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You can talk about Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca, or Meryl Streep in Sophie's Choice, but do you really know the power of acting until you see Stone Cold Steve Austin emerge from a fridge while fighting Booker T on a 2001 episode of SmackDown?

I know we've all been thinking it, but: Dutch football teams were REALLY obsessed with speed in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Teams include: 🏃Be Quick 1887 🏃Quick Boys 🏃Quick '20 🏃Quick 1888 🏃Quick Den Haag 🏃Velocitas 🏃Vitesse Arnhem

Hotel Barcelona from @cultgames.bsky.social is one of my favourite games of the year so far, but there's a*little* bit more to it than that. Check out my review:

My wife just reinstalled Tetris 99 on the Switch 2

The best and worst thing about heavy rain is that I have to dress my dog up as an astronaut race driver just so he can have a piss

Henry Halfhead from @lululu.games is something you should treat yourself to - one of my favourite games of 2025 so far. Check out my review:

MES AMIS

GamePupper loves his shark toys. Carries them all around the house. Drops them in the garden, on the stairs, on the bed, then lays on them. I wish my life was that simple.

Really vague request, but... A few years ago, an email newsletter about games journalism collapsed very quickly after its writer rather cruelly tore apart a very easy-to-find game review on a mainline website. Can anyone remember what it was called or when it was sent?

We got this photo from a dogwalker taking Dougal/GamePupper (front, centre), and it looks like he's taking a selfie with all his mates

One of the weird "benefits" of game reviewing is that you might be the first person in the world to complete one on a given console. This is at least the second time for me!

Watched Hairspray for the 17th time last night, and this line from Motormouth Maybelle Stubbs hits harder with every viewing

Tonight's movie, and another 10/10 banger my wife hasn't seen before: Terminator 2: Judgment Day.

I can watch any historical documentary and I will always get distracted by random shit in the old footage. Tonight it was a 7/7 bombing programme, and it went off the rails due to a 1994 Nissan Primera and a MK One

Hey, listen LISTEN Karma: The Dark World from @wiredproductions.com and Pollard Studio is finally on Xbox, and it's £16 for the best headmash you'll put yourself through. Great game.

I FINALLY GOT MY S RANK IN I AM YOUR BEAST I'm always truly shit at games like this, so it's a real achievement for me

Got to the end of Severance S2. Jesus Christ.

It's been two nights, I've not completed it yet because I'm not good enough, but @strangescaffold.bsky.social has made a masterpiece and I needed to write about it. Just one S grade, lads and lasses. I'm so close, too

I think I Am Your Beast is my favourite new game in AGES. @strangescaffold.bsky.social have smashed this one out of the park

Tonight's essential viewing:

I'm working on finding more games for my wife to try on Switch 2, in the hope that I'll find more genres that she'll fall in love with. I think the selection I bought in the last 48 hours is a cracking start, if I may say so myself

What did your household call one of these when you were growing up? It was/still is the "clicker" for me. My mate's family ominously calls it "the buttons".

Real chat: what "childish" food have you embraced again as a grown adult? A few months ago, I had one of these for the first time in about 25 years, and now they're a permanent fixture in my fridge

Oh goodness me, I had a LOT of fun writing this one. 🚨NEW LEGO DEATH STAR AND DOUBLE PUN KLAXON🚨 for @forbes.com:

I really wanted this one to smash it out of the park, but all is not lost - a sequel could push it into modern classic territory. My review of Hirogami from @bandainamcoent.com for Forbes:

Power Wash Simulator × FFVII was not the comfort-gaming crossover I ever expected I needed

Were in Chester on holiday. Despite having a broken foot, I've already walked for four miles. It's a beautiful place, even if their landmark sign is an absolute shambles

I've only fractured my foot and need a short-term wheelchair hire so I can still go on holiday, but I didn't realise just how hard it is for disabled people to get any help on a bank holiday/weekend. Nearly everywhere is shut. Privatisation of the NHS would make that much worse.

When you know you're doing Cyberpunk 2077's Tower ending, but you spend time with Judy at your apartment because you know she's going to move on and forget you

Just found out that I broke my fifth metatarsal. They say I might be out until the Champions League group stage

Tell you what, Kinder Buenos straight from the freezer: game changer

GamePupper has his auntie staying with us for the weekend, and he's understandably joyous

ICYMI, @aaronpotter.bsky.social's magnum opus with @bitmapbooks.com needs your attention and/or disposable income. I'm still finding new details. Big fan. Can recommend.

A great story for indie gaming through @disc2games.bsky.social, backed by @blacksaltgames.com, to make something special through an innovative partnership. Big fan of Dredge? Get this wishlisted, even if it couldn't be more different. You'll see why.

Congratulations to @aaronpotter.bsky.social and @bitmapbooks.com for one of the best indie game-focused books I've ever read. Read my review of '50 Indie Games that Changed the World', hot off the press:

Me just checking in on my freelance inbox during Gamescom opening night live

We're finally watching Severance, and it's incredible. It makes me think of what Control was like before the Hiss took over - old tech, mad architecture, and abject weirdness. Also, the more I think about it, I think Control's my favourite game of the last ten years

This very exciting new release from @bitmapbooks.com landed today - expect my review next week. Has anyone else got it on preorder?

There's something really fucking satisfying in Cyberpunk 2077 when you nail a U-turn in the Javelina, despite the trolley-wheel physics, and it makes you drive the entire distance to the next mission

I learned today that my wife's never seen this. It's getting watched right now.

In case you missed it, the Video Game History Foundation c/o @frankcifaldi.bsky.social is doing the gaming lords' work. Had to write about it and give it the dues it deserves. www.forbes.com/sites/mattga...

NGL Microsoft has some nerve cancelling games, laying off staff, then celebrating Rare's 40th birthday with a dynamic Xbox theme

We really need a break from shit like this

Wrote a review about A Dream About Parking Lots, a game where you're in dreams about parking lots. I'm back on the real indies, baby.

Holy shit, I completely forgot about the Cyberpunk 2077 × Portal crossover

Oh you do love to see it #THEFOOTBALL #Euro2025

Glad we booked a table for #THEFOOTBALL

On the coins before the football #THECOINS #THEFOOTBALL

Most of the internet used to be like this. This is actually the default, it took companies enclosing the internet and adding weird, soul-killing incentives to make people behave the way they do now. In a way, there is truly nothing special about Wikipedia except that it survived longer.