My book on wholesome games and their stories has made it in the top 10 of the week on my publishers website! You can pre-order it now: www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/The-Best-Lif...

Brilliant Indie Treasures showcase tickets sold out within hours of release, space is extremely limited. It will be "One out - One in" policy on the day, with tickets on the door, first 2 hours reserved for advance tickets. See you in 2 weeks! @jupiterhadley.com @isleofdann.bsky.social @quangdx.com

So @jupiterhadley.com, @isleofdann.bsky.social, and myself have combed through the over 100 plus applications and whittled it down, to our chosen games for @brilliantindietreasures.com 2025 Brighton. Currently in the process of notifying the developers of the games we picked. Event tickets soon 💛🧡💜

The neighbours appear to be doing some sort of protest that involves only playing Macarena and Mambo Number Five on repeat.

Head above water for the first time in a while, which I can tell because I just updated all of my computer drivers.

If you like Cozy Things, @isleofdann.bsky.social, @harveyhayman.bsky.social and I released a newsletter called Cozy Days, including games, cozy items, and places to visit: hellocozydays.com/p/cozy-days-...

We’re back for another year! Four hours + Fifty Games = Maximum fun. More details to follow soon, but if you’re interested in exhibiting then now’s your chance!

It's been a while, but we are back for 2025! You can apply now to showcase at our fringe event, during Develop: Brighton. Thank you to @gamemaker.io for sponsoring.❤️ 👉Apply now: forms.gle/xY24QVNJu9tY...

Yes, whoops. I’m also at Develop! Find me and tell me about your game/company, or wait for me to find you and ask you about your game!

Welcoming a new family member

BBQ with friends! @isleofdann.bsky.social @quangdx.com @bigfuzzyyak.bsky.social

Milan trip highlights including one grumpy dude (not me) and a cat cafe!

In Milan!

Despite the chaos getting back from GDC (Flight cancelled 4hrs into the flight) we’re getting back on a plane!

Back for a bit, trying to build social media back into my daily routine. Since I last posted we've launched, and are scaling up, a new site at Steel Media. That's right, I'm now also heading up The Sims News, a site dedicated to the long-running (25 years!) franchise.

Incredibly proud of Robin and Amelia who both made it into a local art gallery with their art. They are so talented, I remain in awe of them.

We went to the coolest Mongolian Hot Pot place for a super cool date. Jupiter’s the best and I love every moment with her - but these little dates are super special and I don’t think I’ll ever forget today.

When I first started in games I always came away from events feeling really drained, but I now I always return from PGC London (and Toy Fair) week really energised. This year was the best yet by far, the Big Indie Pitch was great, our Journo Bar was busy throughout and there was so much optimism.

I’m at #PGconnects on the Journalist Bar, if you’re there and have a game to show off then head on over and have a chat! (Floor 1 opposite the Indie Zone)

Finally got the regular Charizard and finished the first Pokemon TCG Pocket expansion set.

It’s me, I do stuff and things!

Oh gosh, and I wrote 2000 words on Our Brilliant Ruin, which is a really interesting RPG - although it does feel like it was a setting long before it was a system That said, if you've wanted to play a setting about socialites and class systems during a twisted Edwardian period then this is the one.

Gobbed out some words about Thysiastery, a great dungeon crawler which does a lot of cool stuff... critically though, characters can teach one-another skills and spells, making it entirely classless and allowing a long-dead character to still massively influence your current playstyle.

If I moved into a haunted nightmare house and it started haunting me, I think I would simply leave.

Does anybody have a recommendation for a lapel mic that still holds its own if you have other Bluetooth devices connected to it? (Alternatively, takes lightning cable if it has to be wired.) Ideally something that doesn't require massive post-recording editing for use. Not sure where to start.

Evening walk around Kentwell House as the final sign off for a season of light shows and night walks. Not explored the grounds since my school took me there on a trip about Tudors - was lovely going back.

Starting 2025 on a beach watching fireworks with someone I love. @isleofdann.bsky.social

New update to the collective noun database:

Christmas Eve party!

Cat’s just found the presents, and is mad that he hasn’t got any.

Babe, wake up, the Holy Roman Empire is back.

I'm obligated to inform you that Pocket Gamer (.com : @pocketgamercom.bsky.social ) are on here now. Well worth a follow if you like cool things (and also, incidentally, if you hate bad things).

Got an incredibly cool Shiny Lechonk stationary holder as a Secret Santa gift from our local Pokemon Go community.

Making it 'opt-out' rather than heavily regulating and making it opt in is a terrible move. It's not a short survey, but if you have feelings on how AI trains on data then its worth filling it out with thoughts on how regulated it should be and if certificates/labelling are needed for public use.

Some of my little Monday TTRPG group got gifts for Kai & I - it’s been just over a year with this group now and we’ve all really meshed together and become good friends.

Went along to an incredibly high quality panto. (Oh no we didn’t, oh yes we did.)

Jupiter continuing to smash it right up until the final days of the year.

Took over the town today with well over 60+ people showing up for PoGo, also met our (unofficial) new group mascot: a baby Shiba Inu.

New EA FC mobile game has this screenshot in its AppStore listing, which is very clearly modelled after the mobile RTSMMO genre. The more I think about it the funnier I find it. "Commander, Chelsea has a 100k army marching on our city, but our Guildmate Arsenal are rushing troops to our aid"

Absolute farce. We've had DMCA/Take-Down stuff hit us at work too and its terrible how middlemen 1) won't manually check before sending off claim & 2) will assume claimant is correct even when its ludicrous At one point we got hit by a major publisher because we covered their game's latest update

In 2025 (less than 30 days away), PayPal will start selling your transaction history for targeted advertising. I very highly recommend logging into your account and going to Settings > Data & Privacy > Personalized Shopping. If you're reading this, turn that off RIGHT NOW before you forget.

Post somebody you’ve been told you look like, who you definitely DON’T look like. About ten-fifteen years ago, when I was working in the shops, I had multiple people name these three (William Fitchtner too). I don't see it.

Asterism was the best thing that I played while at MCMxEGX earlier this year, and I have continued to think about it regularly since then. I believe that you should think about it too, it's really special. indiegamesplus.com/asterism-pre...

OpenAI will never kiss or love you; it is an insatiable beast that exists only to consume and duplicate. It may embrace you but that is only to chew you up and spit you out… that or to consume you fully and replace you with a hollow facsimile of yourself. It is Grey Goo. openai.com/index/openai...

Just finished writing something up on Thysiastery which has incredible vibes, features a cool teaching system and has a very satisfying (and logical) advantage/weakness system.

Deployed ads on a website today, and building up a new group site concept for another thing that's in the works at the moment. Lots going on behind the scenes - quite an exciting time.

The Spotify Wrapped of a remote-working father of three: A hot mess, as ever.

I'll be judging at the Very Big Indie Pitch at Pocket Gamer Connects London next year. There's still time to sign up for the pitching (it's a speed-dating style format where you rapidly pitch to a selection of press, developers and more). Sign up here: www.bigindiepitch.com/upcoming-eve...

Land of Lights with the family yesterday. Kids hadn’t been along to this one yet. Glad that it mopped up the lanterns after the other light show series went bust the other year.

Yes! If I’m not answering your email pitches or meeting requests then you can talk to a video of me at the Natural History Museum as part of the birds exhibit.