if you don’t like the process of writing then don’t be a fucking writer, it’s not that complicated

The only time a book like this will ever keep such company, I imagine.

Speaking of books, want a free one?

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Looking forward to chatting to @mikediver.bsky.social about this book for the Alien podcast @podmetheus.bsky.social. Do you have any question or topics you'd like us to talk about? @ajblack247.bsky.social @filmstoriespodnet.bsky.social

Aliens: The Video Games is in this week's top 10 sellers at its publisher, making it the best-selling video gaming book there, right now. A *massive* thank you to anyone who's pre-ordered. The book is currently 20% off RRP, if you are interested... www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Aliens-The-V...

ITV commentary calling Sugawara a *former* #saintsfc player. AFAIK he's still our player, only on loan at Werder Bremen. Is that not the case?

Aliens: The Video Games is now up for pre-order all over the place. Forbidden Planet? Check. Hive? Check. The place that used to be WHSmith? Check. Blackwells? Check. You get the idea. Search, and you will probably find. Cover art by @sammgreer.bsky.social Foreword from @ultrabrilliant.xyz

I've never used AI in any of my writing. Or my editing work. Or anything, actually. I say this cos a couple of times recently, folks have asked me. One time, said asker almost couldn't believe I'd put 55,000 words down without some kind of AI assistance. But no. None of my books have used AI.

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Aliens: The Video Games is now available to pre-order directly from the publisher at the introductory special offer price of £20.99. Tell all your pals. www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Aliens-The-V...

Enjoying what I'm seeing of SNL UK, but c'mon, nobody on the show could have sourced proper postcards of Spanish resort towns? AI garbage always lets your work down.

ILY The Twilight Sad. Your boys did you proud, @rockactionrecords.scot.

Book giveaway? Sure, why not. UK ONLY pls ty Here's Retro Gaming, a book that came out in 2019, though this is the updated 2022 edition. This very copy of it can be yours. Just: Follow me on this place. Reply with a retro game. Any retro game. I'll pick a winner at random on Weds April 1st.

Haven't done a ##randomgamesaturday for a while but I'm down by the SEGA shelves so, here's Novastorm, an FMV-aided shooter that a lotta folks didn't especially like, but I did. Psygnosis developed, Sony published. Only ever played this Mega-CD version.

RIP to a real one*. (*Guy, never the lead guy, always a kinda tough guy, like he'd kick your ass guy, but maybe buy you a beer after guy, unless you, my guy, were a slacker.)

A new Chalk Hands album came out today, too! What a great day for great bands releasing new records. Here, have some. youtu.be/BJ6hSgLKyAk?...

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Happy New Twilight Sad Album Day, to all who celebrate. (Me.)

Lots on this, in the book! (Please pre-order, thank you.)

The Secret of Monkey Island is a metroidvania.

Happy I binned off the bird site but I've not come close to the followers I had there, here, which is a bummer when it comes to saying hi, hey, hello, I have a thing coming out, maybe you'd like it. Grateful for all amplification and engagement here but it's so much less than when Twitter was good.

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This is an important period for Aliens: The Video Games. For past books I've not really promoted them hard during pre-order (crowd crowdfunder aside), but this one? I need to get those sales earlier than not. So while pre-ordering isn't for everyone (it's rarely for me), if you can: appreciated!

Take advantage of a £9 saving by pre-ordering Aliens: The Video Games directly from the publisher. The first book dedicated to charting the evolution of Alien games, official and not, it runs from the early 80s to 2025 and incorporates 20+ new interviews. www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Aliens-The-V...

I'm not saying that Alien Deathstorm is an AvP game Rebellion wanted to make but don't have the license for, cos I do not know, but... it sure looks like an AvP game Rebellion wanted to make but don't have the license for.

If games (loosely) based on Alien movies are more your thing, further good news. There are new interviews for Alien (1984), Aliens: The Computer Game (1987), Alien 3 (1992) and Alien Resurrection (2000) in the pages of Aliens: The Video Games. Pre-order: www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Aliens-The-V...

