Personal news: I'm leaving my Editor-at-large role at Eurogamer & Gamer Network as part of new cuts. I last year approached my move to Eurogamer & VG247's skeletonization with reluctance, but I ultimately greatly enjoyed giving EG a go. But now after 10yrs & in difficult conditions, it's time to go.

A nice treat youtu.be/m5XxOLdMSS8?...

The 360 era revival is finally fucking happening. Hell yes.

Stream may start late tonight because it’s the 9-year-old (!)’s birthday today, but we’ll be streaming a fresh playthrough of Cyberpunk 2077 for at least five hours because that feels like the right game for the moment. Made a Dude V Nomad last time, so I’ll probably go with a Fem V Corpo this time.

I've not been on socials much these days. But I'm very proud of this little movie - in particular because of the utterly spectacular performances of Ian McKellen and Michaela Coel. It was a small film, written and shot on spec. It opens in NY and LA April 10. www.indiewire.com/news/trailer...

Finally ordered a rice cooker 🙏

this is absolutely wonderful (also mike is looking for some work! more stuff at eganworks.com)

One opportunity the layoff presents is that I can take at least a month or two to do Twitch and YouTube stuff full-time. I have a pretty robust plan for exactly what that all looks like, and I think writing professionally for a full decade has burnt me to a crisp.

Reporting in from day one of the Marathon server slam: people be blastin' www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/if...

Was so hoping we'd get that Bluepoint Shadow of the Colossus on PC.

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If your agency, publisher, or studio could use a passionate PR specialist, account executive, comms writer, copywriter, narrative designer, or mock reviewer with more than a decade of diverse experience, I’d love to chat! Thanks so much in advance for any leads or support.

AI reviews will get your site banned from Metacritic

Excited to announce that I Am the Night: The Ultimate Unauthorized History of Batman: The Animated Series will have an audiobook from Penguin/Random House! More info, including pre-order details, will be available soon! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/839406...

Does your game need music that reminds you of the era when you first learned what Redbook Audio was? I'm your man. Let's talk!

The people who have liked this book have *really* liked it.

Please help Om jameel

Thank you for all the signal boosts, kind words, and commiserations today. When you’re a contract writer, the gig always feels a bit temporary—less *if* you’ll be laid off and more a matter of when. But it’s nerve-wracking when the axe comes down. Nice to have people in your corner, so to speak.

Greatest* country† in the world

We've updated Dosa Divas demo to better explain Perfect Blocks, added some features, and a bunch of fixes. It's live on Steam. Press the Block button right before an attack makes contact for a Perfect Block and take zero damage. store.steampowered.com/news/app/295...

The anxiety meds and Alan Watts lectures this week:

unfortunately they've found a new way for me to purchase a copy of The Fall of Reach

Streaming (and doing a little early GameBlast fundraising for @specialeffect.org.uk) with Alien: Fate of tbe Nostromo Live: twitch.tv/DaggersMcTimbers Donate: tilt.fyi/8PYwdsJFFv

Predator Kazooie sticker

Need the Star Wars version of this desperately, but glad to see a Marvel equivalent in the meantime. Beautiful stuff.

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Doing journalism in Genndy Tartakovsky's Primal Reddit AMA

Just got an email letting me know I’ll be laid off on Friday—my second time in 15 months. So here’s my regular reminder that I’m available for freelance video-game consulting, mock reviews, public relations, comms writing, feature writing, and so on.

I didn't escape with much behind the scenes work for GW, but I will post some beautiful ink drawings done by Taylor Krahenbuhl. Happy Birthday, GW.

A lot of the impact of A Goofy Movie is based around the fact that an entire generation has seen their connection to it change. When you watch it as a kid, you see yourself in Max. As an adult, you likely see yourself in Goofy. And the film encourages that shift in perspective!

#batman #batmanbeyond #art #digitalart #digitalpainting #dc #dcau #fanart

Spent last night playing the Fallout 4 Nintendo Switch 2 port and... it's just really good out of the box? A shocker after the many (now fixed) issues Skyrim shipped with. Stick to the 40 FPS mode for the best possible experience.

My second phone was a used #4

Perfect Organism: The Assembly Cut - The story of Alien: Isolation's creation - Deep dives into design, art, AI, and more - Huge level-by-level analysis of the entire game - Cut content and behind-the-scenes secrets - New chapters, insights, and illustrations 🔗 www.lostincult.co.uk/perfectorgan...

Need Control Resonant 😭

Composer Mick Gordon (in his Michael Fassbender era, apparently) talks about his music for the upcoming cyberpunk shooter DEFECT youtu.be/D5ivt3hNAW8

New FF7 build on Steam feels nice. Especially for a free upgrade. The people who use 7th Heaven for a lot of its more advanced features probably won't be happy, but for someone like me who just wants to run the game at the proper resolution, it more than gets the job done. Runs at 60 fps in 3X mode.

still just really upset about this variety.com/2026/gaming/... unreasonably upset. uncouth ass industry

After two years of publishers telling us “visual novels don't sell” and “AI could make a thousand like that” we’re finally announcing ❤️‍🔥 Mythic Love: Iberian Legends, a human-made monster romance VN (no, there's never enough of these) inspired by Spanish myths and legends! +info⬇️

Some glamour shots of the USS Minneapolis #conceptart #startrekart #startrek #blender #3dart #spaceship #design

It was madness Tifa... to save progress we needed these memory card thingies that slotted on top of the controller ports. And the original controllers didn't even have thumb sticks! #FF7 #PS1

So far, really content with these changes, but I'm going to add one final tweak: I'm dropping Tuesday nights and making the remaining three weekly streams *at least* one hour longer apiece. When a stream's going well, 5+ hours is really nice. I'd rather do three great streams a week than 4 mid ones.

Working on some Hawke stickers! #DragonAge

Dougie's a big personal fave, so the notion of him as Odysseus is fun. I was already jonesing for a full 2026 rewatch, but...

Big ditto here. Saying "Indies are the future, AAA doesn't matter" doesn't acknowledge the many ways indie can also be unsustainable/exploitative--and it doesn't respect the craft of AAA devs! So many cool people making incredibly cool things that couldn't exist otherwise!! Solidarity is important.

Had a dream that they made a GoldenEye 2 with all N64-era tools, assets, engine, etc. -- just more of GoldenEye from 1997, but across all the modern platforms and everything. Publishers could learn a lot from modders and the like. Just make game after game in the Odyssey Engine, the Gamebryo engine,

Shout out to @cdsart.bsky.social for illustrating the book so magnificently.

Hold your breath. Don't you dare... make... a... sound. "Perfect Organism: The Assembly Cut", the expanded analysis of Alien: Isolation, is now available for you to pre-order. lostincult.co.uk/perfectorgan...

I've wanted to bring back Worth Reading in some form for years. I'm really excited to have settled on this format. 30 minutes. An interesting conversation about a piece of interesting games writing. That's it. That's the pitch. That's the podcast. I hope you enjoy it!

brother don't i know it