Idly wondering about the potential of a Marathon anime (feasible) and realising what I really want is a Marathon radio play (impossible). Pure, panning sound design and tension wrung from what you can’t see. Hurried footsteps and a knife unsheathed.

Vic's really good and super dependable. Thoughtful in her writing and reporting. One of my favourite people to work with.

As I understand it, when the single-player campaign for Star Citizen launches, it'll be wrapped around performances from Gary Oldman, Mark Hamill and Gillian Anderson that are, minimum, more than a decade old? That's roughly the period Linklater's Boyhood was filmed over. Playable time capsule.

The latest @pcgamer.com magazine is out now, with world exclusive access to Star Wars Zero Company, the exciting new XCOM-style squad strategy game from Bit Reactor. Plus, WH40K: Dark Heresy, Darkhaven, Warhounds, Esoteric Ebb, Tyr, Ghost Recon, and much more. tinyurl.com/dkhatvax

THE SWINDLE is 75% off on Steam, still. It's one of those games that some people hate, but the people it clicks with *fucking love it to death*. You might be one of the latter! Grab it while it's next to nothing! store.steampowered.com/app/369110/T...

I am working on an article about the role and function of games journalism and criticism, from the perspective of game developers - I have a list of folks to reach out to, but also if you are a game dev with some thoughts on this my DMs are open

Oh. Thanks, old Marathon.

Interesting how bullish stances on AI go hand-in-hand with sexist language, isn't it. www.pcgamer.com/games/action...

The Outer Worlds' Olivia Ambrose really captures the indignity of corporate bootlicking: "When you lick up the scraps that fall from their plates, do you piss yourself with gratitude?"

In Britain this is considered the highest form of praise.

Idle thought on ‘eurojank’

We don’t do a lot of personal blogging on @pcgamer.com so please enjoy my first person account of getting sloppergangered in 2026

The Outer Worlds 2 was the most fun I've ever had making a game and we've kept on making it better. It's on sale right now for 40% off.

We are 70 hours from the end of our campaign. We have a littlle under 3.7K euros left before we hit the magical 50K mark, and All Will Rise will have a glorious mayoral election story that allows you to get involved in the political future of Muziris. Let's make it happen! #indiegames #videogames

enjoying the soundtrack to the 2026 game Marathon

I'm playing the original Marathon alongside the new one, for maximum lore inhalation.

I expect that if you are a videogameplaying person on here, following me, then you probably already own genre-bestriding British stealth ramshackle robot-avoider Sir, You Are Being Hunted. But in case you do not: it's -40% on Steam at the moment.

So many people are put off games like Marathon by the assumption they’re related to competitive deathmatch when they’re much more like Crysis with hyperintelligent enemy behaviour (cos humans)

Introducing ON3: Elden Ring edition - launching on @kickstarter.com this spring. Featuring YouTubers @vaatividya.com and @smoughtown.bsky.social, double the writers and worldwide shipping. It’s going to be huge - find out more: on.games/on3 #EldenRing #fromsoftware #GamesMagazine #ON3mag

It's a pipedream and the fantasy of a fool, but I wish MobyGames had a tool for cross-referencing two sets of credits - so that you could see which names appeared on both games. Would open up some great journalistic avenues for writing retrospectives, tracking institutional knowledge and so on.

Hello! Would any game devs be up for answering a few questions or sharing thoughts on DLSS 5 for a potential piece at PC Gamer?

DLSS5 looks an awful lot like the graphics mods I wouldn't install because I'm not 14 years old, and even then I'm being uncharitable to my young self and 14 year olds in general. The kids on Nexus Mods are more discerning.

I was asked to give my thoughts on generative AI usage in games - here they are!

Those who venerate ‘great men of history’ grant their idols so few of the qualities of personhood. They insult the people of the past by reducing them to cartoon characters.

I know Pentiment is set in the 1500s but finishing it puts me in mind of great Victorian novels, with their multigenerational stories of astonishing pain and the recovery that can only come with a certain amount of forgetting. The knotty tension between moving on and remembrance.

