If this is reasonably priced, I'm all in. I have a massive Steam library but would much rather play my games on the sofa Fellow desk haters, REJOICE

Finally, some culture in Italy

When No Man's Sky launched in 2016, generative tech seemed like the future. Now, as AI slop floods social media and destabilises democracies, 65daysofstatic returns to No Man's Sky to rescue their soundscapes from the algorithm. Here's the story behind their second No Man's Sky album, Journeys.

... I may have a problem

Metal Gear in concert was expectedly majestic last night But the orchestra couldn't compete with this kid being chasedby security for trying to sneak into the Royal Albert Hall under a cardboard box

As a 34 year old I thought my online shooter days were longgg behind me, but Battfield 6's got me regularly fragging again. I'm sat in party chats dreaming of new gun unlocks and scope upgrades like it's 2015. Move over, Boomer Shooter, it's Millennial Militarysim time!

For my @gamespot.com debut, I had the honour of interviewing PlayStation legend Shuhei Yoshida. From dealing with Nintendo's Sony betrayal, to overcoming the struggles of the PS3 generation, here's how Shuhei Yoshida shaped the way we play. www.gamespot.com/articles/how...

Pokémon Legends ZA is shonky as, but it's got a lot of heart. 20 hours in and I'm a big fan of the battle system, the writing and the music, and I'm having a good enough time... But I still can't help but imagine what ZA could have been if TPC actually gave GameFreak a real budget.

BAFTA Membership unlocked  ✅ I remember first covering the gaming BAFTAs as a baby journalist way back in 2016, so it feels pretty surreal to now be on the voting panel. Congrats to everyone else who's been approved. Catch you at happy hour for a BEERFTA

I can't stop playing Ball x Pit - send help.

Always nice to see your story generating headlines.

"The only reason Call Of Duty exists is because EA are dicks" For GQ I spoke to FPS pioneer Vince Zampella, who revealed how Spielberg birthed the modern shooter, why now is Battlefield's time and which other famous Hollywood director almost made a COD movie. www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/batt...

"The only reason Call Of Duty exists is because EA are dicks" For GQ I spoke to FPS pioneer Vince Zampella, who revealed how Spielberg birthed the modern shooter, why now is Battlefield's time and which other famous Hollywood director almost made a COD movie. www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/batt...

Can't believe that the people in charge of securing peace in the Middle East are *checks notes* Tony Blair and the co-owner of EA

This week’s Video Games Industry Memo argues that Saudi Arabia’s acquisition of EA is a power grab of a soft power asset by an authoritarian state, enabled by Jared Kushner‘s inappropriately close relationship with MbS. It’s an affront to democracy. www.videogamesindustrymemo.com/p/a-kushy-de...

As someone who never played the original, I'm having an absolute blast with FF: Tactics. While some of the systems are a little obtuse, the purity of the combat, the excellent story and the intricacies of the job system have me utterly hooked. The perfect handheld game - I can't put it down.

Offt, this is a banger. I couldn't make it out to Parc Del Forum this year, but after attending Primavera '22, '23 and '24, this line-up is definitely tempting me back.

A cool look at why retro consoles are doing the business right now.

Last week, I went to Paris to hang out with Pikachu in the Eiffel Tower. While I was there, I played just over an hour of Pokémon Legends Z-A - a demo that left me with mixed emotions. www.techradar.com/gaming/pokem...

What's driving the rise in retro game handhelds? For this week's @vgim.bsky.social I speak to Evercade's @cleaverslips.bsky.social, @apzonerunner.com and GamerCard's Grant Sinclair about the legality and longevity of gaming's newest booming industry. www.videogamesindustrymemo.com/p/the-retro-...

ICE shooter Joshua Jahn's politics aren't what's being reported, three longtime former friends tell me. www.kenklippenstein.com/p/the-ice-sh...

Editors, I have some truly top-tier gaming interviews that need a home. If you have budget and are looking for some juicy high quality features, don't hesitate to slide into my DMs.

The only time I've ever "broken" embargo was when I posted a question in a closed Journalist Facebook group asking about Cyberpunk's bizarre pre-review install process. A butt hurt Journalist screenshoted my comment, moaning to PR that they hadn't got code... I got legal threats sent to my editor.

Shakespeare and Co, a Parisian bookshop that only sells the finest literature

Inject this new Fire Emblem game DIRECTLY into my veins.

I'm off on holiday for two weeks. - VGIM stuff? Contact @grapedosmil.bsky.social and @vitageorge.bsky.social. - Work stuff: I'll be back online Monday 29th September, please hold until then. - Book: Out next year, give it a pre-order so I can buy a beer in Greece. linktr.ee/Power_play_b...

George’s newsletter is always a fascinating read, but this week’s guest issue is particularly gripping – a deep-dive on a video game used in real-world propaganda battles, as an ISIS recruitment tool, and on licence to real-world militaries.

