Lex's review is a far more engaging, action-packed affair than anything I've encountered in the campaign thus far.

Forget the Arc Raiders fans, it's the Peak community that The Game Awards should really be scared of. They're cannibals!

Picked up this placemat from the final day of the Nintendo pop up store. Cant get over how cute Toad is 🍄

Fee-fi-fo-fum!

Very proud to have once again provided VO for this wonderful series (even if I havent yet had time to listen to all 5 and a half hours!) With this as well as Persian Fire and Persians: Age of the Great Kings on my bookshelf, the end of the year is looking rather Archaemenid heavy 😅

Ash operating at peak efficiency, as per usual!

My family is engaging with my food reintroduction process by declaring today EGG DAY and insisting I send pictures of the poached egg I cook

Autumn leaves are a great comfort on slow, simple walks. A blanket for my mood.

At his lowest ebb, Henry returned to the one thing guaranteed to deliver solace: Dawn of War

I have been recovering from surgery and today my brain said: Hey, you like Dark Souls right? Here's a migraine on top of that.

There's an inherent eerieness to a vacant yet clearly occupied space. Gone Home triggered this a touch back in the day, but Blue Prince leans more with its narrative and the question of what, exactly, lies beyond each new door. That said, the greenhouse was lovely.

Not sure I've ever squealed so loud in a CS game. Probably for the best my mic wasn't on record.

Chocolate Fudge Cake Friday commences. Damson jam chocolate fudge cake, to be precise.

I continue to hound the @restart.run team with inane questions such that I can one day steal their identities and fame. This week? Finding out what really gets under their skin... www.restart.run/articles/wha...

POV: You've just eaten a croissant at your desk.

Our video editor is now sending the @restart.run team Slack out-of-context clips of me. A progression I'm not sure I'm prepared for.

What's the best horror game monster? I asked the Restart team this week and @higgins.games picked a butler because of course he did www.restart.run/articles/wha...

Battlefield 6 marks a glorious return to form for the grand-scale shooter and brings some brilliant new additions, but more support is needed to maximize its potential. Read our full review here: www.restart.run/articles/bat...

I reviewed Battlefield 6 for @restart.run! It really feels like a return to form with some great new modes and a focus on making the core elements as gratifying as possible, but it desperately needs more maps that deliver the full-scale experience. www.restart.run/articles/bat...

Utterly baffling response. Police waste time making pointless arrests at peaceful protest, so the logic is to make more peaceful protests an arrestable offence. Going to be abused further, too. www.bbc.com/news/article...

New laptop sticker courtesy of Modish Rugger and Style Of Our Own. Just wish we could've gotten the rugby cult shirt!

Me but with literally everything I write.

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!