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I'd put Eliza in my visual novel hall-of-fame, without question. It's hauntingly prescient and delicately empathetic. Posits massive existential questions without robbing the player of the joy in excavating their own answers.

Announcing the nominees for the 2025 Thinky Awards! 🎉

When people trot out 'no-one can remember any names from Avatar' I can think of like 5 or 6 just off the dome Well add 1 more to that because this is Varang and I think she owns a part of me now. James Cameron is really a genius at this stuff but also gotta respect how horny he is all the time

we are so back

Seeing people in the comments saying that To a T was unfun and essentially that he deserves this if he can't make a good game. Gamers, I don't know how else to say this, artists are not supposed to be punished with financial ruin for making imperfect art. That's such a fucked up idea you have

Rob Reiner: a generational spec-script filmmaker whose flexibility behind the camera conjured a string of totemic films, often synecdoches for their genres. Peculiar and tragic that their talents rarely equate to a spot on all-timer director lists. I hope that changes.

Irreversible is never getting watched again. Threads too tbh - one of the unholiest endings brought to screen.

i see a lot of people posting about HORSES but i would also like to encourage people to pick up No Players Online, which got taken off steam for a false DMCA claim during the vital first 2 weeks, putting the studio in serious financial jeopardy store.steampowered.com/app/2701800/...

Yesterday, the Epic Games Store decided at the last minute not to distribute the game, after having previously approved a release build. HORSES is otherwise now available on GOG, Itch, and Humble for $4.99. www.horses.wtf

Look Back by Kore-eda is going to go absolutely nuclear, my god.

Who doesn't love a jolly compliation for the festive season? Simogo's earlier games bundled together, remastered, on the go. Better than a box of Quality Street.

Really lovely Time Extend on Dreams in this month's @edgemagazine.bsky.social. In light of the persistent discoverability questions hovering around the industry, I like to think our dedicated and intentful curation work was genuinely breaking new ground. Delighted to see that acknowledged!

RIP Udo Kier, a true original 📽️ his one and only social media post:

15 years after Satoshi Kon's death: Long interviews with Masao Maruyama & Toshiyuki Inoue (Vector Magazine, Japan). Watch >> www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... Read >> vector-mag.com/feature/f-an...

Tough to beat Dollman as one of my fave guy-on-your-waist characters. But, special shoutout ofc to the Lumines chameleons.

happy transgender day of remembrance thank you for sticking around in the hardest of times. if you haven't, you are missed dearly please live 💜

You should play It Takes a War. store.steampowered.com/app/3919530/...

Secured my Avatar opening night IMAX 3D tickets, just in case anyone was worried I'd let the side down.

LUMINES ARISE: Finished Journey mode in one glorious sitting. Amidst the illuminating spectacle, it occurred to me how Lumines' block-clearing is a wonderful visual metaphor for decluttering. Completing a successful Burst conjures a flurry of player avatars. Salvaging them from the detritus.

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Happy Lumines week to one and all ✨

What a game. Deserves every award it gets

Oh hey, a new Halloween special of #DSR! Matt and I reunite to tackle V/H/S/2: one fewer short in this anthology but double the fake blood (and questionable nudity). We discuss the infamous Dogcam, GoPro zombies and *that* birth sequence. All business as usual. open.spotify.com/episode/5ukO...

New for BFI: As Shadow of the Colossus turns 20, a few words on its seismic impact, its contributions to the eternal 'games as art' debate and naturally, Adam Sandler. www.bfi.org.uk/features/sha...

Much like Kentucky Route Zero, your dialogue choices in Mario Galaxy 2 don't affect the path of the story but they change your understanding of the character

Kicking off #LFF with a video game adaptation - what a time to be alive. EXIT 8 is a jolting, deliriously enjoyable translation of the original, nailing the liminality and the inexplicably addictive rhythms of its mechanics. Somehow wrests a moving morality tale out of the plotless source too.

The spirit of THE CURSE is alive and well in THE SMASHING MACHINE. I'd wager around a fifth of this film is spent watching UFC matches; conversely, at least half is focused on The Rock and Emily Blunt awkwardly interacting in their living room.

Art and alternative games for the discerning palate, it's Indiepocalypse #69! -10 curated games for $15! -Zine! -Newly commissioned game by @deimosly.itch.io -Cover by @abbycali-art.bsky.social pizzapranks.itch.io/indiepocalypse-69

Not to be cynical but K-Pop Demon Hunters does feel like the first ever ready-made Fortnite film. Transmedia compatibility > everything else in the production process.

Got round to Messenger. I am actually a little spellbound that all of that can squeeze into a humble browser tab. Arcane dev wizardry going on there. messenger.abeto.co

Genre-defining title and it's only now leaving Early Access. Don't pass this one up folks, cheery December vibes guaranteed.

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Forever baffling.

Redford's passing is inevitably a seismic loss for all cinema; he is that rare specimen of icon we often (mistakenly) attribute to others but seldom witness in our lifetime. For those keen to delve into his extensive filmography, I'd highly recommend his sweepingly sincere Lowery collaborations.

They're going to cast Sydney Sweeney as Rosalina, aren't they

Sometimes, I just levitate thinking about every instance in which INDUSTRY has needle-dropped this: open.spotify.com/track/2Cy3ID...

frothing at the mouth

Every film I've got booked currently for LFF this year. Some corkers inbound, I'm sure.

Got excited all for nothing thinking a weaving rhythm game had dropped. smh

Always up for more players in the tracking space. Communities and niches are - in my eyes - best equipped to navigate the stormy tides of discoverability, so any platform that specifically leverages that is worth keeping an eye on. www.gamesindustry.biz/playnist-aim...

The LFF programme is now up and I'd be remiss not to immediately spotlight the thriving IMAX Games Lounge. My personal recommendation this year would be the elegiac and moving Some Goodbyes We Made, my absolute A Maze highlight.

Just under a month left on the deadline for submissions on our fantastical Sidney Sime / Games Art exhibition ✨

Didn't hate Eddington at all, but it's my least favourite Aster. Numb and exhausting (by design). I'd wager it's not quite as both-sides/apolitical as some have argued. Felt like a toxic validation western in which screens enable everyone to be the hero of their fantasy - at the cost of reality.

I am excited to announce the Games for Palestine charity bundle page is now live!!! Over 300+ games with proceeds going to UNRWA USA in support of Gaza relief. Thank you to everyone for your support. The bundle launches on Sept 2nd 9am PST. Link: itch.io/b/2979/play-...

Masterful, of course. A tear-jerker both in the moving audio-visual wizardry and the fact I forgot how to blink whilst playing.

Lumines Arise demo downloading AS WE SPEAK

Can't say no to new Baumbach. www.bfi.org.uk/london-film-...

Caught up with BLACK BAG and thought it was a marvellous romance in the guise of an espionage flick. That's both Soderbergh/Koepp collabs in my top ten of the year so far.