I once stabbed myself in the hand while making my son an “Evil Mr Spoon”.

Just about to unbox my last Xmas present (bought using gift vouchers). Looking forward to this…

I have issues with the final season of Stranger Things, but I loved the final hour and I’m not ashamed to share that the end credits made me blub like a big old silly.

Oh here you go: My fave movies of 2025… 1. Weapons 2. One Battle After Another 3. Sinners 4. Superman 5. Wake Up, Dead Man 6. Train Dreams 7. The Life of Chuck 8. A Complete Unknown 9. Nosferatu 10. Avatar: Fire & Ash

This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)

Boxing Day games - played simultaneously, in two different rooms… (Harmonies and The Old King’s Crown)

Please gird your parasocial sympathy and send it my way, for today I came off my bike and fractured my elbow. JUST IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS. (Honestly though, it could have been far, far worse, and I’m very happy to still be in one piece.)

Looking for a last-minute stocking-filler for someone who loves big, bold cinema? May I suggest…

Ask me which movies I’ve rewatched the most, and both This Is Spinal Tap and The Princess Bride will be right up there. Rob Reiner’s such a big part of my feelgood-viewing life. He brought us all so much joy. What an absolute tragedy that he left us in this way.

ICYMI: Issue 21 is out now! Including Ryan Laukat (Above and Below, Near and Far, Sleeping Gods), Villo Farkas of Mindclash Games, Mars on the tabletop, party games, Small World and more! Go to senetmagazine.com to order your copy or subscribe. #boardgamesarebeautiful

Hear hear!

The new winter issue of @senetmagazine.bsky.social has arrived, looking forward to diving into this later today Grab a copy now over on their website where at the moment you can also get 25% off back issues senetmagazine.com

Check out this festive Senet/Guardian collab. Full of awesome board games.

Very chuffed with this Guardian/Senet Christmas collab, in today’s Saturday magazine…

Ooh, we're in this! We're in this! We're very thrilled and happy to be in this.

Oh just sharing this amazing sky I saw this morning.

Just in case you’re considering Christmas gifts for someone you love who loves great blockbuster filmmaking, might I make a little suggestion or two…?

Issue 21 is out now! In which @mattthr.bsky.social confirms that there IS life on Mars… As a board-game theme, in titles like First Martians, On Mars and Terraforming Mars. Go to senetmagazine.com to order your copy or subscribe. #boardgamesarebeautiful

Issue 21 is out now! In which we journey through the fantastical art of Mindclash Games with art director Villo Farkas. Go to senetmagazine.com to order your copy or subscribe. #boardgamesarebeautiful

Issue 21 is out now! Featuring an interview that goes ‘Above and Below’ with designer and artist Ryan Laukat, of Red Raven Games. (Portrait by Ian Wright.) Go to senetmagazine.com to order your copy or subscribe. #boardgamesarebeautiful

I’m enjoying Stranger Things S5, but I think it was very cruel of Will to trick his little sister into believing that Dimension Door is on the Cleric spell list.

Very pleased with this issue - one of our best yet!

Exciting news everybody! We’ve just launched our biggest-ever sale, where we’re knocking 25% off all back-issue prices. No discount code required, just a straightforward price slash until the sale ends on midnight 16 December.

My book on the Art and Making of The Toxic Avenger is on sale today! Here’s a handy sample of what madness lies within…

🎞️ JACOB'S LADDER - New Letterboxd article 🎞️ Writer @danjolin.bsky.social decodes the DNA of Adrian Lyne’s JACOB'S LADDER. Filled of unexpected twists and turns, the horror classic continues to compel and disorientate viewers 35 years on. Read why via #Letterboxd: letterboxd.com/studiocanal/...

I absolutely loved Pluribus - one of the best, weirdest, funniest, saddest, most thought-provoking shows I’ve seen all year, with an amazing performance from Rhea Seehorn. Here’s my review for Empire… www.empireonline.com/tv/reviews/p...

I wrote a little book, pals. 'SOFIA COPPOLA: The Complete Unofficial Guide' is out today from @quercusbooks.bsky.social/ Greenfinch and in all good bookstores. I loved delving into Sofia's prettified & melancholy worlds. Link here: www.waterstones.com/book/sofia-c...

Fellow authors, has anyone else recently received a batshit-weird email from an obviously fake/AI Lisa Jewell saying she loved your book and asking to “share notes what compels us, what scares us, and what keeps us returning to the page”…?

Ooh, it’s a sneak peek at my upcoming Toxic Avenger book! As someone who loves practical effects, monsters and silly humour, this was a fun write…

Parker board games actually used to do this and everybody thought it was normal www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

PSA: Senet's now selling gift subscriptions, plus we've created a bunch of gift-friendly bundles, all of which you can find over at senetmagazine.com/collections/.... Also, if you're already a subscriber (thanks!), you can use a special "GIVESENET" discount code for 10% off all gift products!

It’s a rainy half-term day, so I’m getting this on my table for the first time ever. Come on Splendor, impress me!

RIP Dave Ball, who told stories with synthesizers. When I was a kid I thought this what London at night sounded like: sad, sleazy, wounded, majestic youtu.be/y9KgEs3Zksg?...

It’s publication day! Two beautifully designed books about two filmmakers who made the big screen bigger than it had ever been before…

Sadly I can’t make it to Essen Spiel this week, for the first time in four years. But I have played The Old King’s Crown three times in the past three days, so I can’t complain too much.

This week on the pod: I'm joined by Dan Jolin, author of the soon-to-be-released James Cameron: The Complete Unofficial Guide. Listen/watch on... Apple Podcasts 🍎: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d... Spotify 🎶: spotify.link/9M574bSWCXb YouTube 📺: youtu.be/xh8Gf5EkH98?... @danjolin.bsky.social

I cannot recommend you enough to install the Wikipedia app on your devices and use it like you would any search engine. Nowadays they even have tabs so you can open many articles at once. And, if you can, please donate to the foundation. It has survived the internet enshittification that way.

Whatever might you be referring to Dan?

I’m just unboxing Emberheart by Mindclash Games - art by Andrew Bosley - and I have to say this “Grunt” looks very familiar. Ring any bells, @watchitplayed.tv?

Never gets old.

Only a week now until these are out. I grew up on Cameron’s movies, while Nolan’s been the defining director of my movie-journo life, so this is quite the publishing double bill for me!

I’ve rarely had such complicated fun as I’m having with Peacemaker S2.

Weekend mornings have become sitting in bed with a coffee reading the back issues of Senet (board gaming magazine) time - bliss

Just a reminder that our latest issue is now on sale, featuring... Stefan Feld! Oink Games! Carcassonne! HP Lovecraft! Escape Room games! With some awesome illustrations by Ian Wright, Julian Osbaldstone, and @tomgauld.bsky.social. Head to senetmagazine.com to order your copy.

Very pleased with my new poster…

My thoughts on House of Guinness…

Well, this cheered me up!

Oh man bravo, Alien: Earth. What a finale!

I wrote a Big, Bold Beautiful review! www.timeout.com/movies/a-big...

ICYMI: Issue 20 is out now! Including our new regular: The Classic, in which a Senet writer revisits a masterpiece board game. This issue: @danjolin.bsky.social‬ on Carcassonne. (Illustration by Julian Osbaldstone.) Go to senetmagazine.com to order your copy or subscribe. #boardgamesarebeautiful