It’s difficult to overstate just how pumped me and my friends were for Batman in 1989. Just that teaser poster alone had us in giddy with excitement. Just as Roger Moore is my Bond, Keaton is my Batman. Looking back it’s all a bit patchy, but we didn’t care at the time. #admitonedaily #batman1989

Rise Of The Ronin update: Collected 17 cats.

What does the symbolic death of physical videogame retail mean to you, and how many times did you hide in bed, sobbing uncontrollably? open.substack.com/pub/affectio...

Jeez, even my trusty video games are calling me out

Video games are alright, yeah.

Finally! PlayStation has re-added screenshots to its web store. Between that and the user ratings, now barely any need to fire up YouTube in order to start sussing a game out.

Corner Gas is certainly serving up some decent reaction caps

Rise of the Ronin deserves 10/10 simply for giving you an equipment bag that has room for 2,000 items.

I played every Trials game that hit console, but none hit quite so hard as Trials HD on Xbox 360 in 2009. It's the only Trials game where I'd successfully completed one of highest-difficulty tracks.

Tom Hanks’ name may be above the title, but Joe Dante was the real draw. Like Sam Raimi, he was one of those directors that my film-loving friends and I gravitated towards. Apparently this originally had a much darker ending until Hanks was cast — would have loved to have seen that version too.

Always reassuring when a banking app uses the money-puke emoji

"It’s joyful, playful & wonderfully dark in places but there is no getting away from the real talent within the pages. David can draw & knows how to get the most out of his panels." www.thenewcartoonist.co.uk/pens-down Full mag - issuu.com/thenewcartoo... Grab here - davidziggygreene.bigcartel.com

I sometimes accidentally click on a voice channel in Discord, and have to immediately close the browser before leaving the country (until things calm down).

If you tried to explain Vampire Survivors before Vampire Survivors actually came out, imagine the all tutting. People rolling their eyes hard enough to unscrew their face.

Eugene and Larry's Defender is an all-time great that very few people can actually play. Via namedropping and boasting about my retro collection, I attempt to explain why it's absolutely incredible. open.substack.com/pub/affectio...

I love the symbolism of press photos of London. Looming monument! Large, shiny, faceless buildings! Anonymous silhouettes! Actual people still live here, of course. GYAC, there's a Boots just on the left, and just behind you is great underground M&S (although closed for refurb until March, boo!)

Apparently this film didn’t even get a theatrical release in North America, but from the producer of Star Wars, the director of Tron, and starring @markhamillofficial.bsky.social , you can imagine how excited we were to see it in 1989. #admitonedaily #slipstream callsheetapp.com/movie/22379

Did I ever share this video of Takenobu Mitsuyoshi signing the Virtua Fighter 2 soundtrack? He loves this stuff haha.

The greatest achievement in product placement in all of cinema must surely be the ubiquitous nature of the Uzi in 80s movies. It's a gun I've never seen used or mentioned beyond this context* yet there's an average of 12 people dual-wielding them per film.

me at parties

The 2024 remake of Silent Hill 2 is certainly accomplished, but fell flat for me due to it feeling so relentlessly action-based. Basically 12 hours of shooting scampering mannequins, that ultimately muscled many other sensations out of the picture.

One flapjack after another

Ever wondered what my mildest interpretation of Star Wars Outlaws would be? Read on! open.substack.com/pub/affectio...

The cold snap over Christmas plus illness at the start of January means my beard has grown into unacceptable territory, leaving me sat here looking like a scarecrow that's just discovered time travel.

It’s really all about the barbershop scenes, isn’t it. Rick Baker’s make-up and Eddie Murphy’s performances — the perfect combination. I’d have happily paid £2.50 just for that. #admitonedaily #comingtoamerica #eddiemurphy #johnlandis #1980smovies #ticketstub callsheetapp.com/movie/9602

The lid of the kettle no longer detaches, so I have to fill it through the spout, also the water-level thingy no longer works so you have to wave the kettle about and judge how sloshy it sounds. I am ready for war.

Should all Children be home-schooled? With Nick Helm.

Incredible foley moment from Heat

2025 was the year I discovered Julio Torres, a beautiful interdimensional whisperer of a comedian. Started with recent HBO series Fantasmas, but his other, older show Los Espookys is equally worth your time. Not to mention 2019 special, My Favorite Shapes: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLRw...

How grumpy can you get about the 2026 release schedule? I got this grumpy: open.substack.com/pub/affectio...

Nighty night, Anthem, whose servers close today. A game whose upsides took me pretty close to the platinum a few years back, but just didn't have the juice to tempt me through that final grind.

Big shout for Midnight Diner, one of my favourite shows I watched last year - if anything, it gets better beyond season 1, as it stops trying to fit such broad arcs of drama into 25-minute slots.

It wasn’t all alien hunters, vampires and cyborg cops in the late ’80s. I also went to see charming romantic comedies like Moonstruck. Or at least my peer group made me anyway. Seem to remember quite enjoying this. callsheetapp.com/movie/2039 #admitonedaily #moonstruck #1980s #cher

Predator. The Lost Boys. RoboCop. All within a month. What a time to be alive. There’s nothing new to say about this one that hasn’t already been said. A stone-cold classic, and if anything it only gets better with age. Still sharp, still funny, still brutal. #robocop callsheetapp.com/movie/5548

“Thank God, it’s Friday.” Pretty sure I’ve not seen Dragnet since this cinema visit, but it’s stuck in my memory — likely because of the Art of Noise theme. I'm a big fan. Definitely a film I should revisit. #AdmitOneDaily #Dragnet #1980s #CinemaTickets #FilmHistory callsheetapp.com/movie/10023

I didn't mean to watch Corner Gas back-to-back with Northern Exposure, but now seem to be caught in a North American gentle-off.

Watching a documentary

A lesser-known gem from the late ’80s. Released around the same time as Fatal Attraction, but unfairly overlooked. Terry O’Quinn is terrific—menacing, nuanced, unforgettable. Worth seeking out. Just steer clear of the 2009 remake. #AdmitOneDaily #TheStepfather #1980s

"Mother f***er, I'm trying to watch The Lost Boys!" #AdmitOneDaily #cinema #movietickets #filmhistory #TheLostBoys #1980s callsheetapp.com/movie/1547

Office stodge shelf hitting 2026 in style, a pile of premium boxes of Thunder Bars, acquired direct from the main factory in Japan itself <3<3<3

First post. What a film to start with. So iconic they’re still making them nearly 40 years later. Predator — 9 January 1988 #AdmitOneDaily #cinema #movietickets #filmhistory #predator #1980s #arnoldschwarzenegger callsheetapp.com/movie/106

Found the person responsible for my massive gaming backlog

New Game Plus: so you uh, wanna play the whole thing over again? Me: no thanks New Game Plus: you get to keep all your stuff… Me: nah New Game Plus: we made the game worse Me: I’m listening

Sorry babe, you know I'd love to be there, but someone's just uploaded an 8K, 2am rain walk of the temple district in Asakusa. www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7soaRCCvPE

I couldn't care less for Stranger Things, but am oddly into the knock-offs I keep finding on my console travels

[my first day as a bounty hunter] "Yes please, I'll take every single quest that's available, at the same time"