TV news people: when covering the London Games Festival this month, maybe concentrate on the profound cultural impact of the medium rather than leading FOR THE BILLIONTH TIME on how much money they make. Thanks byeeeeee

Hi, have you ever played Wrecking Crew, Super Mario Bros Special or Dr Mario 64? Why not come and read about them as well as many other Mario oddities?! www.theguardian.com/games/2026/a...

Hello! Are you someone in London who's interested in weird playful experiments and commercially implausible games? I've written up some of the stuff happening as part of this year's London Games Festival that I think you should check out buttondown.com/holly/archiv...

Hiiiii, I wrote about Marathon for GamesRadar - specifically about how its demanding difficulty level has released me from the curse of inventory anxiety. No point in hoarding good guns when you’re gonna get killed anyway 👍 www.gamesradar.com/games/fps/ye...

Hi I wrote this week’s Pushing Buttons newsletter about Sci-fi games that seek to capture the existential fear and vulnerability of cosmic travel. Enjoy, space cadets! 🚀🪐 www.theguardian.com/games/2026/a...

I bought an old copy of the Guardian - dated 15 Dec 1980 - in a charity shop and found this story about Apple’s stock market debut! It was valued at $65m… I think it’s worth a punt

🖤🩶 Happy International Asexuality day! 🤍💜 I’m excited to announce that my next game "Ace & Aro: Heart-to-Heart” is coming soon to Steam and itchio! Sit down and have a heart-to-heart with several characters across the asexual and aromantic spectrums. Please share and wishlist! 🙏 shorturl.at/wgIN2

🚖 Explore #CrazyTaxi and other #Sega job simulators with @keefstuart.bsky.social - #ON3mag dives into games that simulate work and blur the line between fantasy and reality on.games/on3

Hello, can I ask: what are you favourite games that capture the solitude, beauty and existential dread of space? This is for something I’m writing

40 years ago, ZZAP! invited some of the best programmers of the day (Archer Maclean, Jeff Minter, Chris Butler, Tony Crowther, Andrew Braybrook) to play one another in contest using their own games (plus one chosen by the ZZAP team). Minter won, with Braybrook coming a close 2nd.

Hi I wrote about Lush’s sweeeeet range of Super Mario Galaxy products. Come on, you’ve got nothing better to do today www.theguardian.com/games/2026/a...

Now that the new Super Mario Bros movie is out, come and read about the making of the original. I promise you it’s a hell of a ride! www.theguardian.com/games/2018/m...

Hi I went to the V&A player/performer event on Friday night and it was extremely fun www.theguardian.com/games/2026/a...

Look, I don’t want to be horrible, it’s great that ITV News is reporting from Dreamhack BUT “gaming has graduated from armchairs to arenas”?! “Dreamhack is evidence we’ve moved on from an arcade era”?! arcade era?!! What year of Dreamhack were they attending?! vm.tiktok.com/ZNRQbdoJC/

I mentioned Itchy, Tasty in the Guardian’s Pushing Buttons newsletter last week. It’s a brilliant book

The book banning school in Manchester has now been named, the Lowry Academy. Some of the books have been returned to the shelves but not all. Glad to hear CILIP are supporting the librarian ://www.indexoncensorship.org/2026/03/greater-manchester-school-library-censorship-who-is-accountable/

Here’s a small portion of the tapes we have in queue for proper archival! Thanks to @mictlantecuhtle.bsky.social for suggesting we take a photo!

Hi I wrote about this whole business of Epic Games apparently not making enough from its $5bn a year mega hit Fortnite to keep staff safe from redundancy www.theguardian.com/games/2026/m...

I have an odd request for an article - do you own any video tapes with video game connections - perhaps a magazine covermounted demo tape or a copy of Street Fighter The Movie on Video? I would love to hear about it - and if you have a photo, even better!

This is a fascinating essay! 💜

This is terrifying

Resident Evil at 30: how Capcom’s horror opus has survived and thrived

Hi, I wrote about Resident Evil’s greatest ever survivor… itself www.theguardian.com/games/2026/m...

I reviewed Mythmatch which I absolutely loved. Beautiful puzzle design and a meaningful story about community, perseverance and the nature of leadership www.theguardian.com/games/2026/m...

