Alice

A Screwfix virtual shopping basket containing 55 10-packs of zinc-plated lock rings.

Probably just hit the Screwfix and get a ton more rings. I think 550 zinc-plated lock rings would be quite pleasing.

Ah, WSYPTYSSSYPTW!

I'm glad to see these nerds writing. Too good to have become management!

You know, I sometimes fear I accomplished nothing and left no legacy in 15 years of writing about video games, and this is greater than I could have hoped.

YouTube video by Alice O'Connor Phone fun in Infra

Your job is photograph safety hazards! Such a strong vintage Source look! Tricky optional puzzles! Dial phone numbers for funsies! Parts are frustrating or hostile! There may be a secret underground civilization! Great feeling of being lost and alone! You're such a weird dude! youtu.be/Y4OAZfG4iQQ

I still think about Infra, and wish I had pushed more people to play it when I had a platform. It's nobbly and weird and surprising, a first-person explore-o-puzzler which opens with PowerPoint then tumbles into conspiracy and catastrophe. Down to £5 for a bit: store.steampowered.com/app/251110/I...

My favourite part of having a (suspected) cracked rib is explaining to people that it's okay because it only hurts if I breathe deeply, laugh, or move, then I laugh at how silly that is, which hurts, so then I laugh at how silly that was, at which point I break down into groaning chuckles.

Nemesis Alex, a burned out LA cyborg cop, is forced by commissioner Farnsworth to find his former cyborg partner and lover Jared who's about to deliver sensitive data to cyborg terrorists who wish to wage war...

If you need a Cyber Monday movie recommendation, Nemesis is free (with ads) on Plex and endlessly pleasing. l.plex.tv/wbbBNKRt

"The bag of Doritos as big as meee?"

A neon yellow pager whose screen reads "GRAND CENTRAL HACK THE PLANET", a pair of mirror shades, and computer control doodad with lots of sliders and buttons with on a backdrop of black leather, zips, and chains.

Wishing you a very merry Cyber Monday! Whatever your A/S/L, may you and your closest webring enjoy a day of mulling Jolt Cola and singing Front Line Assembly carols, free from trolls, lag, and power-tripping channel ops.

One nice thing about stacking over your handlebars and passing out a few times is that you're not present for the bits that really scare other people. You just unblink and suddenly everyone is somewhere different, and maybe you now have a nice blanket around you. Not the worst way to live.

The winner is whoever en route finds and starts wearing the most bebuckled leather coat. Fashion show in the final pub.

Congrats on the next phase in your career as a professional Tomboss!

Finally finished Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader and I like how it makes kindness seem a bizarre choice. Dogmatic megamurder, oh sure you gotta, for the Emperor doncha know. Wacky heresy, ah yeah, people do get into that, don't they. But compassion and consideration, mate I gotta ask, are you okay?

Aw that's grand!

Ah that's very kind, thank you! And I'm delighted to hear there was a WAWAPATWAPAW meetup of sorts.

A clown accepts a toilet brush from a clown.

Anyway, the best thing at the festivals for a second year running was the Clown Olympics, where clowns from around the world compete in clown sports in the park. The winners take custody of the Clown Olympic Flame (a toilet brush). Dominating victory from Japan, who hadn't even planned to take part.

I only noticed because I was in the front row and recognised the flash of metal tape from the guts of the Doom Piano. It's such a tiny detail but so pleasing. And yet: at times I wondered if the technoaccordion was doing anything at all, because we're all wearing headphones with a soundscape so

Like, you don't carefully conceal copper tape inside paper letters if you don't intend for them to have an effect when alligator-clipped into the guts of a technoaccordion, do you. Do you? No one would notice if you faked it and only a few could even recognise you're doing it for real. Agh it's cool

I would love to know more about the tech because I spotted some edges that could be such cool and clever ideas but I don't know if you'd bother because the effects would be easy to fake and who would notice anyway, so I'm left wondering how much actually is real, and if it matters, and why.

A photo of a theatre stage where white plastic sheeting covers several mysterious boxes.

I won't reel off Edinburgh festival picks but if you're following me because of PC games, Stampin' in the Graveyard makes magical transformative use of trashed PCs. I was delighted by each turn as they were variously worn, illuminated, gazed into, held aloft, more. www.edfringe.com/tickets/what...

I am admittedly torn between "Oh god" and "Wait why does that sound like something I would have done, oh god."

(complimentary (somewhat))

Your first little guy is this good?! Damn.

Hip hip hooray, yesterday was the Burryman's day!

Sexy Tyranid.

A Tyranid just having a good time not doing anyone any harm.

Tyranids hanging out being pals.

A leary Tyranid.

That's a bit unkind of Nate; Drukhari are cringe tryhards. Have you considered bug friend?

You done good, and did it for longer than anyone should.

I spoke to this conference's organisers and they told me that the code of conduct you agreed to when you signed up means you have to invite me to your birthday party.

Ugh that Brutalism 2 hub #blewmeaway, just delighted poking around. Took me ages to even start playing the maps.

On your first day of NCT, go up to the biggest dad there, tell him he's your son now, and give him 50p pocket money.