8 episodes into the new Dexter and I’m having so much fun with it. And it’s not just oodles of nostalgia. That’s there, obviously, but putting him in New York with his group of “WHAT ARE THEY DOING IN THIS PROGRAMME” not-pals has added so much too.

Silksong? That's nice. Milksong? YES.

Does the definitive, essential Batman story include the singer from James?

Finally put on the first episode of the new Dexter, absolutely furious at myself that I can’t shake the Michael C. Halls. Especially true after that dreadful prequel series. (SPOILER FOR THE FIRST 18 SECONDS) Lithgow says “Hello, Dexter Morgan” and I’m opening my gob, ready to inhale the slop.

Taika is gonna find out about Noam Chimpsky and lose his shit.

Apropos of nothing, been thinking about how the mention of Sunset Overdrive conjures up strong feelings for those that played it, over ten years later. There are a lot of games from that era that made much more money and are far less memorable.

Director’s commentary with Ben Affleck, please.

Your dream. The one role over everything else. Nothing would beat that. It’s the number one. All those years in Juilliard, all for one reason. While treading the boards, you were thinking about it all leading up to your dream role. Your dream. The one role over everything else. Nothing would beat th

Creature in the Well was a wonderful pinball-infused hack and slash game from a few years ago. Your sword is basically a portable flipper, and you fire balls at bumpers in a room, destroy all of them, and then move onto the next room. It's great fun. store.steampowered.com/app/852300/C...

#1: Something like Metal Gear Acid. It would do better now. But obvs not called that or using Solid Snake #2: Something like Metal Gear Rising. People quite liked it. But obvs not called that or using Raiden #3: Something like Snake vs Monkey from MGS3. But obvs… etc #4: Bettal Beer Bollid?

Greece is pretty good.

It's 25 years since Deus Ex was released, so we went & played it. And then we recorded a podcast chatting about the marketing, the pre-launch press coverage, and whether the game's any good in 2025. I’d love it if you gave it a listen. Thanks x o x o

Oh, to be in the room while Christian Bale and Michael Caine are promoting the upcoming Batman Begins video game while slating the medium. Absolute magic.

It's 20 years since Batman Begins was released, so we went & played it. And then we recorded a podcast chatting about the marketing, the pre-launch press coverage, and whether the game's any good in 2025. I’d love it if you gave it a listen. Thanks x o x o

It's 20 years since Haunting Ground was released, so we went & played it. And then we recorded a podcast chatting about the marketing, the pre-launch press coverage, and whether the game's any good in 2025. I’d love it if you gave it a listen. Thanks x o x o

Finish the story, Rory

Didn’t Ben Elton already try this at least once, maybe twice?

“The kids are gonna have to wait - it’s not Bloodborne, but it looks like Bloodborne… You see this? I can tell I’m going to be so good at it… does it have a character creator? My character will be so handsome. The best build. Much better than Macron’s. He thinks his will be better… pathetic.”

Bananzas.

It’s mental watching a full Trump speech instead of clipped up for the news or Last Week Tonight.

RANDY PITCHFORD JUMP SCARE

It's nearly 10 years since Invisible Inc first came out, so we went & played it. And then we recorded a podcast chatting about the marketing, the pre-launch press coverage, and whether the game's any good in 2025. I’d love it if you gave it a listen. Thanks x o x o

Us two months ago:

People taking the piss out of that guy who was mid-dive for four minutes > everyone turning memes into AI Ghibli slop.

It's over 20 years since Metal Gear Acid first came out, so we went & played it. And then we recorded a podcast chatting about the marketing, the pre-launch press coverage, and whether the game's any good in 2025. I’d love it if you gave it a listen. Thanks x o x o

Liverpool. Hamburg. Newcastle. The Maw of Chaos.

It's almost 25 years since Thief 2 came out, so we went & played it. And then we recorded a podcast chatting about the marketing, the pre-launch press coverage, and whether the game's any good in 2025. I’d love it if you gave it a listen. Thanks x o x o

Fucking STATE

Wu Tang is for the (football) kids

This guy was Irish!?

It's almost 20 years since Destroy All Humans came out, so we went & played it. And then we recorded a podcast chatting about the marketing, the pre-launch press coverage, and whether the game's any good in 2025. I’d love it if you gave it a listen. Thanks x o x o

Whatever date Bioware said they'd change the Mass Effect 3 ending on.

It's 25 years since Tenchu 2 came out, so we went & played it. And then we recorded a podcast chatting about the marketing, the pre-launch press coverage, and whether the game's any good in 2025. I’d love it if you gave it a listen. Thanks x o x o

The team who quit God is a Geek yesterday have launched a new website. 📖 lootlevelchill.com 🔷 @lootlevelchill.bsky.social

Well done, lads. Fuck nazis. www.godisageek.com/2025/01/godi...

Dexter: Original Sin is a decent watch if you go into each episode expecting some of the worst television you’re going to see in 2025.

It's 20 years since Shadow of Rome came out, so we went & played it. And then we recorded a podcast chatting about the marketing, the pre-launch press coverage, and whether the game's any good in 2025. I’d love it if you gave it a listen. Thanks x o x o

It's 20 years since Shadow of Rome came out, so we went & played it. And then we recorded a podcast chatting about the marketing, the pre-launch press coverage, and whether the game's any good in 2025. I’d love it if you gave it a listen. Thanks x o x o

Oh. Are you telling me you don't also spend your Saturday nights finding pictures of a young (and curtained) Ken Levine, sadness in his eyes, contemplating past glories, old flames, or an especially nice lasagne he had once?

My favourite bit of the Switch 2 reveal is Nintendo saying “PLAY YOUR OLD GAMES TOO (but some of them mightn’t work anyway look at mario do a jump)”

Stick Adam Scott in a glass box above the Thames for 44 days.

We're coming up on 10 years since the first Dying Light came out, so we went & played it. And then we recorded a podcast chatting about the marketing, the pre-launch press coverage, and whether the game's any good in 2025. I’d love it if you gave it a listen. Thanks very much x o x o

Went outside for New Year’s.

I cannot begin to imagine the average American mind while playing though Thank Goodness You’re Here.

People get really bent out of shape over a large portion of Squid Game-enjoyers missing the point of the entire thing and I am one of those people like how the actual fuck do you watch this unsubtle tv show and miss literal text because you’ve been distracted by the nice sets and bright costumes of

Merry Christmas 🎁🎅🎄

We went and played 20 old stealth/stealthy video games this year and recorded podcasts on each of them. Now we're putting all 20 of them into an ordered list. This is a game of the year podcast like the other ones, but not. I’d love it if you gave it a listen. Thanks x o x o

I watched the first 8 minutes of Beast Games and you can smell the America off it.

The world celebrated the 15th anniversary of Rogue Warrior recently, so we went & played it. And then we recorded a podcast chatting about the marketing, the pre-launch press coverage, and whether the game's any good in 2024. I’d love it if you gave it a listen. Thanks x o x o