For this week's VGIM, I explored the tricky relationship between ARMA and real world warfare. I spoke to Bohemia Interactive about its game engine being used to spread misinformation about real conflicts and explore the morality of their game engine being sold to UK defence firm BAE systems.

It is peak UK that a transphobe being arrested for inciting violence is the Free Speech Issue Of The Moment, rather than the suppression of anti-genocide campaigners.

If it's not called 'Call Of Movie', they've officially fucked it.

That's Sword Of The Sea wrapped, coming out of nowhere and comfortably shooting up the ranks of my GOTY list. Abzu didn't really click with me, feeling a little soulless compared to Journey - but Sword of the Sea's world oozes that same beguiling, ethereal quality. ...Airblade, but make it art

This week marks five years (!) of being freelance after losing my job as Fandom’s Gaming Editor in 2020. It's been a wild ride, but I wouldn't change it for the world. If you fancy checking out what I've been up, there's a self-indulgent LinkedIn post below. 🎈 www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

This is the reason that a lot of YouTubers get a bad name. Someone with over 1.8 million subs makes a video that literally reads out a journalist's work - a journalist who bothered to go out and actually conduct an interview - and then he profits off said interview without even linking back to it.

This is an exceptionally long piece, but I've been researching the PayPro debacle and the campaign to #SaveSpeech and just how damaging the issue is to creators, players and games as culture. Censorship is shit. open.substack.com/pub/videogam...

Playing a bunch of games on PS5 Pro at recent preview events pushed me over the edge, and I traded in my dusty Steam Deck for a Pro and couldn't be happier. Sorry decky old pal, you've gone to the big CEX in the sky now

Onimusha: Way Of The Sword has some of the best animations I've ever seen in a video game. Fast, fluid, challenging and fun, Way Of The Sword felt somewhere between Sekiro and Devil May Cry V. My preview for VGC below 👇

www.theguardian.com/games/2025/a... I had an absolute blast with Snake Eater Delta. This is a gorgeous and stoicly faithful recreation of Kojima's most filmic achievement to date. While there are aspects where this 2004 classic shows its age, it still had me grinning throughout.

21 years later, I speak to the cast and creators of Snake Eater, who reflect on what made Snake’s cold war caper such a gaming classic. I don't know about you, but I'm still in a dream.... SNAAKKEE EATERR www.theguardian.com/games/2025/a...

21 years later, I speak to the cast and creators of Snake Eater, who reflect on what made Snake’s cold war caper such a gaming classic. I don't know about you, but I'm still in a dream.... SNAAKKEE EATERR www.theguardian.com/games/2025/a...

What is the secret to gamescom’s long running success? And what’s been going down at arguably the biggest games event in the world? @grapedosmil.bsky.social chats to the event’s bigwigs and reports from the ground for your entertainment. videogamesindustrymemo.substack.com/p/gamescoms-...

Hands-On: Resident Evil Requiem feels an awful lot like Hideo Kojima’s cancelled P.T., writes @grapedosmil.bsky.social. vgc.news/features/res...

Hands-On: Resident Evil Requiem feels an awful lot like Hideo Kojima’s cancelled P.T., writes @grapedosmil.bsky.social vgc.news/features/res...

For Eurogamer, I sat down with the one and only Tony Hawk, who tells the story of how he went from struggling to make a living to becoming the face of PlayStation's coolest game.

For Eurogamer, I sat down with the one and only Tony Hawk, who tells the story of how he went from struggling to make a living to becoming the face of PlayStation's coolest game.

I enjoyed the first episode of Alien:Earth (ropey CG aside) but the second was god awful. Who decided that making 11 year old baby-talking synethetics was a cool idea? Here's hoping this show unshits itself next week.

Great to see a legacy media brand adapting their content and coming back with an exciting new direction. Looking forward to seeing what this new era of EG brings!

Pals and Palettes, I regret to inform you that Gamescom is somehow next week?! Regan Industries ™ will be attending once again, dodging sparkling water and hopelessly asking if there's a vegan option, as is tradition. I've got a some exciting appointments still needing homes, so editors, say hallö

Here’s our preview of Silent Hill f, written by @grapedosmil.bsky.social - fear, fog and feminism in 60s Japan… www.theguardian.com/games/2025/a...

The reason I was in Japan last month. I spent 5 spooky hours battling Hinako's demons in one of the most beautiful PS5 games so far, Silent Hill F. Here's how the Women's Rights Movements inspired this surprisingly heartfelt Dark Souls-esque survival horror. www.theguardian.com/games/2025/a...

Another week, another VGIM. In this week's edition, @grapedosmil.bsky.social talks to the creator of Doom, the man who brought Tetris to the west, the sweary guy from Hazelight, Rematch's Creative Director and Gollum about games today. www.videogamesindustrymemo.com/p/a-star-stu...