I’ve just had a weirdest experience… I subscribed to EDGE about a year ago, but nothing ever came and support had no record of my subscription. The payment definitely went out. Then today, that issue from a year ago has just arrived in immaculate condition 😅

We made a Limited Edition “Liquid Debug” magazine to celebrate our 3rd birthday There were a total of 50 produced, they’re individually numbered, and every penny goes towards our free indie game showcases Here’s the details: teamdebug.com/issue/15se

Who’s up for coding a game for this thing?

I already regret also posting this on X

You know how Develop:Brighton is a big conference with a small showcase… What if you, ya know, flipped that around? That could be interesting to see

I don’t want to get too ahead of myself, but the cover of Debug #17 is quite possibly the coolest thing ever 🤩 I’m super excited about what we’ve got planned over the next twelve months!

Completely forgot to repost this! Please do take a look, and maybe consider subscribing so we can give talented people work

If you’re in Brighton for Develop, do not let yourself miss BITs!

Doesn’t MVP stand for Minimum Viable Product? 👀

I would absolutely love to follow a game from the ideas and prototyping stage, straight through to release and even post-release in real time. Definitely something which @debugmag.com could do!

It’s a really unique form of sadness when someone who made something you really enjoyed as a kid turns out to be a terrible person

Preparing some arcade games for a thing. Only real hardware allowed!

Might have to rethink putting this table here

But does it have *tasty* artificial colours or flavours?

I’ve just been going through a monster collection of gaming magazines (every EDGE and Games TM, plus others) and one of the best parts has been seeing all the old adverts from when I was a kid ❤️

There’s nothing quite like getting home at 4am after a full day of international travel

I’ve just paid £14 for a burger at Copenhagen airport, and I have so much regret

This next issue of Debug is mostly being written in Sweden

After working hard for almost four years to build @debugmag.com I’ve come to the difficult conclusion that I simply can’t do it anymore without some extra help. When things go wrong, as the founder I quite rightly jump in to fix them, but that takes valuable time away from editorial work. Cont…

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