In case you missed it, ex-Amiga Power editor Cam Winstanley wrote us a little list of his favourite board games based on video games. Come and play! www.theguardian.com/games/2026/m...

So, Marathon - is it a feature that the UI is utterly incomprehensible and I have no idea what is depleting or what I have equipped or anything at all about what’s happening, or is this just me?

Absolutely thrilled to see Shutter Story on The Guardian today. "As a horror fan, I’ve been spoiled for choice this year, but Shutter Story by Frostwood Interactive has been a highlight." Big thanks to @keefstuart.bsky.social for the inclusion! www.theguardian.com/games/2026/m...

In which Dominik Diamond searches Xbox Live for a winter sports game and finds something very different. Art. Kind of. www.theguardian.com/games/2026/f...

Resident Evil Requiem review - there’s plenty of life in the undead yet

Thrilled to receive a 4 star review of Pieced Together in the Guardian today! www.theguardian.com/games/2026/f... #wishlistwednesday #indiedev #indiegame #cozygame

Perfect Organism: The Assembly Cut - The story of Alien: Isolation's creation - Deep dives into design, art, AI, and more - Huge level-by-level analysis of the entire game - Cut content and behind-the-scenes secrets - New chapters, insights, and illustrations 🔗 www.lostincult.co.uk/perfectorgan...

Hi, I reviewed Pieced Together, a beautiful narrative game about friendship, growing up and growing apart, told through a cute interactive scrap book. By @glowfroggames.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/games/2026/f...

Omg youtu.be/Jq4ER-P6NCQ?...

Some news - today I’m launching One More Catch, an independent publication covering Pokémon Go and the next generation of Pokémon games: @onemorecatch.site

Hawaii (OutRunners, Arcade-MegaDrive, Sega AM1, 1993)

Again, I cannot emphasize enough: do not go to the US even if you're privileged enough to have never been scared or worried of a border crossing in you're life. Do not go ESPECIALLY for something as optional & outrageously expensive as GDC. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

I reviewed the new re-make of the QuickShot II: the peoples’ flight stick www.theguardian.com/games/2026/f...

If you haven’t bought it yet, I truly recommend Keza’s book on Nintendo. I learned a lot from it and she tells the history in such an involving and personal way. I am extremely proud of my colleague and my friend www.theguardian.com/books/2026/f...

Reviewing the return of some cutting edge technology today

‘This shouldn’t be normal’: developers speak out about bigotry on Steam, the world’s biggest PC gaming storefront

Bandai Missile Invader, 1980. it’s possible I should spend less time hanging about on livestreamed auctions

This definitely means there’s going be another Jambo Safari

Hi I wrote about how Iron Lung isn’t so much a film based on a video game as a film based on watching someone else play a video game. I also answered the age-old question: what is the Citizen Kane of games? www.theguardian.com/games/2026/f...

The justification for these AI experiments is always “this stuff is not going away”. Well no because the tech giants lobbying for it have billions invested in the technology and they’ll do anything to make it mandatory www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Latest from me, and one of the most important pieces on Special Needs I've written so far: "In fifteen years of political journalism, I don’t think I have seen anything quite like this: a mad game of briefing, counter-briefing and official stonewalling." maybeimamazed.substack.com/p/why-the-po...

I am writing this week’s Pushing Buttons newsletter for the Guardian - do you have a question about video games? Anything you’re dying to know about games, the industry, etc, please reply. I have two hours to write this sucker!

Hi I spoke to Jade from Traitors about how playing video games prepared her for life in the castle… www.theguardian.com/games/2026/j...

1: Love is a Curse by @keefstuart.bsky.social: A smartly told story following a woman navigating grief whilst investigating a generational curse. Took a little longer to get its hooks in than his previous books, but it still had me completely invested by the end

Hi I wrote about SpellTower by @stfj.net - one of my favourite ever mobile games!

LONDON! Come see me on 16 Feb at Loading Bar in Stoke Newington, I'll be talking about my book Super Nintendo with my longtime friend and colleague @keefstuart.bsky.social ✌️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/super-nint...