I just want to give a bump to the fundraiser for Patrick Dane's family as they deal with the long aftermath of the horrific car accident that took him away from us all. They need it for the enormous costs incurred. Time off work. Fights. Hotels. Etc. www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...

I continue to be fascinated by the phenomenon whereby an expert engages with any of the LLMs on their field of expertise and is instantly horrified by the wrong answers, and then goes on to use it for things they are not experts in as though it won’t be just as bad for those.

Well then. After 9 years my role of Editorial Director at Eurogamer/IGNE has been made redundant. If you’re reading this and feel I have a lot of valuable experience (I do), I’m keen to explore any opportunities (full time, consulting, other) in the games industry. I am great.

To everyone making the same Matt Badlose joke, I implore you, please continue.

Could it be? A nugget of purest green?

Metacritic has sent a reminder email to all games site editors/publishers which is pretty strong, and great:

I've been a huge Red Dwarf fan all my life. Sorry to bring bad news to RD fans who may not know yet.

The latest @pcgamer.com magazine is out now, with world exclusive access to Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 4. Plus, Solasta 2, Going Medieval, Forza Horizon 6, Resident Evil Requiem, Nioh 3, Duke Nukem 3D, Mewgenics, gaming mouse pads, and much more, too. 💥 tinyurl.com/3hnnn7sm

truly some bottom-rung stuff to staff your site with AI when games freelancers will already turn in 2000 words for an egg sandwich

On this subject, I just finished The Invincible, which is a very pleasant slow burn sci-fi adventure. The writing lets it down a bit, but the visuals and atmosphere are immaculate. And it's done and out in 7 hours. Peak unc game.

Nothing has excited me more about Resi Requiem than hearing it is just 10 hours long.

Here's a L A R G E feature I wrangled together digging into the state of play in videogame acting through the lens of Crimson Desert, with insights from CD's key cast members as well as Jennifer Hale, Ray Chase, Robbie Daymond & Emma Gregory. store.epicgames.com/en-US/news/c...

One of the most satisfying buttons I've ever clicked.

When my last publisher went bust I thought this book was destined to be out of print forever, but infinite thanks to the folks at Lost in Cult for bringing it back to life. New chapters! New insights! New full colour illustrations! Lavish production values! Beautiful typesetting!

Right now, Hyperfixed has 3,244 premium subscribers. My back of the envelope math says if we can get 1500 more, just 1.7% of the audience for an average episode, we will be in great shape. Thank you so much.

The Xbox shake-up has been explained, via great reporting. - Phil Spencer's retirement was planned - Sarah Bond led "this is an Xbox" as her core strategy - which has been a catastrophic, brand-killing failure - Staff say the writing was on the wall and are "relieved". (Read more at The Verge)

Hello! Just a wee note to say that my email spam filter is Hulking out for unknown reasons and smashing emails left right and centre, even from decades-long contacts. I'm looking into the problem, but in the meantime I'm keeping a close eye on my spam folder so I WILL receive any emails you send.

Here's a L A R G E feature I wrangled together digging into the state of play in videogame acting through the lens of Crimson Desert, with insights from CD's key cast members as well as Jennifer Hale, Ray Chase, Robbie Daymond & Emma Gregory. store.epicgames.com/en-US/news/c...

This week's Disk Cleanup is with @nightdivestudios.bsky.social's Stephen Kick. We talked about Witchfire, Plants vs Zombies, and his transformative time in Dota 2. www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...

This week's Disk Cleanup is with @nightdivestudios.bsky.social's Stephen Kick. We talked about Witchfire, Plants vs Zombies, and his transformative time in Dota 2. www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...

the worst thing for me is. Imagine you lost a bunch of expert carpenters and you had to learn carpentry from scratch with no teachers, no youtube. That’s what the industry is currently doing. just getting rid of the folks who know the craft, and retaining the folks who know how to parasite

"Some of you may be concerned about my nickname 'The Bone Gnasher.' Let me assure you, there will be no bone gnashing on my watch!"

