Having speaking NPCs but keeping Samus a silent protagonist makes Metroid Prime 4 into a weird remake of Sooty and Sweep. "What's that Samus? ....you need to go to some ancient temples and find some stupid key things?"

No clue what my music listening habits were doing this year

1st of December. Open your advent calendar. youtu.be/MVlx0cq-V8k?...

I'm kind of dreading starting Stranger Things season 5. I don't know why. I had this with season 4 and enjoyed it in spite of its problems. Can people tell me if it's any good so far?

Alan Partridge has been on the air for over 3 decades, and something significant has changed about his more recent works. youtu.be/wRhKCMwBNyA

Watched Together - surprised by how good it was. The character work is almost strong enough to distract you from how gross it is.

New Abnormal Stories 'The Lost Finale of Johnny & Janey' A rough cut of the lost final episode of classic British sitcom 'Johnny and Janey' has been recovered, and it raises a lot of questions... open.spotify.com/episode/0eUf...

Everyone remembers the classic British sitcom “Johnny & Janey” (starring Richard Patch as Johnny and Lisa Howard as Janey), but almost no one remembers that there was a secret unaired 6th episode from series 3 of the show, and it gets even weirder from here….. ~ A fanart by me.

Time for another episode of "Old Doctor Who Fan yells at Cloud" youtu.be/zCqDAga4WiI?...

A new Abnormal Stories is out wherever you get your podcasts. This time it's a daytime horror. 'The Repeat People' Mr Williams suddenly realises on a trip to the bank that everyone around him is the exact same person. Featuring @richardbbrookes.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/0EEX...

I actually finally completed the path of pain!! I think Silksong being so maddeningly hard made me better at it

spotify.link/pwf1mpVqVXb A new episode of Abnormal Stories is out wherever you get your podcasts. 'Where did all the people go?' Margery is cleaning in her shop at the end of a quiet day, when she realises she's completely alone and everyone in the village has vanished.

Given whoever is Doctor Who showrunner after Russell t Davies is gonna get endless shit for it whatever happens, I don't want someone I respect getting that position. Give it to someone who needs their ego taken down a peg or two. Like Ryan Murphy.

Fifty quid says David Tennant's gonna be in that special... actually no one's gonna take that bet are they? variety.com/2025/tv/glob...

spotify.link/PKLTgzxGxXb Abnormal stories - my podcast where I read my weird fiction is back after a long hiatus. Available wherever you get your podcasts. "Sudden Death" 10% of the population of Earth suddenly drops dead one day for no apparent reason. One of them was George's wife, Susie."

to anyone who loves British dark comedy-drama-horror anthologies (such as “Inside No. 9“, “Black Mirror”, among others) and podcasts, then I deffo recommend @stubagful.bsky.social ’s dark comedy-drama-horror audio podcast series “Abnormal Stories”. (start of🧵)

British comedy duo Mitchell and Webb have released a new sketch show, so I thought I'd try and answer the question of why you don't really see British sketch shows anymore youtu.be/PAYwQaL-x9U?...

My new short film Got Your Nose is now available to watch on Omeleto! Its about a man whose uncle played got your nose when he was very young, and now he's had to live his life without a nose. Its not a comedy. It is a very serious film about a very traumatic incident.👃 youtu.be/Zl8bWZbhb7I?...

youtu.be/zjVqHVo0nq0?... I'm currently watching a 70s sci-fi serial called the changes. It's about a world where suddenly all machines start emitting a strange noise that makes people go mad. Writing this on a smartphone in the social media hellscape, it feels incredibly prophetic

Saw Weapons - it was batshit in a very good way. I like that it knows how ridiculous it is and plays into it and tries to top itself with each reveal

It's been 84 years

Preparing for Silksong by trying to do the path of pain. Cannot believe I'm about halfway

youtu.be/9XmF7ZTG8Kw Trying to figure out the point of the incredibly famous reality show about the domestic lives of Ozzy Osbourne and his family slowly drove me off the rails on crazy train, and this video was the result. RIP Ozzy Osbourne

Finally got around to watching the Monkey - it's bloody brilliant. I thought Osgood Perkins would be a weird fit for it but his slow and awkward style really suits it. It has this peep show sigh of "life is a crushing disappointment" running underneath it all.

Checked back in on twitter and am disappointed that a lot of people I otherwise respect are still tweeting. Feeding a billionaire's AI robot. Sure there's no ethical consumption under capitalism but you're not a consumer on twitter. This is a product that consumes YOU.

