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Samuel Roberts

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UK PR for Bethesda, co-host of The Back Page: A Video Games Podcast, large man who lives in Bath. Previously: Frontier, PC Gamer, GI.biz

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Dairylea Lunchables Layer.

04.08.2025 16:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

So close to the end of DK Bananza now. Can I suggest the next one is entirely made up of food layers? Pudding Layer. Sushi Layer. Fried Chicken Layer.

04.08.2025 16:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

what kind of prison, could hold a man like thaaaaaat

04.08.2025 12:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Each game is like entering a park for a fresh kick about with strangers, none of them aware of your previous projectile pant-shitting form on the pitch.

03.08.2025 20:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Won two ranked Rematch games in a row, went up a rank, was MVP in both. Only way is down after that. I'll come back in two weeks.

03.08.2025 20:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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ROM returns: Striking gold in El Dorado Also this issue: a plus-sized portion of patch notes and an utterly unkown PS2 horror game, back online.

It's been hard to get a newsletter out for the past month with a ton of work and life happening but at last a new issue! Are you interested in a translation of a 7-part Dreamcast RPG series from Capcom? What about an online multiplayer survival horror game for the PS2 you've never heard of? Huzzah:

03.08.2025 18:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 54    ๐Ÿ” 20    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

The Big Sammy verdict on superhero summer: Superman ANNIHILATED Fantastic Four in the battle of a three-star movie versus a two-star one.

03.08.2025 15:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is the ultimate test of, 'can a film still land when you know its very famous ending?' And the answer in this case is yes.

03.08.2025 07:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Watching a banger for the first time:

03.08.2025 07:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

(No need to respond with 'And racism!'. I'm familiar with his output)

02.08.2025 21:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Read 300 for the first time. Can't believe it took me this long to realise the defining element of Frank Miller's work is 'deranged masculinity'.

02.08.2025 21:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I couldn't imagine getting into an online argument with strangers about an advert these days. It's not 2017, after all. And I've still got a lot of Donkey Kong left to play.

02.08.2025 14:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Can We Not Be Weird About Sydney Sweeney for 5 Seconds? A jeans-genes pun is not a rich enough text to sustain this level of analysis.

I read about this whole thing with a disconnected feeling of, 'I guess this particular distraction from The Horrors did its job.' www.vulture.com/article/can-...

02.08.2025 14:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Playing on PC, which I'm imagining you're not!

02.08.2025 10:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's seeped into my brain. I must play more. The way it boils down FromSoft mechanics and progression systems is legit exciting.

01.08.2025 22:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ™

01.08.2025 22:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's good. I like that the designers care less about the rules of their games than weirdo fans.

01.08.2025 20:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I, the FromSoftware complainer (except Sekiro), am about to spend my evening playing Elden Ring Nightreign. Why must I hate myself so?

01.08.2025 18:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ Saving you both for the day I know I'll never work in this industry again

01.08.2025 18:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Not really!

01.08.2025 18:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"As a result, I'm downgrading Scotland to an Edge 6."

01.08.2025 16:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Deranged week.

01.08.2025 12:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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That's podcasting, baby (also an episode about Ghostbusters).

01.08.2025 12:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Wii U stays winning

01.08.2025 07:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 435    ๐Ÿ” 47    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 20    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ah well, never mind, eh? There's always next time.

31.07.2025 21:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That's basically where I landed with it. It's undeniable.

31.07.2025 20:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Was scrolling through my Japan photos for something and found this one of me looking unreasonably excited about a Vincent Valentine statue:

31.07.2025 19:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Congrats on succinctly explaining what Lumines is. Tried that myself recently and it almost killed me

31.07.2025 19:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Me sitting down to watch KPop Demon Hunters this evening:

31.07.2025 16:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 41    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Delightful glass of piss you've been served, there.

31.07.2025 13:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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