Another 7-win draft. Moment of Reckoning was basically an 'I Win' card whenever it resolved.

I swear this Vampire Crawlers run didn't last 90 minutes. Then again, it is the type of game that is dangerously capable of making time disappear.

First draft with the new Magic set, first 7-win run with the new Magic set.

If Die Hard is a Christmas movie, then American Psycho is an Easter movie.

I got hit with the system-level age check. At least it doesn’t send any vital information to the apps, only that I am over 18 years of age. It’s definitely preferable to sending my selfie/lewds to Peter Thiel.

Apparently at least 80,000 people were in line to get presale tickets for the NFL Melbourne game. It truly is The Eras Tour for day drinkers.

That was a solid race, even if it wasn’t as battle-filled as the last two. Even if the safety car scuppered Piastri’s chance of winning, it was still good to see him do well. Or, as he put it:

My shiny chunky boy

I've finally unlocked the sweat zone in Marathon. I look forward to losing all my gear in seconds.

I can get cheaper petrol by going through a parking lot with a fuel siphon and a breath mint — and that would be the more dignified option.

It’s baffling and hilarious that Amazon offers tours of their warehouses. I wonder if there’s a VIP package where you get to pee in a bottle mid-shift (bottle not included).

It’s hard to be mad at either the Matildas or Nadeshiko Japan in that game. Both gave it their all without any dirty tactics. The soccer gods didn’t favour any of our chances and the sole Japanese goal was world-class. GGs. Let’s met again in the 2027 Women’s World Cup.

Anyone mutuals still playing Marathon? Playing with randos is stating to lose its lustre.

🎵 Sing along with the common people, sing along and it might just get you through 🎵

I was on a walk. A car pulled up next to me and yelled something at me. Taking my earphones out, he yelled again, "You shoelace is untied." I looked down, my shoelaces were still tied. I looked back up and he was driving off, cackling. I almost admire the quaintness of the bit?

After all the doom and gloom of the new car regulations going into today's Grand Prix, we ended up getting laps of thrilling battles and overtakes. We probably would've gotten even more if Ferrari didn't blunder its strategy. It almost lifted my mood after the Piastri DNS. Almost.

Finished Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Stop me if you’ve heard this before, but it’s a pretty good game.

The Olympics figure skating gala briefly turned into Fortnite.

We’re all keen to play Pokémon FireRed / LeafGreen on a 2010s handheld device, right?

Ain’t no rule that says a dog can’t compete in Olympic cross-country skiing

Cooper Woods has won Australia’s first gold medal at this Winter Olympics! Time to blare this on loop youtube.com/watch?v=M5jw...

The ski jumper that gets fourth place:

For the last summer Olympics, every event was streamed for free on 9Now. For the upcoming winter Olympics, almost everything is locked behind the Stan paywall. This stinks.

This article from The Guardian has me really pissed off. It’s basically ‘What, you haven’t been paying extra on your mortgage? What are you — some sort of Poor?!’

It’s curious listening to my podcast feed discussing Highguard. It’s as if they’re trying to counter the outrage YouTubers by trying (very hard, mind you) to find the qualities of that game. The ragebaiters are bad, and Highguard is a messy experience that I didn’t find fun. It can be two things.

Say what you will about Highguard, but people dogpiling on it because it isn't Half-Life 3 is incredibly dumb.

Triple J will try to champion the fact that 54 tracks from this year’s Hottest 100 come from Australian artists, but will ignore the fact that 47 of those came from Spacey Lame and Ocean Agony.

Boy howdy, this really is just a shameless ripoff of LCD Soundsystem’s All My Friends, isn’t it? Just without any soul, substance, payoff or talent.

Ah the Hottest 100, that time of year where I yell at the radio about the yoof music in order to distract myself from my own irrelevance and mortality. Having said that, <insert band with whiny vocals here> sucks.

The greatest lines in cinema: - “Frankly my dear, I don’t give a damn.” - “Here’s looking at you, kid.” - “We need to build the car for combat.”

Spotify continues to go downhill. Anytime I get a new release notification, 90% of the time it’s AI spam riding the coattails of actual musicians.

It took a while, but I've finally beaten Metaphor Refantazio. Glad I picked it back up to see it to the end.

Uh, Google, Stadium Australia is about 700km away from where the Australian Open is being held.

Hooray, my copy of Final Fantasy Tactics arrived in the ma—

I think this might be the first year where all my Hottest 100 votes have been write-ins. Despite this, I will still yell at my radio when none of these songs end up in the final list.

We launched a whole new season of NGP On Tour, as @crinjworthy.bsky.social takes @emshiel.bsky.social and Irina to The Game Expo, and @beabravo.bsky.social heads to Japan for Bitsummit! Airs on C31 Melbourne Wednesdays at 8:30pm AEDT! www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6gl... www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWgv...

What happens when you give in to the intrusive thoughts youtube.com/shorts/QE_YX...

Nine hundred (and ninety-nine) dollaridoos??

So close to getting a shiny hundo

If you want to see my top 10 games of 2025 in a single image, here you go. If you want words to go with them, check a look at the thread.

No hate. <Kyle Sandilands appears Stand Up to Hate ad> Okay, one hate.

It's a little late, but here are my games of 2025, in thread form. But before that... - Honourable mentions: Rogue Prince of Persia, Mario Kart World. - Games I feel bad for missing: The Drifter, Bits & Bops. - Games I feel bad for not fully playing: Citizen Sleeper 2, Baby Steps.

$300, no lowballs, I know what I have

Old mate is tripling down on this approach for the second part of this outlet’s GOTY consideration, tearing down every other game he considers too dumb for his big engorged brain. His presence is the one thing that has stopped me from supporting the outlet’s Patreon.

What do you consider the golden age of The Simpsons? Does it start at season three or season four? Would you include season 10 or even 12?

I’m listening to a GOTY podcast, and I am growing to *despise* one of the hosts. Not for his choice of games, but the fact that he thinks he’s too good, too smart, for other titles. I risk getting RSI from making dismissive wanking motions whenever he opens his mouth.

Now that Bart’s opened his copy of Lee Carvallo’s Putting Challenge, Christmas can officially begin

Between How the Grinch Stole Christmas and My Secret Santa, I’ve inadvertently created a double-feature of ‘Christmas movies where the main character puts on too many prosthetics’. It ain’t a good one!

Internet Be Normal About Someone’s Passing Challenge [IMPOSSIBLE]