Victoria Phillips Kennedy

Victoria's live chat replies about being bad at skiing and mountain biking

My boss has let me loose on the @eurogamer.bsky.social live blog ⛷️🚵‍♀️🍑

Heaven's Vault lead overlaid on an image of Doctor Who's Tardis

"I love the mix of adventure and character that Who brings. It's a huge part of my creative DNA"

A big thank you to @jon.inkle.co of @inkle.co for chatting with me about how the studio's wonderful Heaven's Vault started life as a Dr Who game. It was fascinating 💛

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Ahhh, it's good to be back 😜

I am back at the @eurogamer.bsky.social news desk again today, after an unexpected six weeks of medical leave. I will only be working part time this week as I get back into the groove of things, so thank you in advance for your patience and support 💛Ok, let's do this!

A red car races along a blued out road

"Bury this game and experience forever? That should be a crime"

I spoke with The Crew Unlimited's lead about reviving the cult driving game after Ubisoft servers got shut down. The team is full of passion, and have a desire to preserve games for future generations www.eurogamer.net/bury-this-ga...

YouTube video by Lofi Fruits Music, Avocuddle , Fets - Topic Lucid Dreams (Shape Of My Heart)

youtu.be/e0SsraxdixE?... if I ever look slightly glazed in meetings, this will probably be what's going through my head

Bert, have you listened to LoFi Fruits? Lucid Dreams is my current internal soundtrack 💛

I really wanted to like Hell is Us more than I did. It ticks so many boxes for me and I adore its general vibe and atmosphere, but it's let down by shallow combat and some tedious, divisive design choices.

The pleasure was mine 💛

Keeper screenshot showing a green bird perched on the rail of a rundown lighthouse

Keeper screenshot showing a walking and rundown light house looking towards large snowy peaks

Chatting with @timoflegend.bsky.social was another incredibly special moment from last week. As I've written here, I never expected to become emotionally invested in a lighthouse, but @doublefine.com and Keeper have done just that www.eurogamer.net/i-never-expe...

Image showing actor Samantha Beart next to an image of her Baldur's Gate 3 character Karlach (image credit Eurogamer/Diana Ragland)

Massive thank you also to @samanthabeart.bsky.social, who chatted about becoming Baldur's Gate 3's barbarian Karlach. "What's interesting about you is your interpretation. It's not you trying to please people, it's not you trying to anticipate what people want" www.eurogamer.net/becoming-kar...

Hell is Us screenshot showing a male character wearing a cap and his hood up illuminated by a fiery orange glow

Last week, I had the pleasure of chatting with Rogue Factor about Hell is Us, a game set in a country ravaged by infighting and in the midst of a civil war. "It's never done gratuitously... [but] we want to depict human conflicts as realistically as possible." www.eurogamer.net/history-is-r...

Mafia: The Old Country hit me way harder than the typical crime fantasy The latest Mafia game aims to contextualize organized crime in Italy's economic history

Mafia: The Old Country is the rare piece of mob media that actually cares about exploring the economic history of Italy that helped birth the mafia. A game that’s as much about labor issues as it is organized crime. My review. www.polygon.com/mafia-the-ol...

Would watch 😜

Am now the sentient Venn diagram that unites all of gaming media's Vics together - me, @lilchopshopgal.bsky.social and @h00dwinked.bsky.social - into one giant super Vic.

Just to add to the confusion, we all pretty much got our start at @eurogamer.bsky.social too!

Sure, I'll take it

Black and white photo of Victoria lying on some grass in the sun

Out of office is on for the next few days, so I am touching grass

I think you meant to say "legs are too powerful for casual shorts" 💪🩳

Did it at least taste good? Feel better soon xx

Thank you for sharing Bert 💛

What an absolute pleasure it was to chat with @ashlyburch.bsky.social about all things mental health and video games 💛

It’s actually really difficult for on-staff games journalists to make time for playing games during work hours. Most big reviews are written by people giving up their weekends.

This is what first place looks like 🥇🏆

Are you even playing Mario Kart World if you don't currently have a strange circular indent on your accelerator thumb? ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

Yeeeep!

Agreed 😊

Victoria smiles next to a picture of Selene from Returnal

I was very lucky to be invited to Helsinki to celebrate Housemarque's 30th anniversary earlier this month. I had a wonderful time chatting with the team, where they told me about keeping the arcade spirit alive and how they will keep thriving for another 30 years www.eurogamer.net/30-and-thriv...

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This is the longest preview I've ever written, but Death Stranding 2 warrants it. I wasn't a huge fan of the first game, but after 30hrs in the sequel I am absolutely desperate to play more.