People in public pools actually choosing to swim backstroke

More Year of Shame Challenge content has landed. For anyone who enjoys video games, and has too many, this is probably your kind of thing. Available here open.spotify.com/episode/0V9Q... And here youtu.be/fNG9lSCVApE And here podcasts.apple.com/.../the-year...

First game of 2026 finished. Trüberbrook. A lovely hand-crafted art style, funny script and some cracking music in places. The usual point and click annoyances. But great to finish it. @yearofshame.bsky.social

This year I'm doing the @yearofshame.bsky.social - a whole year with no cosy Humble Choice or GamePass subscriptions. No game purchases. Nothing. There's a monthly podcast to go with it (see the Year of Shame account for the feed), and it'll be a fun trip into the backlog. #resist #notemptation

Flamme Rough and Beaver Creek both got a run out on Xmas Day. #boardgames

Dear Santa, you're the best. X

Volyfyirion is on the table! #boardgames

Taught my kids Star Realms today. Great, simple, quick deck builder / card battler. #boardgames #starrealms

There's a very lovely time to be had with this game, except if you scoot the floofs off the side of a mountain 😭 #herdling

Annual festival dosage taken. Total blowout 🎶🥳💙💛🥂 #shambala

Movie night. Bourne Ultimatum. Absolutely love the hectic filming style. 🍿🎬🎥

I just hit Level 3000 in Rocket League, which is completely bonkers. Something like 14,500 games (at a win ratio of 50.3% 🤣)

I'm not even remotely into Pokemon, but the collecting thing has tapped into my brain.

On the table today, one of my favorites, Flamme Rouge. Played with the Peloton expansion which allowed for a breakaway situation, which didn't go well for my poor exhausted rider. Great game to play with kids this one as it's simple to play (but still tactically intriguing) #boardgames #flammerouge

On the table today, The 7th Continent, a game I tried ages ago, didn't get, forgot about, then reread the rule-book and realised it is actually great!!! #boardgames

Just finished this one and I really enjoyed it. Total page-turning stuff and what I'd describe as a really slow twist, where the whole thing ends so very differently to how it starts. Enjoyed. #books

Just finished Orbital, and it was a thought provoking read. I don't always get on with Booker Prize winning books, often too many big words! But this one covers a lot of ground in not many pages, portrays the claustrophobia of space travel and provokes some global/existential thinking 🤔

Star Realms made it off the shelf today. Currently in a deciding leg vs Automatons #boardgames #starrealms

Chloe Kelly and Hannah Hampton, take a bow. Amazing

Bluesky just got me to do an age verification thing. I chose the face scan option. I didn't like how quickly and comprehensively it worked; like "yep, you're old". #ageverification

Did a nice thing on our street today, straight out of the lockdown playbook. 'Tea at 3', where everyone comes out with a cuppa and actually talks to their neighbors. I changed it up and rebranded it 'beer over here' and that was much more fun. #neighbors #beer

The amount of empty seats at Wimbledon is embarrassing and not a good look #corporateseatoversell

I've just rolled credits on Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. This lot (and the rest of the @sandfallgames.bsky.social team) need medals. What a beautiful, beautiful game. Brutal, varied, funny, thought-provoking, artistic and breathtaking throughout. An absolute triumph 🫡

Genuine question, does anyone care, in the slightest, about the FIFA Club World Cup? Particularly interested to know from supporters of teams involved. Just seems like a loophole to line the purses of best clubs so they can continue to spend more and stay on top. #FIFACLUBWORLDCUP

Twenty weeks and counting.... #ArcRaiders

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is really rocking my world at the moment. I enjoyed the first few hours but struggled with parry windows and the breadth of build options...but as I closed out Act I, it just keeps getting better. Funny, dark, shocking, challenging and a lot of fun. Bravo. #ClairObscur

Me recently: "I'm definitely not going to be going all in on fancy new extraction shooters unless they're at 1.0 release". Me today: "If Arc Raiders drops ANY kind of early access build at Summer Game Fest, I'm gonna lose my mind" 🤪 #arcraiders #summergamefest

@vimesy74.bsky.social nice work recording a pod and having it available by morning. Like!

If anyone has been asleep for the last 15 years, go grab Limbo off the epic store. It's free for the next 6 days. #games

Oh goodness, Monster Train 2 has just dropped on GamePass. There goes another week of life. #XboxGamePass #Games

There's a brilliant little game called Happy Game free on epic store. Highly recommend for 4hrs of madness. #videogames

Did garden things. I find they make a positive impact on lazy summer days, heightening the enjoyment of just sitting about amongst them.

The house I'm staying in has this piece of art and it is throwing off massive Disco Elysium vibes. I love it

My book nook build is COMPLETE. I've never been an artist/crafty type so this is big for me. Absolutely love it. #booknook #reading #crafts

Book nook build continues. Really loving it so far!! #booknook

Movie night. 🍿 🎥 Lady Bird #movies #LadyBird

Balatro is now on Xbox GamePass. I pity a whole new cohort of gamers whose lives are now sacrificed. #balatro #XboxGamePass

Production on my first ever Book Nook build has commenced. I'm not a crafty type but am loving this. (Thumb for scale). #reading #booknook

Avowed. A great example of why GamePass works. I wasn't at all hyped for it and never would have bought it - and yet I'm loving it. #Avowed #XboxGamePass

The elusive high five in Rocket League (when two cars fist bump in the air after a goal is scored). I average on of these every 4300 games! 🙌🙌🙌 #rocketleague #highfive

On the table today, D-Day Dice. Really involved strategic dice chucker this one. Enjoyed. #boardgames #ddaydice

Just whomped the entire series of Hijack in <15 hours. It's fun. #tv

Movie night. The Straight Story. 🚜🍿🎬

Movie night. A Quiet Place: Day One 🍿🎥 #movies

Board games, and the fast-paced push-your-luck 13 beavers today. #boardgames #13beavers

Board games today, and Dice Throne is at the table #boardgames #dicethrone

Dry January. Vegetarian January. Work in the morning. 💪😭

New game on the table today. Beaver Creek. 🦫 It's really fun, but is also horribly exposing how much less dextrous I am than when I was a bit younger #boardgames #clumsyoaf

Xmas Eve with the family, and Flamme Rouge and The Lost Expedition have made it to the table. (Sherry also made it to the table) #boardgames #xmas #sherry

Movie night, and the complete acid trip that is #EverythingEverywhereAllAtOnce 🍿📽️