I’ve just found a massive archive of 839 game reviews I wrote for the print-only precursor to @debugmag.com It was ironically named Games Online We had a website, which told you to come and find me for a copy 😂 Currently deciding what to do with them, because they’ve never seen the light of day

Can anyone else not stand wearing a watch? It’s so incredibly overstimulating

The local polling station is directly outside my bedroom window

I’ve been trying to delete (or even pause) an advert on Instagram for over a week now. Every time I pause it, a few hours later it unpauses itself. When I delete it, I get this error message. Meta support is non-existent. They are basically stealing money from me at this point, bleeding me dry.

Big sigh

I’m feeling a little emotional tonight, but it will pass… Sometimes you put every fibre of your being into something, give it all you have, and it still doesn’t work out But that doesn’t mean it was pointless, that the work didn’t matter, or that the people who showed up didn’t feel something

This morning at 3am

Can I go home yet?

Highly accurate

Exhibitors who leave their borrowed equipment like this at the end of the day are angels

Can you really say you’ve hosted a gaming event unless you fall asleep at 4am next to half a box of chicken nuggets?

When life gives you a shopping cart full of computers, build a Quake III LAN for #DGF26

I just witnessed a women dump her partner because he kicked a pigeon I’d have done the same, honestly

We were planning to live-post our day at New Game Plus yesterday, but a combination of the venue not having 4G/5G signal (or WiFi) and Bluesky seemingly being down for 12 hours put a stop to that… So please enjoy this condensed, past-tense version instead. It was great event!

How on earth do people make creative things on demand? I’m really struggling with it

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

Enjoy this gem from Develop:Brighton 2024, which I forgot to share until now

This is going to be me once @debugmag.com Festival and Awards have happened Genuinely though, I would like to get away for a bit. Maybe I can justify it by visiting some game studios?

Always a good day when the new @debugmag.com lands on my doorstep.

The UK Government’s Online Safety Act has led Bluesky to require age verification for UK users before they can access DMs Many are (understandably) refusing to do so This has had a major impact on outreach for us, with far fewer indie developers now seeing the messages we send them about coverage

Windows 11 has gotten so unbelievably bad, that I’m struggling to get work done now My computer just CRASHED because I clicked the datetime in the taskbar 🤦‍♂️

I need everyone in the UK to know that Heinz Spaghetti Bolognese now comes pre-cut into 6cm lengths I bought a can for nostalgia purposes, only to discover this diabolical first world problem

I really want everybody to know that the events hire business is criminally expensive Want to hire a 75 inch TV with a stand? That’ll be £300 per day, please LED wall, approx 2.5m wide? £1800 / day Basic stage “ground package” rental? You’re looking at £10,000 as a “massively discounted price” 😱

Who wants to come to Norwich and install GPUs into 200 computers with me? Just wait until you see what we’re building with these!

We’ve lost EGX, Insomnia, and so many other larger scale gaming events in recent years. This is our attempt at starting something new, human focused, and grassroots in nature. We’ve moved heaven and earth to keep ticket prices incredibly affordable, because we don’t want anyone to miss out.

Tufty knows what’s up

A pallet full of books has just left Debug HQ on a lorry

This will sound like such a small thing to many, but a long held dream of mine is to get far enough ahead with @debugmag.com that we can show the final cover for “next month” at the end of every issue… And after three years, that has finally happened. I couldn’t be more happy with that tiny win 😊

Insomnia Gaming Festival has been cancelled, and their website is now password protected. See ALT text for full statement

I always enjoy when this does the rounds. There are some truly great outlets listed here!

I just dug out my childhood Mega Drive. Notice anything interesting about it? Hint: it’s neither a European or Japanese unit

Goodbye, Twitter

If it wasn’t obvious, today’s news has depressed me quite a bit, but in more positive news we’re now three issues ahead with Debug and have negotiated better shipping costs which we’ll pass onto our readers.

Another gaming outlet letting staff go and allegedly switching to full AI… Not good!

My brain has gone wrong today… A combination of stress and overwork throughthis last week left me feeling severely burnt out, and I went to bed early on Friday with the beginnings of a migraine. I woke up an hour ago, 23 hours after I left to sleep. And I can’t remember what I did all week. 1/2

So there’s a dude over on X who has developed a platform for AI to rent humans. Apparently 7000+ humans have already signed up to complete tasks on behalf of robots. This is hilarious, very clever, and highly concerning all at once..

You ever find the answer to a personal mystery which has been on your mind for DECADES, and it’s such an underwhelming answer? As a kid, there was an arcade in my hometown. I love it so much. They had all of the best games, including some I’ve not seen since. Then it closed down suddenly in 1997

Everyone’s email inbox in 2026: “Tell us how we did.” “We miss you!” “Your feedback matters.” “Verify your age to continue using Xbox Live.”

Not to be a complete downer, but I’m genuinely feeling depressed about all the UK gaming events which don’t exist anymore WASD (my favourite), EGX, Insomnia. All wiped out over the last 18 months 😢

It’s coffee and camera time

I’m genuinely getting uncanny vibes from this. The dropped G especially, which wouldn’t usually be part of a pixel font

We’re going to fill this room with chairs and host intimate gamedev talks at #DGF26 in April Let me know if you want to do one!

Just a smol shipment going out tomorrow

The best way to reheat pizza is in an air fryer with a little bit of boiling water in the bottom. Not enough that it touches the pizza, this is very important. Soggy pizza is a crime. But enough that the steam lightly hydrates the pizza. Trust me, bro.

Our warehouse is not a pleasant place to be at the moment 🥶

I’m 100% convinced that Instagram deliberately delays / spreads out your notifications so that you open the app more times than you otherwise would

Heaven is a place on earth

When you let the Brits make hot dogs And I say this as a Brit

I’m far more excited than I should be that I can fit 33 monitors on each of these new shelving units at Debug HQ

Someone should release a prequel to their modern game on an 8-bit system I would actually bankroll that concept, for the right game