If games (loosely) based on Alien movies are more your thing, further good news. There are new interviews for Alien (1984), Aliens: The Computer Game (1987), Alien 3 (1992) and Alien Resurrection (2000) in the pages of Aliens: The Video Games. Pre-order: www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Aliens-The-V...

Do you like Aliens games? Do you like *handheld* Aliens games? Good news. I've brand-new interviews for Alien 3 (Game Boy), Aliens: Thanatos Encounter (GBC), Aliens: Infestation (DS) and AvP: Requiem (PSP) in Aliens: The Video Games. Pre-order it here: www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Aliens-The-V...

Do you like Aliens games? Do you like *handheld* Aliens games? Good news. I've brand-new interviews for Alien 3 (Game Boy), Aliens: Thanatos Encounter (GBC), Aliens: Infestation (DS) and AvP: Requiem (PSP) in Aliens: The Video Games. Pre-order it here: www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Aliens-The-V...

Aliens: The Video Games is now available to pre-order directly from the publisher at the introductory special offer price of £20.99. Tell all your pals. www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Aliens-The-V...

All checks out except Skinny Tie Lad to the right of the sign, who I'm fairly sure is a time traveller from 1996.

Thanks, Ipswich, for finally putting the misery of Sunak at Saints into some sort of perspective. God, that's grim, isn't it.

Pick your Sony Boombox Energy: 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS SPLATTER.

Finished Requiem, so have done what all Requiem finishers do: immediately reinstall Resi 2 remake.

The original Resident Evil is wrapped up in my head with The Future Sound of London's Dead Cities, as I first saw the game at a friend's house on the way back from buying said album. The turning of that first zombie's head 🤝 the Blade Runner vocal sample running through My Kingdom.

I don't have many prized possessions. But I do have a complete Esso World Cup Coin Collection from 1990.

Shea Charles' goal here. Ooof. OOOF. Get it watched. Foot like a traction engine. Etc. youtu.be/CnDEjgwVVTE?... #SAINTSFC

I have this for Mega-CD, with some trademark Yuzo Koshiro beats on the soundtrack. Do they fit? Who cares!

People ask for cats, I give them cats. Sort of.

It was already absurdly good value, now it's an absolute steal. Not just a reminder of when mobile gaming felt like an exciting new frontier, these are just flat-out great games.

Pick up Aliens: The Video Games to learn about: Moonwalking xenomorphs Cancelled 32X ports Newborn hatred Flaming mops Nintendo's dislike of vowels Naughty Aliens sampling The importance of hallways Knight Rider deals A UK customs stealth mission Aliens, in tanks? And much more. Out in August.

Aliens: The Video Games can now be pre-ordered at Foyles, if Foyles is your go-to for books and such. www.foyles.co.uk/book/aliens-...

My little sister, my youngest sibling, is 40 today. Forty? But that must mean I'm... oh no.

Spent 40 mins trying and failing to find an important document. Did find some sealed Pokemon cards. Thirty of one set, three of another. Are these ones worth flogging or something to sit on? Proverbially.

What a perfectly timed book.

What if there was an actual appetite amongst video game enjoyers for visuals that strip away all the character and personality of a piece of art, removing all singular, deliberate styles and studied design choices so that all of our heroes are just one and the same. What if.

Pick up Aliens: The Video Games to learn about: Moonwalking xenomorphs Cancelled 32X ports Newborn hatred Flaming mops Nintendo's dislike of vowels Naughty Aliens sampling The importance of hallways Knight Rider deals A UK customs stealth mission Aliens, in tanks? And much more. Out in August.

Another illustration from @lostincult.co.uk upcoming book "Perfect Organism" a celebration of Alien Isolation written by @ultrabrilliant.xyz ! Illustrated by me! Go check it out now! (Link in bio)