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Freelance gaming journalist. Games writer at Polygon. Words at GamesRadar, PCGamesN, Eurogamer, PC Gamer, and more. He/him. ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ

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All the best, Matt. So sorry to see the news. Hope you land on your feet!

01.05.2025 15:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Very late to the party but whew, A Short Hike. What a lovely little game!

19.03.2025 21:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

RTJ and Turnstile ๐Ÿ‘€

13.03.2025 18:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Agreed, but to be fair I think that would've been the case anyway. Doesn't feel like SI has had much in the way of faith or goodwill from players for a while, so each year has plenty of folks who skip to begin with, I reckon this will exacerbate that.

07.02.2025 11:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

No surprises, called it when it was delayed. Lots of chatter around them being obligated to release a game annually which was always just hearsay. Can't say I'm disappointed either, but FM26 has a *lot* of living up to do.

07.02.2025 10:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A reminder that I have a Google Calendar with (almost) every upcoming video game release I can find, and Iโ€™ve just given it a huge update covering the next few months.

DM me your email if youโ€™d like to be added to it!

27.01.2025 00:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A reminder that I have a Google Calendar with (almost) every upcoming video game release I can find, and Iโ€™ve just given it a huge update covering the next few months.

DM me your email if youโ€™d like to be added to it!

27.01.2025 00:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Cheers mate - I share it with Sir Alex, which has always been a fun fact for me!

31.12.2024 00:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks Diego!

31.12.2024 00:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Bluesky needs the profile balloons on your birthday like Twitter has. Possibly the only pro for keeping Twitter.

In other news, happy birthday to me ๐Ÿฅณ life starts at 29, they say

31.12.2024 00:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Finally hopped on the Balatro train today and pressed discard by mistake instead of play hand. Not gonna make that mistake again ๐Ÿ’€

28.12.2024 16:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Happy birthday Nicole!

23.12.2024 11:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Rest in peace, mate. You were the best โค๏ธ

16.12.2024 15:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

*looks at the announcements from TGA* oh goddamnit

13.12.2024 11:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I am so fucking ready for The Witcher 4. Thatโ€™s gonna be a proper book a week off work sort of game. Well, it would be if I had a different occupation.

13.12.2024 09:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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It's finally done. I can play another video game at last.

09.12.2024 23:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

No-one has as many friends as the man with many cheeses! - Divinity: Original Sin

06.12.2024 15:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#SpotifyWrapped2024 time ๐Ÿฅณ absolute belter of a year

04.12.2024 13:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I found the City v Salford draw extremely funny, apparently.

03.12.2024 10:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Look mum, I was on the telly.

02.12.2024 20:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Football crazy, chocolate mad, grab a power pod, play football with the ladsโ€ฆ what a banger

01.12.2024 13:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I havenโ€™t played a video game properly for a while now, but I am so looking forward to picking something up over the Christmas break. Iโ€™m still yet to play Balatro so I think thatโ€™s a must, but I also need to play Spider-Man 2 finally, revisit Dragonโ€™s Dogma 2, Star Wars Outlaws is staring at meโ€ฆ

29.11.2024 17:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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27.11.2024 09:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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27.11.2024 11:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Manchester here!

27.11.2024 15:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Jungle set holo Electrode. A core memory as a kid is when I dropped it down the side of a table on a train, so my dad whipped out a screwdriver and unscrewed the table from the side of the train to fish the card back out. Itโ€™s long gone now, but definitely wouldnโ€™t be a PSA 10 after that experience!

18.11.2024 16:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The view from out of my window at about 5am! Was half asleep so itโ€™s not the best photo but I couldnโ€™t believe how misty it was outside.

14.11.2024 10:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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13.11.2024 14:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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30.10.2024 10:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Reunited with @uselessdave.bsky.social without even knowing it?! What a treat ๐Ÿค˜

26.10.2024 18:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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