Angel is such a weird show. It starts out as half supernatural cop show, half episodes of Buffy that she's not in, then from season 2 it basically becomes an ongoing vampire soap opera about various love triangles

No one seems to talk about the movies and shows Matthew Perry was in after Friends, so I thought I'd do it. RIP. youtu.be/8ig9N2trAQ4?...

I've got my short film Got Your Nose playing at Hackney super shorts on Sunday - I'll be around, come say hi 🙂 supershortshackney.org?fbclid=PAQ0x...

Watching the Osbournes for the first time in years. It's very far removed from what reality TV is nowadays. The editing is so much tighter. It's more like an improvised sitcom. It also helps that Ozzy was basically a puppy in man form

Got an incredibly funny and pompous comment on my review of the new Doctor Who season claiming "You lost all my credibility for the gentle massage you gave RTD for season 1" ....yeah it's attitudes like this that are why the fandom has such a bad reputation

Squid Game 3 is as good as ever but wow is it stressful. I can barely watch a whole episode in 1 sitting it's that exhausting

This year, the Doctor fought a cartoon man and he saw a big hole. Also some lady was there and she had a daughter who was made up or something. youtu.be/NSqgVZo0wJw

Just realised the Doctor Falls was the last time the doctor who fandom didn't totally hate the series finale. The end of flux, empire of death, timeless children, battle of ranskoor. Doctor Falls was seven years ago. It's practically a tradition to hate the ending now

Do I side with the most loathsome man who ever lived or the most insufferable man who ever lived? It's a tough decision. Especially since those adjectives could apply to either of them.

Doctor Who - the reality war - so basically Omega ate the Rani and gobbled her all up. Nomnomnom. That concludes my thoughts.

It's probably going to be "worst episode ever o clock on doctor who social media again" because we are all depressingly predictable

Anyone coming to the upcoming Liminal Tales show at the Water Rats in kings x can pick up a new short story from me in the zine on sale. It's called "The Lost Finale of Johnny and Janey" it's about a bizarre final episode of an old 70s sitcom. www.ticketsource.co.uk/liminaltales

Doctor who - wish world - that was chaos. Few gripes but it had this cool liminal space vibe going for it. Made me think of Vivarium occasionally. Kinda wish we'd spent more time in this weird world before the Rani started the "mwhaha I did this because etc etc another big twist villain reveal"

Back: The Peep Show successor you probably didn't watch youtu.be/u6vRtSZKS3U

Doctor who - interstellar song contest - started out reminding me of Voyage of the Damned, a big stupid space pantomime, then when kid's plot gets revealed I immediately thought of the end of Kerblam...yeah I feel really weird about this trend in the show in doing corporation plots

Dr who - story and the engine - lot of stories this series about people stuck in one building and meta stuff. Really the hoping the reveal at the end of the series is Mrs Flood is a reincarnation of Michael grade

Doctor who - lucky day - quite a clever inverse conspiracy theory where the theorists think the aliens don't exist. Didn't quite buy Conrad though, he was a bit cartoonish and I wanted more about ruby's PTSD than just the odd conversation

Bridget was upstairs folding laundry when the phone rang at two in the afternoon. She wasn’t expecting anyone. No one ever rang her during the day. - Quaytown by Stuart Hardy. @stubagful.bsky.social Tales of Folk Horror reased 2nd May. mybook.to/Folk2

Doctor who - the well - I love that he somehow did a sequel to midnight and I still don't know anything more about the creature. It's so rare for doctor who to do ambiguous cosmic horror. Needs to happen more often.

So I watched Doctor Who Lux - I kind of don't want to go "7/10 because of issues xyz" because they literally show the fans doing that and go "THATS WHAT YOU'RE LIKE, ISN'T IT?!?"

Finally got round to watching Robot Revolution. Actually enjoyed it a fair bit and having a companion who's a grownup who doesn't want to be there is actually pretty refreshing

Yes Black Mirror is amazing but if I ever met Charlie Brooker, I would exclusively ask him to expand on the presumably complex lore behind Inspector Bumhat youtu.be/_J8lzqZ929g?...

I haven't watched new Doctor Who yet and probably won't have time to for a couple of weeks. I AM SORRY, FANDOM. I AM DIRECTLY TO BLAME IF THERE IS NO THIRD SEASON. I REPENT

Emily's review of the new Ed Sheeran song: "It's alright, I'm not being mean but it's like a song that would be playing in a supermarket & no one would notice. Y'know cause the human brain filters out information it doesn't think is relevant? ...no I'm not being mean, Stuart, why are you laughing?"

Why does the Doctor Who fandom always resemble the 'this is fine' gif? You have no control over whether a third season happens. Calm down and watch your show.