Zelda Day at TheGamer is officially in full swing! 💚🫶 I got to chat with Princess Zelda’s voice actor about everything from her super-secret audition to shaping Zelda into the incredibly hopeful, layered icon we know her to be today. The full interview . ݁₊ ⊹ . ݁˖ . ݁ www.thegamer.com/zeldas-voice...

YES NO MAN'S SKY!

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Pragmata is the biggest surprise and one of my favourite games of the year. An unflinchingly old school and refreshing subversion of prestige triple-A storytelling. It’s warm, charming, and not afraid of its main characters being sickeningly sweet. My review: www.thegamer.com/pragmata-rev...

The Arsenal choke is real. 🤣

Writing about video games + writing about psychology = something I should have been doing for a long time, considering the 'my entire life' of it all www.thegamer.com/psychology-s...

The two quality-of-life changes I'd love to see in Crimson Desert are a) a camera lock, and b) the ability to lock an item in your inventory so you don't accidentally give it to the camp provisioner, never to be seen again. I miss my Mining Knuckledrill. 😅

Trust me to be ill on what is supposed to be the warmest day of the year. Looking out at people on the beach for the Easter holidays and thinking "as soon as I'm done with work I am hiding under a blanket" 😅

Me: It's sunny, so I finally get to be happy when sitting at my desk and looking out the window. The view: dominated by a nuclear power plant. Pointless even trying to prepare, really. 💀

( hoo boy ) www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAEj...

Mario Wonder is one of my favourite Switch games, and it's even better on Switch 2 Read all about it in my review of the Bellabel Park expansion: www.thegamer.com/super-mario-...

Epic making out it's the 'vanguard of the industry' while justifying these heinous layoffs is laughable. The foundations of its most lucrative game are theft from creators and the quick-buck exploitation of cultural trends. And now it's blaming players for not spending enough. Some vanguard.

I don't think I'll ever get used to the weekly alarm test from the local nuclear power station. Always deeply unnerving.

I probably should have done the first few missions in Crimson Desert before spending 20+ hours exploring, would have saved me a lot of climbing frozen mountains... 😅

Quite randomly, there's a swan bobbing up and down on the waves... about 200m out to sea.

Okay, from a mechanical standpoint, the final boss in Octopath Traveler II is quite possibly the most fun I've ever experienced in all the RPGs I've played. Wow.

10pm and the flat is being shaken to the core by the blowers of massive ships coming into the Tees. Look out the window, and you'd think I live in Silent Hill. 😅

The Crimson Desert metacritic score isn't a big deal, but that hasn't stopped the usual suspects from using it as a shiny new tool in a pointless online culture war. Some words on how this toxic discourse keeps on resurfacing again and again and again. www.thegamer.com/crimson-dese...

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DLSS 5 is such a disrespectful slap in the face to the power and importance of art direction and design in video games. Throwing an AI Vaseline filter on all the big games isn’t the future Nvidia believes it is. Some words on the recent reveal: www.thegamer.com/nvidia-dlss-...

Yup.

Overheard the cashier talking to his mate in the local shop just now: "I was playing Need for Speed Heat the other day, proper OG racer". FML.

Scored a mighty 10/24 on Oscars predictions, despite not having seen a single nominee in any category. 😅

Into the later stages of Octopath Traveler II, and whew, some of these stories are going HARD. 😳

I don't think I've ever been as torn as to what game to pick up next than I am now. Pokopia, Monster Hunter Stories 3, or Crimson Desert. Genuinely can't decide. 😅

1348 Ex Voto isn't the sapphic medieval adventure I was hoping for. Its story rarely gets off the ground, its world is lifeless, and its combat is instantly dry and repetitive. Strong performances and resonant themes aren't enough to save this one. My review: www.thegamer.com/1348-ex-voto...

John Carpenter’s Toxic Commando feels like someone turned an ’80s horror movie into a co-op zombie shooter and then poured synth music all over it. My review! .✦ ݁˖ www.thegamer.com/john-carpent...

This is how I access Bluesky.

Hoping this comes to the UK!

Spurs losing three-nil, subbing off their keeper, then immediately conceding another is just prime entertainment. 😅

Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection is the new peak of the series! I've played for over 150 hours and I won't be stopping now just because my review is done. It's my favourite game of 2026 so far, and you can read about why I love it so much in my review: www.thegamer.com/monster-hunt...

It's here! This has been an utter joy to work on for Dragon Age 2's 15th anniversary. Huge thank you to David Gaider for taking me through how he and all of the writers managed to get this fan favourite story finished, with no time for redrafts www.thegamer.com/dragon-age-2...

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This industry is way too obsessed with Steam concurrents.

I don't really do Lego these days, but I absolutely need this. More votes please! beta.ideas.lego.com/product-idea...

Absolutely heroic performance vs Manchester PGMOL United. HOWAY THE LADS! ⚫⚪⚫⚪

I really enjoyed Planet of Lana 2, it builds well on what the first established and raises the bar: www.thegamer.com/planet-of-la...

Not surprising given the "new Xbox is just a Windows PC" talk. Also could loosely be a symptom of the RAM situation, especially if the lifecycle of the PS5 is extended. When everyone is fighting for scraps, why help the opposition?

Ordered mine. Maybe it'll finally give me the kick up the arse I need to properly start work on my RPG Maker project. 🤣

This is from Highguard's game director and more proof that we ~really~ need to stop reporting on Steam's numbers as if they are always the commanding metric. In this case, the Steam playercount was the lowest (ironic, given how many reports and takes and posts were made about its Steam concurrents)

Finally, the announcement we all needed.

A couple of weeks ago, I had the honor of interviewing Nick Apostolides (Leon) and Angela Sant’Albano (Grace). Two very cool humans and two great interviews. Give them a read! www.thegamer.com/resident-evi... www.thegamer.com/resident-evi...

Arsenal fans celebrating that draw like they've won the Champions League. They're not getting past Bodo. 😅

Looking forward to the new Eeveelution being announced. It had better be Dragon or Ghost type.

Resident Evil Requiem combines utterly terrifying horror with action so ridiculous it had me smiling like a fool. And somehow, despite some pacing missteps and a couple of irksome flaws, it all works. #ResidentEvilRequiem My full review: www.thegamer.com/resident-evi...

• Scarmiglione, the Blighted Despot • Cagnazzo, the Drowned King • Barbariccia, the Empress of the Winds • Rubicante, Autarch of Flame

Finally rolled credits on Dragon Quest VII Reimagined, just over 100 hours because I'm an idiot completionist. Loved every minute of it! Time to heed Palmela's advice. 😅

Interesting that not one of Nadella, Sharma, nor Booty mentions Sarah Bond in their emails. Feels like the beginning of the end for Xbox, despite what those emails say.