Vital addition to the house after yesterday's Red Roses win 🤠

Oho! Might have to see if I can stop by this.

With Supergiant's first direct sequel, Hades 2 manages to capture the magic all over again. Creating another exemplary experience that pushes you for just "one more run" Read our full review here www.restart.run/articles/had...

On Wednesdays we wear pink, even in Silent Hill.

Big chunky board game feature up on @restart.run from me today! Had the chance to speak with a few designers/devs about converting a board game to digital www.restart.run/articles/are...

Enjoyed an excuse to go off the deep end with Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave setting speculation this week. www.restart.run/articles/is-... #fireemblem

There's a face in there somewhere...

Did not realise The Spectator was quite this level of repugnant. Abhorrent stuff.

Getting to the point with Silksong where I'm just finding some sequences a bit too miserly or tedious. Might need to come back after a break to see if I still want to continue

He is the most precious boy 🥹

Bowser supports women's rugby 💪

A new Fire Emblem was tippity top of my most-wanted list. Buuut I really hope it tracks closer to Three Houses than Engage. There's the obvious story link there but the visual style is closer to Engage? Interested to see more.

I recently played the OG Fatal Frame and Fatal Frame 2 with some friends and it felt like so much atmosphere comes from the older, murky visuals. I suspect they'll lose a lot in a remake without a lot of care and effort taken.

The people can't stop Sakurai from making Directs. The man loves them!

Today I did the obvious thing and mixed Hollow Knight: Silksong's Shakra with Shakira for @restart.run socials.

I did not have high expectations for Lego Party, but our Gamescom demo left me genuinely quite impressed (and not just because I won!) - Very much a Mario Party imitator, but with some smart and interesting adjustments. www.restart.run/articles/Leg...

Fromsoft reveal that Duskbloods isn't actually multiplayer and is a sequel to Bloodborne. It also only runs at 30fps for "a consistent experience of horror"

Today's fancy bake: chocolate & pistachio cupcakes

Slammed myself against a frankly infuriating gauntlet with Shakra in Silksong's Hunter's March until I realised you can turn the OTT screen shake off. Suddenly it became manageable!

Fun note: Hyperion guns would have sucked for Borderlands 4, and also it's not like the company makes a ton of narrative sense two games after Borderlands 2 killed their CEO. www.restart.run/articles/hyp...

Ahead of Borderlands 4's release, I had the delight of chatting with the game's associate creative director about what goes in to making the game's often ridiculous gun manufacturers, and how the new additions in 4 are hoping to fix some former ideas www.restart.run/articles/how...

Weekend's Rugby World Cup matches were so much fun we've immediately booked tickets for this weekend, and also have them for the final. A good time to be a women's rugby fan!

A pleasant social media reminder this morning that sometimes the dumbest idea you slapped together at 5pm on Friday will turn out to be your most successful, er, possibly ever?

Just thinkin' about life, man.

Tthe problem with getting excited about Dawn of War 4 is that I've inevitably gone back to the original and found that it still holds up wonderfully. My capability to play RTS games competently, on the other hand, certainly hasn't!

Some first thoughts on Dawn of War 4 post hands-on at Gamescom here. Got some really good interest on socials from old fans as well so I'll hopefully be getting much more up on the game soon! www.restart.run/articles/daw...

Blooming heck that USA v Aus game was intense. Best of the tournament so far #RWC2025 #womensrugby

Followed up by a fierce game of Ticket To Ride. It clogs up quickly with five!

Bempton Cliffs looked lovely in the sun today

Knew I'd be off the week after gamescom, so this weekend I've prepped 3 preview articles, one best of feature, and recorded and edited 3 preview social videos. Time off? Yes please 😵‍💫

Played my first ever game of Peak today and successfully saved everyone by cannibalizing my friend and climbing solo for the last leg. Good game.

This post-Gamesxom cuppa brought to you by my cat, Ash, who just wants to hang out now that I'm back.

Bye-bye, Gamescom. Hello, favourite fluffy boy.

We somehow fitted almost all of these into about 20 minutes at the end of a day after wall to wall meetings. Credit to @higgins.games for capitulating each time I suggested going into yet another hall to hunt for statues

Never had my ego padded more than demoing an indie movement shooter at gamescom and the developer saying, "Oh damn, you're cracked!" After I nailed a segment

If you're a small press or independent tabletop creator who must soon halt shipments to the US because of Trump's axing the de minimis tariff exemption, I want to hear from you. email: [email protected] or, [email protected] DMs: open

The booth staff laughed when, on my first turn, I asked how to open the map so I could strategize. Come for the party king, you'd best not miss 👑

Thats just my problem: It doesn't work.

Goooorgeous. Is Leon's backdrop just belts for the resi 4 merchant?

T-shirt I ordered came with some very important safety instructions

Packing for Gamescom hasn't stopped me doing the *really* important stuff: baking cookies.

Mario Party 2 DK looks like he's about to hunt my entire family line for grievously insulting him

To help people get to know the Restart.run team, I started a series in which everyone weighs in on a particular gaming topic for an easy Friday read. This week? It's best aliens (both good and bad) www.restart.run/articles/the...

A lot of stuff feeling A Bit Much at the moment, but a walk in the sun with my wife always helps

This, apparently, is comfy.

Turns out I might be alright at this here parrying lark.

Could really do with the gov recognising what an embarrassing and ridiculous state of affairs this is. But acknowledging a mistake apparently more costly than arresting nearly 500 people sitting in peaceful protest on "terrorism" offences www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Today's box cat delivered courtesy of Mario himself.

A day for the big games 🎲

Spending my time off cooking food and reading pretty books. Now if only this cold/migraine hangover would kindly bugger off!