On Bluepoint newsletter.hitpoints.co/361-pointless/

Absolutely wild story, not least because the support team's responses also appear AI generated.

The one-two punch of finding out Jake Solomon's studio is closing AND that they were using generative AI was almost more than I could take.

Midsummer studios closing proves that even if you replace a bunch of stuff with AI, that's still no bulwark against the rising tide of grift capitalism. www.gamespot.com/articles/see...

I am once again the throat of @ricklane.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2q-...

Don't think I've seen a film that wants to be an open world game quite so much as Predator: Badlands.

It's not the worst film I've seen. Hell, it's not the worst Alien film I've seen. But nothing has made me angrier in the moment like Prometheus. That film is a 2 hour wind-up.

This cube absolutely murdered my PC back in 2004. The rest of the game ran well iirc but loading it took a full five minutes.

Played the demo of this and it seemed extremely tasty. 17th Century English mode is quite the thing.

We made a game! I think it's a pretty good game! You can buy it now, for less than a Hamilton! Or wishlist it for later! Both of those things help! And after you've played it, would you be a dear and leave a review? store.steampowered.com/app/2781470/...

This is awesome but also shows just how hard it is to make journalism pay.

The Killing Stone, starring Emma Gregory & Liam O'Brien - goes to Early Access 2/18/26! You play a legendary occult master, like Dr. Faustus. Make & break pacts with Hell, save a cursed family, and beat the Devil at his own game.🕯(wishlists very welcome too, friends!) www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pu32...

Reviewed High on Life 2. I hated, HATED the original, but the sequel is a big improvement. www.eurogamer.net/high-on-life...

Disk Cleanup #2 is with @johnromero.bsky.social. We chatted about Arc Raiders, his World of Warcraft years, and his boundless enthusiasm for Ghost Recon.

correct! every post about fixing a broken games industry that involves [specific games industry tweaks] and not [destroying a speculation-mad executive class and using their bones for compost] is just wasting everyone's time

Disk Cleanup #2 is with @johnromero.bsky.social. We chatted about Arc Raiders, his World of Warcraft years, and his boundless enthusiasm for Ghost Recon.

New feature from me. I spoke to mappers inside OG Tomb Raider's surprisingly prolific fan level scene about what draws them to Core Design's original games. www.pcgamer.com/games/action...

As a Valentine’s treat to myself I backed ABIDE www.kickstarter.com/projects/637... @king-spooner.bsky.social is ticking so many of my boxes with this project I’m convinced he’s somehow been reading my secret diary

In incredible news, the European Parliament has voted overwhelmingly for "The Full Recognition Of Trans Women As Women." Even the center-right European People's Party voted for the declaration. It will form a foundation for their position at the UN Commission on the Status of Women. Our latest.

We have now released @playroguepoint.com into early access. Grab your friends and expose your sultry knees to take down corrupted conglomerate mercenaries in 4 player FPS Rogue Point store.steampowered.com/app/1843840/... youtu.be/NeFqzA64yX0?...

Irresponsible to do this without releasing the Support, Assault and Recon beavers at the same time.

Man I'm so goddamn sick of ai. "Wahhh you can't have a reasonable conversation about ai on here," yeah maybe be mad about the two year parade of scam artists and financial charlatans and environmental ruiners who have radicalized everyone against the spell check that agrees with you

Not going to share the doomer Microsoft AI jobs propaganda, because that's all it is.

Putting together two absolutely kickass Disk Cleanups to run on PCG in the near future. I've only just started, but it's rapidly becoming my favourite thing to do.

Wew! I've got a personal update 👀 Neonhive is being shuttered by the owners so I'm stepping into my old freelance marketing shoes! I'm excited to share that I'm working with the incredible team at Wolfeye Studios as their internal marketer & with SFB Games on this absolute beaut 👇

Irresponsible to do this without releasing the Support, Assault and Recon beavers at the same time.

Monster Theater have a paid mock review opp for something secret www.linkedin.com/posts/eldar-...