Got one last bit of free time this afternoon before going back to work tomorrow, so another dive into the Nintendo Switch Online NES catalogue meant that Nightshade (1992) became my first finished game of 2026! Another new (to me) game to learn about - but this time Australian, even more exciting!

Trying again with the old Letterboxd account that I apparently made at the beginning of last year and then didn't touch again. Let's see if this is the year I actually watch more films (I am jesszam on there, join me if you are so inclined!) boxd.it/cvgZF

Seeing my name in some TV credits for the first time is another pretty cool way to start the new year! (and on the ABC, which feels special) Super proud of this weird lil deeply Australian show we've made

Starting the new year with Stranger Things and building this extremely exciting LEGO set, feels right

2025 was a weird year. Lots of big forced changes, self reflection, and attempts to establish a new normal. Huge steps forward and a whole bunch of little stumbles back. I learned a lot about myself. I felt some things I hadn't felt in years, and decided that in itself is progress. I'm opening up.

Also while we're at it in other life updates I finished Pluribus and am now going to be thinking about it constantly for the foreseeable future (at least until the return of 2025's other perfect TV show, The Pitt)

Spent time over the last couple of days idly messing around with the NES games in the Nintendo Switch Online games catalogue. This afternoon I started and finished StarTropics, a game I will admit to previously being entirely unfamiliar with, in about 4 and half hours. Fun times!

Happiest Season is a movie that means a lot to me. Give our second episode a listen if you want to hear me reveal perhaps too much about why!

Okay I know we all know this and I am late to the party but WOW PLURIBUS SURE IS GOOD (I am one episode in)

lorelei and the laser eyes (2024)

Every year. I do this to myself Every. Year.

We have been threatening to start a podcast for such a long time, and it's finally happening. Come and listen to us chat about The Christmas Writer, which managed to very quickly show that we all apparently want very different things from Christmas movies - so it got us off to a great start!

Horrific day. Terrifying, abhorrent shit to happen anywhere, but especially way too close to home. I hope you're all safe, fellow Sydney friends. Here if anyone needs to chat or spend some time staring into the middle distance together to process.

There are few things I take as seriously as Christmas tree illumination

I've made a terrible mistake. I fear I'm going to have to become a Magic person, now.

Maybe I'm gonna become a JRPG person for this game?

Went to visit my parents yesterday and located this prized possession, I am curious (yet afraid of) whether or not it still works (I'm sure the Neopets will still be alive but in what state, at what cost)

Confirmed, it does in fact rule when David makes food for his friends! (thank you David)

Today I learned that the key to bypassing the anxiety that usually stops me from reaching out to new people at work is them joining a meeting I'm in with a cat on their lap, at which point I will apparently reflexively message "that is an extremely good cat" with no context and feel fine about it

live feed of me every time i eat ice cream

The latest Pixelcast is here, and it is straight from the PAX floor... well, not quite, but from an apartment just over the river at least. Join @hewso.bsky.social, @pauljamesgames.bsky.social and @jesszam.bsky.social as they dissect the madness that was PAX 2025 www.player2.net.au/podcast/the-...

It's taking so much self-control, but I'm trying to do this properly and play it the "right" way. This game is so extremely my shit, though. We (episodic choice-based narrative adventures) are so back.

Truly such a strange game. It has a weird magic to it, and some of the best character animations I've seen in ages - I just wish it felt a little less fiddly to play and we could have had a masterpiece on our hands.

I played a LOT of terrible games during my peak Represent Me days, scouring every corner for queer representation. Misogynist shit, games where you dated boats, broken messes. But my answer is still Twelve Minutes.

Last day of PAX Aus! Who else is psyched? You can come see me on three panels in the PAX Together Theatre today! What Kind Of Year Has It Been with @jesszam.bsky.social at 10am Xena Nintendo 64 Fighting Game Tournament with Jess at 11:30 (I made her watch Xena for this) (1/2)

If we haven't had a chance to catch up/say hello, I don't want to miss anyone so please let me know if anyone wants coffee or something and I will attempt to facilitate! Otherwise I can largely be found in the wild floating around PAX Together between panels today and tomorrow

Very excited for this one!

Game Worlds is incredible, sorry to all the other visitors currently watching a grown woman (could be me, nobody can prove that) try so hard not to cry in ACMI because video games are so important

Okay, let's do this. Games week, here I come!

Everyone should know that this is all I want from games at all points in time. Give me roaming herds of horses with whom I can gleefully gallop across grassy fields. I cannot express how much joy it brought me. Would roam with the herd again.

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Sorry I have been quiet, but I will be in Melbourne next week! Will be around from Wednesday to Monday, and at PAX all weekend. Would love to catch up with people while I'm around, keen to say hello to everyone wherever possible! (Will do a proper post of where you can find me at PAX shortly!)

Just in case anyone was wondering, extremely would not recommend kidney stones. 0/10 way to spend a weekend

So many things to do but I'm afraid it is the most wonderful time of the year (time for the World Jigsaw Puzzle Championships) and so I will be doing none of them

what the fuck is happening why is the Emmys news this year somehow incredible??? are we finally getting it???

ABSOLUTE QUEEN, FUCK YES

PITT PITT PITT PITT PITT PITT

Nintendo recently hosted the biggest Nintendo Direct of all time, and we got P2 editors @jesszam.bsky.social and @pauljamesgames.bsky.social, together to discuss every announcement. Check out their thoughts www.player2.net.au/2025/09/play...

I get that some people won't love that co-op makes the game less scary, but I (a coward) couldn't be more thrilled

Indie Watch landed over the weekend, and @jesszam.bsky.social was steering the ship this week. She took a look at One Move Away and Gecko Gods. www.player2.net.au/2025/09/indi...

I too am excited for the big Song release on Friday - by which I of course mean the Songs on G Flip's new album Dream Ride, which will unfortunately be consuming all my waking hours

I remember being so shocked that a game so focused on something called "Mouthful Mode" could be so wholesome, but this was honestly one of the most joyous games I played that year. It was genuinely wonderful to have an excuse to jump back in, and the aesthetic of Star-Crossed World is gorgeous!

Look, is it groundbreaking? No (unless you count the time spent using the hoe, tee-hee, etc). But it's weirdly captivating, and it's hard to deny that this series is mostly good at what it's always done (and it's gayer now, so there's that!)

I have joined a gym and now the gym follows me on Instagram so now I actually have to go, terrible news, damn this accountability

@jesszam.bsky.social and @pauljamesgames.bsky.social take to the court with Drag X Drive thanks to Nintendo. Join them as they break down the experience with this new review. www.player2.net.au/2025/08/drag...

if you are not compassionate then what is the point

One day I'm gonna write properly about Date Everything! But for now let me tell you as someone who has not dated for a hot minute, 100 beings is... so many to date. So many.

If I have to explain to you why it's a bad idea to use a machine that makes shit up 15-80% of the time AND destroys the environment AND contributes to rising fascism and genocide AND puts brilliant skillful creatives out of work by stealing their work, then we're already speaking different languages

For the past few weeks, @jesszam.bsky.social has been testing out the SteelSeries Rival 3 Wireless (Gen 2) mouse - see what she thought of it as an all-round contender. www.player2.net.au/2025/08/stee...

Nintendo has announced a host of new titles coming to both the Switch and Switch 2 in their latest Nintendo Direct, and @jesszam.bsky.social and @pauljamesgames.bsky.social are here to talk you through the line-up! www.player2.net.au/2025/08/play...