Not one person asked, but ✨he’s back!! ✨ Here’s every game I beat in 2026:

The selfish part of me wants Zion to stay at NL forever - he has brightened every single day, and is one of the kindest souls I’ve ever met! I just know that he’s going to smash what comes next, and I’ll be so very proud watching him do so!! Go kill it, dude, I miss you already 🫶

THIS DIVA

3 hours in and I am already overly emotionally invested in a group of fictional bugs

BABE WAKE UP! NEW LONGFORM ZION VID JUST DROPPED!! (shock, this one rules!)

Buzzing to be back contributing to Hookshot, and proud to have written my first review for Nintendo Life too. Turns out Herdling’s pretty darn charming! 🍂🦬

I've never been so excited to write a headline

CHOREOGRAPHY AND MERRIMENT!!

FACT: Sakurai recorded the entirety of this Direct 2 years ago while waiting for a YouTube video to upload

screaming, crying, throwing up

play Donkey Kong Bananza!! it made Zion eat his words!!

🍌 I'm absolutely bananas for Donkey Kong Bananza!! 🍌 www.nintendolife.com/reviews/nint...

and there I was thinking that keeping your staff and letting them make more games was the way to make more money

who would have thought it? Donkey Kong Bananza is 🍌wonderful🍌

more like 'The Witcher Phwoarrr', amirightlads??

you know what really sucks about the Doctor Who finale? this series SLAPPED, but I’m forever going to remember it as the one with the real stinky ending

I had a lovely little chat with Ray, Robbie and Amanda to talk all things @dateeverythinggame.bsky.social! we've got all the hot topics in this one: dating, AI, The Avengers... why the hoover is so god damn sexy you want answers?? give it a read!

stop the NEW EXPANSIONS ride! I want to get off!!

another Star Wars day, another excuse to wax lyrical about a great Star Wars game

If you enjoy @nintendolife.com, @pushsquare.com, @purexbox.com or @timeextension.com the best way to support us is to disable your adblocker or go ad-free by becoming a paid supporter, from $3.33/month that includes all our sites. www.nintendolife.com/supporter

If it wasn’t clear already, it’s tough running games media sites at the moment. That said, I’m immensely proud of what we’ve built at @hookshot.media over the past decade, and we remain (majority) independently owned. Every single employee in our team directly contributes to our daily content ☺️

if it takes buying a puppy to get the best episode of doctor who in years, so be it

uh oh, Craig's got me very VERY excited for this one

psyching myself up for a night of ✨confusion✨

babe, wake up! new halloween couples costume just dropped!!

if you heard me scream while playing mario kart world knockout tour, no you didn’t

will I understand Switch 2 if I haven't watched Switch 1 yet?

the C button instantly loads your copy of ‘croc: legend of the gobbos’

from a place of total love, there are too many characters in Avengers: Doomsday

Game Friend's FIRST review done and dusted! 😊 Atomfall will surprise you. Rebellion's latest title may not be the deepest action-survival game on the market, but it more than makes up for its shortcomings with quirky British culture and an atomic mystery. 💣 Full Review: youtu.be/bvchF0HejMw

It's official. My final video for @purexbox.com is up on the channel. It's sad to say goodbye, but I'm hopeful and motivated to make Game Friend as good as it can be 🧡 Full Video: youtu.be/UXp3ADxv_UI Game Friend: youtube.com/@thegamefriend

Last week was my first spent unemployed following redundancy. This week I've made Game Friend! I still don't know what the future holds, but I'm excited to continue hosting a space on the internet for gaming news & reviews with all of you...se? Yes. This is going well. 🙏 youtube.com/@thegamefriend

first Triumphant Light hit did not disappoint!!

is he: a) moving house b) coming up with a YouTube channel name c.2012 c) both?

Craig is truly one of the most talented, funny and caring guys out there. He has made every day a little brighter and I am going to miss him with all my heart. If you are after a top-notch video producer/writer/all-around good guy, then you'd be a fool not to snatch up this man. Love you, mate 💔

Pokémon EUIC round 2 is a go!! If you see a fella with long hair quietly weeping into his banking app, that’s not me

Captain America 4 was fine (bordering on quite good) but it has the most hilarious misuse of boot space ever committed to screen

hate me some hyperbolic statements about “X being the best Y of the last decade”, but you all really, REALLY need to watch Big Boys!! Truly generational stuff

oh god I finally finished watching The Clone Wars. I don’t know what happens to me now

*inhales* AHHHHHhhaAa!!

🏳️‍⚧️‼️ TRANS FOLK IN THE GAMES INDUSTRY‼️🏳️‍⚧️ If you are in need of work, please share your portfolio here! If you are not trans but you see this - donate $5 to Trans Lifeline and I will match your donation! translifeline.org

If you're in any way involved with these awards and weren't aware of the *absolutely indefensible* behaviour of the people behind it, you *probably* need to issue some kind of grovelling statement, pronto

oh this one really sucks, a true legend

@antdickens.com dared ask the question, ‘what if the eShop wasn’t shite?’, and the result is ✨wonderful✨ www.nintendolife.com/eshop

STRAIGHT IN MY BASKET

planning on being ✨insufferable✨ this year, so here’s a thread of every game I’ve beaten in 2025:

I spoke to a whole host of wonderful devs and publishers to find out what they make of the Switch eShop. Turns out, everyone thinks it’s shite