.com/playlist/1po... 💿109 songs this year! 🎸1 song per artist 🌏Music from dozens of countries ⚡️All killer, no filler ▶️🔀Play in order or hit shuffle! I loved a lot of music last year, so I hope you love it too 🤘

近所のデパートから見える富士山🗻

What a wild 12 months it’s been. 2025 was one of my best years ever. Wishing you all the best for 2026! ひゃー本当にヤバい12ヶ月でした。2025年は人生最高の年の一つでした。2026年もみんな、素晴らしい1年になりますように！

Geopolitical tensions between Japan and China are heating up, and the effects are rippling out. Flights are being suspended, and concerts are being cancelled mid-performance. So then, what's at stake for videogames? @nomoredaniels.bsky.social looks at some of the industry's fears. [PAYWALLED]

In this month's edition of Parallax, @nomoredaniels.bsky.social reports back from Gamescom Asia 2025. Bigger, better, and more well-attended by game publishers, Daniel says it's a positive step up, especially at a time when people in the region can't (and won't) attend events in Europe and the US.

Several Japanese games were among the biggest at Gamescom 2025, showing that the region is very healthy, writes @nomoredaniels.bsky.social. But they were far from the only titles from Asia occupying the minds (and hearts) of attendees. thisweekinvideogames.com/feature/para... [PAYWALLED]

Ahhhhh @nomoredaniels.bsky.social and @andyrobinson.bsky.social are so real for this 🫶

Shoutout to @nomoredaniels.bsky.social for the hangout and at a rad Star Wars themed bar

明日から、IGN JAPANのエグゼクティブプロデューサーになり、その他のゲーム関連事業を担当することになります！ From tomorrow, I will be moving up to a management role at our company, to oversee IGN Japan as Executive Producer and work on bizdev for other game-related projects! jp.ign.com/ign-japan/78...

Nice surprise to see two more great PlayStation Japan Studio games coming to Switch (following Freedom Wars). Never predicted we’d see our games on Nintendo hardware when I was there a decade ago 🤯 フリーダムウォーズに続けて、SIEのJAPAN Studio作品さらに2本がSwitchに移植されるんだ、びっくり！10年前社員だったころ、Jスタのゲームが任天堂ハードに来るなんて想像もしなかった 😵‍💫

Finally got to see Idles in Tokyo and they were AMAZING. Lovely messy mosh pit, strong anti-fascist messaging. And what a bonus to have Otoboke Beaver as the opener! 大好きなイギリスのバンドIDLESのライブをやっと初めて見れたけど、最高に最高でした！しかも対バンとしておとぼけビ〜バ〜のステージもヤバかった😝

It was a pleasure to join the Taipei Game Show Indie Game Awards as a judge and presenter, and to broadcast live on IGN Japan from the TpGS show floor with all the amazing guests who came to join us. So many awesome games! 台北ゲームショウ2025、とても楽しかったです！今年もアワードの審査委員としてもメディアパートナーとしても参加ができて嬉しかった😸

お友達🦎

New friends 💕🐻🐻‍❄️

Photo from the time I interviewed @rianjohnson.bsky.social in Tokyo. He took one of me too 😊

Skeleton Crew was wonderful 🏴‍☠️ シーズン2も作って欲しいな〜

@parallaxstella.bsky.social Hey Stella, you’re coming to Japan?? DM me if you need recs, and hmu if you make it to Tokyo!

みんなさん、明けましておめでとうございます！ 2025年が素晴らしい1年になりますように 🐍 Happy new year from Tokyo! I hope 2025 is a dream year for all of you 🎉

I made a Spotify playlist of 66 of my favourite songs from 2024 (link below). One song per artist, and all of them amazing! I hope you love it 🤘 2024 年の気に入り66曲の Spotify再生リストを共有します〜。 アーティストごとに1曲ずつだけですが、どれも素晴らしいので、チェックしてほしい 🎶 👉 open.spotify.com/playlist/25c...

Did I mention I don’t like rollercoasters? 🥵 Actually the Donkey Kong ride was really fun, and I love this photo – if only for the contrast with @andyrobinson.bsky.social’s cheeky little face!

Catching up with friends at Tokyo Comic Con 😸

ジョン・ワッツによる「スターウォーズ」ドラマ、『スケルトン・クルー』の最初の 3 話を観ました。簡単に言うと宇宙版のグーニーズだよ！アンブリンらしいワンダー感・冒険感がいっぱい✨ 🏴‍☠️ 魅力的なキャラクター 🏴‍☠️ 演技の上手い主人公子供たち 🏴‍☠️ 素敵な世界観 🏴‍☠️ 楽しいイースターエッグ 続きを早く観たいです！

I watched the first 3 episodes of Skeleton Crew, the new Star Wars show from Jon Watts. It’s basically The Goonies in space – dripping with adventure and Amblin wonder. Charming characters, great performances from the kids, lovely world building, fun Easter eggs. Can’t wait to see more!

Fun drinks with friends at Bar Misco in Osaka. The owners sure do like Minions. x.com/misco_osaka?...

Another sunny day at USJ. Donkey Kong Country coming soon!

Found this delicious homemade burger place next to Yoyogi Station 🍔 Cheeseburger was cheap (540 yen) and one of the best I’ve had in Japan!

韓国での『サルゲッチュ』防犯カメラ🙊 Ape Escape security camera in Korea 🐒

My dog Abbie destroyed her oldest, favourite toy, so I got her an identical replacement for her birthday. She was so excited I thought she might pee.

Cradling the PS5 Pro like a newborn baby 👶 youtu.be/cLGdEJjTbLo?...