Refreshing this request because, while still true for normal reasons, a surprise veterinary bill for my feline son back in Texas is gonna wipe out my meager savings. If you have any part time or contract work, please reach out! chasewritesthings [at] gmail [dot] com DMs open or you can reply here!

V fun getting to write about music again. This track reminded me of the good old days of New Rave / indie dancefloor sleeze. Check out _nsigned if you're a fan of finding great new artists before anyone else does.

Quite lichen 007 First Light's alternative to yellow paint

Really enjoyed this conversation with Eurogamer's new editor-in-chief, @christapsell.bsky.social on this month's episode of The Games Press. Here he is talking about the lessons learned from being a lifelong Man United fan as he envisions his team's role in the games media going forward.

Unemployment sucks, but I have at least managed to set myself a writing target of 800 words each day on a novel I'm working on. Had one of those mornings where the thought of writing seemed impossible, but just wrapped up what was statistically the most words done in a single session so far

Hello! I come to you with *another* website, and this was quite an ambitious one. I've built a DIY music sharing and review site called _nsigned. Basically anyone can submit Bandcamp releases for review, and anyone else can review them! There's already a few reviews up! nsigned.com #diysky

Reading this in 2026 certainly hit me like a tonne of bricks

The job market is bleaker than I thought

I finally submitted my taxes and feel physical pain. So if you'd like to help with that, please commission me.

Lovely homepage ahead of the long weekend.

I set myself a time limit of two weeks and they are now UP so here is Movie Magic, a card game inspired by old management sims of yore, playable in your browser I'd love it if you checked it out :) moviemagic-ten.vercel.app

I know that it's referencing and linking (though not always), but the AI Overview for guides stuff is what is ultimately going to take down a lot of gaming sites. There cannot be much click through to the original articles. And as the overview gets better, people won't even need to click through.

This has gotta be worse than buying your kids cigarettes

If Highguard is anything, it's a stark look of how negative, hostile and grift-heavy this space has become. Not even two hours after launch and all I saw were Steam graphs, hyperbolic YouTubers calling the game dead while teasing upcoming videos, and then Games Media spinning it all for easy clicks

After 4.5 years of freelancing, I'm v excited to say that I'm now Evergreen Editor over at TechRadar Gaming. Been working regularly with the team for years now, but this should allow me to be a bit more hands on with the direction of our long-tail gaming content. New email in bio!

Get to know Phoebe Green open.spotify.com/track/0sMWCc...

If aliens landed and for some reason I was chosen to pick a song that represents humanity it'd be Weezer - I'm Your Daddy and it's not even close open.spotify.com/track/1invJF...

I really, really love this song www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDTw...

My tiktok algo has definitely figured out that I'm going through a breakup. We live in hell

Wanted to watch the original Indiana Jones movies before playing the game (first time seeing them as an adult) and I'm surprised to hear people don't think The Last Crusade is the best one! So, so good. But liked all three tbf

Sticking Fontaines DC - Starburster over the Borderlands 4 trailer is so clearly aimed at annoying me specifically

It'll be interesting to see if Indiana Jones and the Great Circle gets a dedicated PS5 Pro patch. Would make PS5 the best place to play the game, but does that matter three months after the initial launch? Not so sure

My mum took her dog for a Christmas photo shoot 🥺

Psssst. Pop music is so good atm open.spotify.com/track/1qVb1j...

I think a lot of people will have skipped the Alan Wake 2 Night Springs DLCs earlier this year. The first two are great bonuses to the main game. The third, Time Breaker, is an absolute must play. So creative, and the kind of project that only Remedy could pull off.

Brewed coffee this morning that required three different temperatures of water in it so I reckon the seasonal depression is arriving right on cue this year

Just crying at Twin Peaks The Return again. On a Friday afternoon

Goodreads is owned by Amazon & there is an AMAZING alternative‼️ The StoryGraph is a black women-owned competitor to GoodReads with better UI in my opinion. When you sign up you can even transfer your data from Goodreads to StoryGraph!

I have now officially been a freelancer longer than I have a staff writer. It has aged me terribly

Anyone else way prefer the Saga bits of Alan Wake 2 to the Alan bits? Find myself itching to get back to the small town, creepy woods vibe whenever I'm doing light puzzles with Alan

Wow this Fender x Hello Kitty stuff is cute 🥺

An email I just received may very well have contained the worst sentence I've ever read: "Why read 300 pages when our comprehensive AI systems can condense the key parts of a story down into just 10?"

This may have gone up a gear recently

Been loving this album today 🍂

Since getting my ADHD meds sorted, I've actually been able to get back into a good pace with reading. Here's some books I've really enjoyed over the last few months.

Hello! I'm Jake, a freelance writer specialising in video games and SEO. I primarily spend my time working on the software coverage over at TechRadar Gaming, with some freelance op-eds, guides, reviews and features thrown in here and there for sites like NME, Eurogamer, Gamesradar+, and PCGamesN.