Still thinking about it - the bloke I saw a week ago, firing up two hand dryers simultaneously. One for each hand. An awesome sight. A reminder that there are new heights for all of us to ascend to. Within reach.

"We want to reward sites who use human writers and editors – we just want to stop any traffic from going to those websites wherever possible."

Truly the best of us.

I feel like there are a lot more people out there who’re yet to discover ON, and would love it. I’m in Volume Two chronicling Wolfenstein via a bunch of original interviews (I got the scoop on MachineGames’ plan for a new sequel many months before any website did!)

Look man. Consoles aren't PCs, stop it. I don't want Steam on my Xbox and I don't wanted Uncharted on Steam Deck. Bring back exclusives, event gaming, and THE JUICE youtu.be/4zhXN0mOQqM?...

A deeply Eurogamer style of interviewing, this. Makes me smile to see it.

I've finally stepped out of my no-work funk and have created (big surprise!) a newsletter. It's also a website. Please read Low Poly Mess, which is home to a weekly Tom Orry Minute newsletter as a minimum. It's basic right now, but need to get something out there lowpolymess.com

Haven't mentioned yet that I wrote the cover feature for the current issue of Edge. Pick up a copy while it's still on sale! Did you know that No Law is a proper immersive sim, in the style of Deus Ex and Dishonored? I flew to Sweden in January so that you could read all about it.

A pleasure to play a small role in bringing this great piece on the creation of Nick Valentine from Fallout 4 to life! That spirited up-and-comer Jeremy Peel: he's really got a future in this business.

Haven't mentioned yet that I wrote the cover feature for the current issue of Edge. Pick up a copy while it's still on sale! Did you know that No Law is a proper immersive sim, in the style of Deus Ex and Dishonored? I flew to Sweden in January so that you could read all about it.

I want to introduce you all to something myself and @jacksonwryan.com have been working on. A PRINT MAGAZINE about video games and video game culture. We know things have been bad for games writing recently. We're asking, "do you want to Continue?" www.kickstarter.com/projects/con...

The Outer Worlds 1 benefits so enormously from its chunky DLC plugins - massive, highly reactive quests on new planets that feed into the wider narrative and make a limited-budget RPG feel lavish and whole. Wish everyone could’ve played it this way.

I interviewed Bethesda’s Emil Pagliarulo about the surprisingly personal roots of Fallout 4’s fan favourite gumshoe. Really pleased with this one. www.rockpapershotgun.com/he-doesnt-ha...

I interviewed Bethesda’s Emil Pagliarulo about the surprisingly personal roots of Fallout 4’s fan favourite gumshoe. Really pleased with this one. www.rockpapershotgun.com/he-doesnt-ha...

Threshold is really memorable and bitesized. Strong recommend if you like immersive firstperson weirdness, mystery, and games that play with routine.

Beautiful risings gamers, Spectra demo is out RIGHT NOW

The group of fans creating this has decided not to promote on Twitter, so please help me help them extend their reach so they get lots of folks signing up to contribute. 💜

Some of the best Fallen London stories trap you in a schedule and encourage you to push at its boundaries. So a school timetable works really nicely here, and @skelicopter.bsky.social has such a wonderful way of humanising both horror and joy. “Your smile is so broad you can feel your cheeks cramp.”

Very cool to finally get to ask this question of Emil Pagliarulo, designer of Thief II’s best level and Oblivion’s Dark Brotherhood: How much immersive sim went into the making of Fallout 3? www.rockpapershotgun.com/meet-the-man...

I just want to give a bump to the fundraiser for Patrick Dane's family as they deal with the long aftermath of the horrific car accident that took him away from us all. They need it for the enormous costs incurred. Time off work. Fights. Hotels. Etc. www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...

Well then. After 9 years my role of Editorial Director at Eurogamer/IGNE has been made redundant. If you’re reading this and feel I have a lot of valuable experience (I do), I’m keen to explore any opportunities (full time, consulting, other) in the games industry. I am great.

2006: Damn everything plays like Gears now 2026: Hm, I'm already playing a scriptorium-based game so will need to leave a gap before this next one store.steampowered.com/app/3119540/...

I wish Reform and the Tories a very goodbye-election.