NEW BLOG FOR YOU Google's energy consumption numbers in their new climate report are mind-blowing. 2 years ago they flipped from linear to exponential growth, and their climate impact is blowing out, too. A WILD testament to the obscene bloat and waste of GenAI: ketanjoshi.co/2026/07/01/g...

Good morning mobile game fans and makers! I’m delighted to say that I’ve joined the wondrous @mobilegamerbiz.bsky.social this week, so if you’d like to add me to your press list, please get it touch! ✨

Deathloop is just so fuckin' good. Criminally underrated.

Our games industry is people. Our studios are people. Our teams people, our games by people for people. Our games are made by people, in groups of people, in teams of people, making people things for people. The magic is people, and the people deserve so much better than all this. I am so sorry.

Also the fact you can just remove the "2" from this URL and get the Concord closure sure is something. Can't even be empathetically original in your subject about ruining people's lives: sonyinteractive.com/en/news/blog...

"If I am to flower into something other than myself, I would rather rot into nothingness as I am." - The Reflecting Pool

"Tell Jabba I'll get him his money..."

So for this Juneteenth, I went back and updated my feature on the need to incorporate more Blackness into your gaming perspective, more relevant now than when I wrote it years ago. Check it out on @pcmag.com www.pcmag.com/opinions/cel...

It's been a busy month, but that's not stopped us from putting together a chunky list of Steam Next Fest demo recommendations you still have time to try over the weekend 🔥

No longer a question of 'if' but 'when' Burnham becomes Prime Minister. Bad news for Starmer - but worse still for Reform Faragists whose scapegoating agenda has dominated UK politics for a decade. Andy brings hope and it could be catching Me for @noosphere.app www.noosphere.app/burnhams-stu...

Just a wee reminder that I don't have a regular home for game reviews, so if you're looking for a ✨ fabulous ✨ critic with a penchant for the macabre and run-on sentences, pls think of me! I genuinely miss regular critique work and would love to find a new home 👻 opencritic.com/critic/2833/...

I had a big, TERRIBLE birthday yesterday, so I spent it in bed mourning my lost youth and watching @harvey1966.bsky.social @rafcolantonio.bsky.social et al play Dishonored. Zero regrets. Also, if you’re not watching this series, why not?! youtu.be/ZVq0af9DwPU?...

I know we point this out every time, but... Here's the expected future Prime Minister of the United Kingdom winning the most important election of his life last night in a major blow to the British far right, flanked by somebody dressed as a fox and perennial novelty candidate, Count Binface.

Received a family history request via the local historical society. Said I'd be happy to help. Logged into Ancestry to see if I had anything on there that could be useful, realised Dad's still noted as living, and lost about 3 hours crying my eyes out. It's wild how grief can catch you off guard.

Hello, internet. Do you happen to know of any places that sell really good quality prints from Little Nightmares? I know it's a deliciously fucked up little game, but I am also just a little bit deliciously fucked up, and would love it on my walls!

Families asked why puberty blockers are now being removed from individuals who had received them before the puberty blocker ban, when the 2024 puberty blocker ban legislation i) explicitly said there would be no such withdrawal of existing care ii) explicitly stated care could continue under a GP.

WellBN children, young people and families have had another update from NHS England/ICB re the removal of healthcare and impending medical detransition. To follow...

You can watch @hfrayling.com talk on indie accessibility for the recent Impact! Indie Games now on Youtube. 🙌 #accessibility youtu.be/wPyXYpZrSis?...

NION Women are proud to support this essential video campaign #SomeoneIKnew, in which survivors speak up for trans+ inclusion and against the EHRC Code of Practice. Trigger Warning for the video: narratives of abuse and SA — please watch with care

The best games of 2026 so far

Every Vikki Blake review is a banger, but you're so good that I instantly thought of this one from *eight years ago*. Not many reviews stick in my mind for that long. www.eurogamer.net/minit-review...

Also, if you have a favourite review of mine, could you perhaps share it here? I'd love to know the ones that resonated with you!

Since sharing that thread, I’ve had a lot of folks who have worked with Xbox in some capacity reach out to me. If you would like to share your stories with me for a potential story, you have my word everything we discuss is confidential 🤍 here is my signal: signal.me#eu/W7NUdLfYb...

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Also, if you have a favourite review of mine, could you perhaps share it here? I'd love to know the ones that resonated with you!

Just a wee reminder that I don't have a regular home for game reviews, so if you're looking for a ✨ fabulous ✨ critic with a penchant for the macabre and run-on sentences, pls think of me! I genuinely miss regular critique work and would love to find a new home 👻 opencritic.com/critic/2833/...

Tax wealth not work

That player is about to be denied entry into the Emerald City.

Do it! I beg you!

BUT I WRITE IN THREES FFS

If you want to donate you can do it here: theoceancleanup.com/donate/ istg if I was rich all I would do is find projects like this and throw money at them like a benevolent batman

Honestly incredible stuff but this made me gasp: "For $100 million a year we can get clean oceans,” he said. This is less than the annual marketing budget of most major consumer goods companies that produce the plastic The Ocean Cleanup is pulling from the sea. techfixated.com/young-invent...

RIP Anthony Stewart Head

This is wank. Offensive, dismissive, harmful wank.

A federal court blocked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's ban on transgender servicemembers, ruling it was unconstitutional.

Fuck yea, I love reading the news.

One of the more misogynistic takes currently trending in the AI policy space is "women use less AI than men because they have less tech literacy" Ok but have you considered that women use less AI than men because we have more tech literacy?

NEW EXAMPLE FOR FONT LESSON JUST DROPPED

This is great news.

Getting Marathon loading screen PTSD just looking at this.

i need hell to be real so bad, man

I've written to the MP for Manchester Central following yesterday's release of the EHRC code. It can not pass silently, and we need to move towards new legislation to fix the mess the Supreme Court ruling caused.

Every trans-supporting cis person in the UK needs to make peace with becoming more annoying, persistent, and pedantic than they ever thought possible. EHRC guidance is full of contradictions - they're relying on transphobic compliance out of fear. DON'T GIVE IT TO THEM

The second game from Disco Elysium studio ZA/UM, this text-heavy, dice-driven RPG is an exquisitely constructed take on consumerism, empire, nostalgia and beyond. Our Zero Parades: For Dead Spies review: www.eurogamer.net/zero-parades...

For the record, this proposal specifically targets gender identity. You have until May 22nd to submit a comment

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you need this! Not just because I wrote the essay and interview, but because it’s one of the most thoughtful, resonating things I’ve played in an age! ✨