I can’t quite explain it too specifically for reasons, but today, there’s someone in the afterlife — whether it’s God itself or one of my late family (putting a wager on me ma) — who is intent on winding me up something fierce re: a crush I have (and done so multiple times). And like… can you not?

My favourite things of 2025. I have a favourite of everything — except games.

😬😬😬

meanwhile.... medicine has taken INSANE leaps and bounds in the last 2 years. we're out here curing HIV and leukemia and creating 100% efficacy vaccines against all sorts of cancers, and now this?? between this and renewable energy outstripping fossil fuels in efficiency, the future is bright

Regarding it being the only possible ending …is it? Beeeeeecause I don’t think it is. If you’re going to show the anxieties and horrors of a nuclear attack, you should go full bore and do it or at least remove any resemblance of doubt and ambiguity from the ending that we did get.

Today has not been great. And it’s not even 11am yet. 🫠

Isn’t that literally Buck’s apartment in 911? (Or close to it at least)

"You look lonely. I can fix that" is a quote from Blade Runner 2049, where K, a replicant himself, has had his AI holographic "girlfriend" Joi destroyed. He sees a huge ad for Joi that says just that and he realises the love his Joi had for him wasn't real. These guys are like "SOUNDS COOL"

I think we have our first game to take on from this list.

Sorted.

And Tiny Sim, who DID die

Game recs on PS5, Switch 1/2 or Steam from ongoing sales — go. (I already have Dispatch in my basket on PS5 and eying up one or two others for Steam Deck and Switch 2, but very open to other suggestions)

My main Christmas present for this year? Winning near £70 in the lottery. I don’t know whether to be happy about that or feel genuinely disappointed and sad that that is the only good thing that will likely happen today.

Merry Christmas, yeah.

She’s right, you know.

I had a lot of issues watching The Game Awards this year as there were no individual warnings for the trailers to give me a heads-up whether they were safe or not. Seizures can kill, please put warnings on. I don't want to die just cause you didn't put a warning that it might kill me, pls.

this stupid menu does absolutely fuck all. useless.

IT IS TIME. Today is the only day you can legally share this. Happy Almost Christmas

*internally screams but externally smiles in autistic*

Just found the pitch deck I made for Play Diaries in 2019 just before EGX that year and now I am a little sad and upset. 🙃🫠

CBS paid the president of the United States millions in bribe money and now they censor news reports so it does not annoy him. I don’t know how much plainer we can put this.

Bill Clinton releasing a statement saying 'release the Epstein files, you cowards' was not on my bingo list.

EA's statement on the tragic loss of Vince Zampella

www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/v... I remeber getting a call at CAA, from a very upset Vince and Jason. “Bobby is trying to take away the team’s royalty. Can you help?” It was such a hard time, and they were so strong for their team. He deserves better than this. It’s so sad.

What the fuck!?!?!? :( :( :(

RE LRP: If you don’t buy Cyberpunk for 75% off, then god, Jed, I don’t even wanna know you.

Press release confirms Cyberpunk 2077 - 75% off deal is valid (not an error) www.businesswire.com/news/home/20...

Here we. Here we. Here we fucking go. Here we. Here we. Here we fucking go!

Fun weekend to see pieces of shit get beaten up.

Begin Again is truly one of the greatest pieces of musical compositions to ever grace a game and I will not hear anything to the contrary.

4,000 words on the stage I haven't been able to stop playing for the last six years. Early dev screenshots, talk of tech challenges, five demo tracks embedded so you can hear the song's evolution. All the good stuff.

The genocide is ongoing. Don't stop talking about Palestine.

Drop Fortnite

Then: The Walking Dead Now: Journey Just remembered I picked TWD initially over Journey. But Journey is in my top three for a reason. It’s a game that means so much to me personally and professionally (albeit, slightly askewed professionally now because of other reasons). It’s truly special.

Then: Life is Strange Now: Life is Strange Having two incredibly heartbreaking needles drops (Mogwai and Foals) solidify your status as an all timer is criminal.

Guess who did a stupid and passed out at the gym? 🫠 (I’m fine! Just a weird sensation I’ve not had or felt since I was in primary school. But all good otherwise!)

The Last of Us then, The Last of Us now. It’s my favourite game for a reason. That said, I’d say my top three — maybe even top five — that year would be quite different from two onwards.

Bayonetta 2 then, Bayonetta 2 now. Truly one of the greatest action games of all time.

"they don't know how to express the idea" here's rian johnson's storyboard for knives out pick up a pencil and a napkin

Then: I said Radiohead Kid A Exhibition. Now: I don’t stand by it because of Thom Yorke’s tone deaf viewpoint on Palestine, to say of Jonny Greenwood being a full-blown zionist. So now, it’s Forza Horizon 5.

Doing my first charity fundraising stream tomorrow! I'll be playing Two Point Museum: Zooseum while raising money for the RSPCA :) It's all part of #CurateForEveryKind Live from 11am at twitch.tv/halycopter Come join the fun :)

Wooooooooooooow. This is fucking seismic.

To use a Derry coliqual, Warner Bros. have officially told the Ellisons to get dey fuuuuuuuuuck.

Me @ the Ellisons:

This is Radley. She asks to "destroy" when she needs to let out extra energy. "She gets plenty of walks and physical activity," her family told us, "but she uses her destroy button when she is craving a little extra chaos." 13/10 (IG: radley_barkley)

First time in a good, good while Spielberg is going full-on intense drama. And it's looking fantastic too. Not had this feeling from a film of his since War of the Worlds.

Oh Swen… :(