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Ben Skipper

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Account Director at video games comms agency Bastion

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A Them headline reading “Wicked costume designer Paul Tazewell breaks silence on Elphaba’s “Sex Cardigan”

A Them headline reading “Wicked costume designer Paul Tazewell breaks silence on Elphaba’s “Sex Cardigan”

A still from The Simpsons featuring Krusty the Clown saying “Sex Cardigan? I thought they closed that place down!” from the episode with the Maison Derrière

A still from The Simpsons featuring Krusty the Clown saying “Sex Cardigan? I thought they closed that place down!” from the episode with the Maison Derrière

04.12.2025 11:18 — 👍 199    🔁 46    💬 5    📌 0

My brother still gives me shit for convincing him we should trade in our GameCube to get the Wii. It was backwards compatible, it made sense at the time 😭

18.11.2025 10:28 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Don't threaten me with a good time

18.11.2025 08:12 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Mad that someone hired to contribute to the series in this way doesn't understand that Bond's very loose continuity is both a good thing (if hard to explain to a mass audience) and a key reason for its long-term success

11.11.2025 15:02 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

GTA 6 has now been delayed from the week after my wedding (good) to the day I fly off for my honeymoon (bad)

06.11.2025 22:29 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
according to the liberation newspaper, documents dating back to a 2014 inspection by the French National Agency for the Security of Computer Systems reported a staggering detail: "the password of the louvre's video surveillance server was simply " louvre. "

according to the liberation newspaper, documents dating back to a 2014 inspection by the French National Agency for the Security of Computer Systems reported a staggering detail: "the password of the louvre's video surveillance server was simply " louvre. "

the password to the louvre surveillance server was "louvre"

www.thesocialpost.it/2025/11/02/f...

03.11.2025 17:56 — 👍 11175    🔁 3048    💬 317    📌 1804
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More than 1,200 games journalists have left the media in the last two years | VGC According to Press Engine data, the global pool of games journalists has shrunk by 25%

More than 1,200 video game journalists have left major publications in the past two years, and not returned to the media, according to data supplied to VGC.

www.videogameschronicle.com/news/more-th...

22.10.2025 20:09 — 👍 610    🔁 213    💬 13    📌 59

The first was about Zelda games tbf

20.10.2025 19:17 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I've got 3/4 of this first set of Only Connect questions at the 3 point mark. I think this means I'm smart now

20.10.2025 19:10 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

It's selling Penn's performance short to say it's mostly McMahon, it's much more than that, but having seen the comparison before I couldn't shake it

10.10.2025 22:31 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Sean Penn's Lockjaw in One Battle After Another isn't just reminiscent of Vince McMahon, I'm convinced he took some inspiration from him

10.10.2025 22:30 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

If you think a game about going after the KKK would be controversial due to the current political climate, it's a good sign you should make a game about going after the KKK.

08.10.2025 20:04 — 👍 1281    🔁 443    💬 27    📌 5
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Jurassic World Evolution 3: The Final Preview

When we got to play Jurassic World Evolution 3, we were most excited to see that it finally seems like a fully-fledged member of the Frontier flock, with the extremely deep customization and personalization features we've come to expect from the studio.

30.09.2025 14:02 — 👍 18    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0

Had Boots own-brand lemon lemsip last week and it's a crime against humanity. No amount of honey can save that

29.09.2025 08:16 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Blackcurrant and a dollop of honey for me, nothing beats it

29.09.2025 08:15 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

If you didn't know it actually happens, you'd definitely think "get in the hole!" is a shout someone who doesn't like golf would say golf fans yell

28.09.2025 17:53 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Dr. Selina Tan, played by Gemma Chan, is a brilliant and passionate academic with a background in psychology and game theory, whose role at MI6 is pivotal in Bond’s journey in #007FirstLight.

youtu.be/D7wZqGQ9kYU

Pre-order now and get a free Deluxe Edition Upgrade.

bit.ly/4mFFseR

#EarnTheNumber

25.09.2025 10:11 — 👍 17    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 2
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Still possibly the greatest title drop in video games

24.09.2025 05:19 — 👍 575    🔁 166    💬 22    📌 19

The view from the UK: Wait, tylenol is just paracetamol?!

23.09.2025 06:47 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Arsenal lucky there, but it's still ll feeling a bit Southgate-y this season. Arteta got the club back in contention for trophies but is cautious to a fault and can't get them over the line

21.09.2025 17:34 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Post a movie you like with a terrible rotten tomatoes score

17.09.2025 11:15 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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imagine getting qt dunked by ed davey. unrecoverable. you’re furious and he is serenely going down a log flume in bognor regis.

15.09.2025 12:27 — 👍 4236    🔁 841    💬 46    📌 34

Labour can't learn a thing from Mamdani. There is plenty they could learn, they're just incapable

14.09.2025 16:24 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Brilliant

11.09.2025 21:24 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

UK PRESS! Anyone heading out to Tokyo Game Show? Let me know, may have some treats in store...

09.09.2025 08:01 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 0

Taking 20+ attempts at an early Silksong boss: oh yeah I remember now, this sucks

Beating said boss: oh shit yeah, this rules

06.09.2025 19:01 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

losing my shit at tom clancy's daughter immediately setting this to her banner after seeing it

05.09.2025 17:53 — 👍 15441    🔁 5317    💬 66    📌 55

"Ex-Tory minister Nadine Dorries d---

---fects to Reform"

BBC News notification really getting my hopes up there 😔

04.09.2025 18:27 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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007 First Light Hands-Off Preview (PS5) - Welcome Back, Mr. Bond - PlayStation Universe James Bond is returning in an all-new adventure developed by IO Interactive! Find out how it's shaping up in our 007 First Light hands-off preview.

Cat's out of the bag - I saw 007 First Light at Gamescom and I was left utterly stunned in what feels like a lovechild of Hitman and Uncharted, bringing the best of both together!

The explosions in this game tickle my brain

www.psu.com/news/007-fir...

03.09.2025 18:41 — 👍 7    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0
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At Gamescom I saw 30ish minutes of 007: First Light gameplay and was amazed by how the core of Hitman's flexible and open gameplay has been meshed with the bombastic setpieces of Uncharted to create what is sure to be a cinematic thrill ride. My full impressions:
www.gamewatcher.com/news/007-fir...

03.09.2025 18:45 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

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