Al

At first I was like, "Oh, Doom: The Dark Ages is 50% off!" and then I was like, "but it's still thirty-five quid."

How have we become so used to cheap games that even a reasonable price for a AAA title feels like its too much to pay.

Indie is where it's at, right?

His car crash speech to the Generals - FAFO! Has been on repeat in my head since I saw it.

Square Enix Cuts 140 London Jobs, Plans AI QA Automation Square Enix announced layoffs affecting 140 staff in London alone as part of Western restructuring. Company plans to automate 70% of QA work with AI by 2027.

Squeenix is cutting staff in favour of AI QA agents. Another blow for the industry.

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I've had a very productive Saturday and edited audio AND video for the next two episodes of the Grumpy Old Gamer podcast. Feels nice to know that's done for the rest of the month.

GTA 6 Delayed to November 2026 for Extra Polish Time Rockstar delays GTA 6 six months to November 19, 2026 for polish. Take-Two CEO says studio needs more time for “most extraordinary title” in entertainment.

Shocking that GTA6 has been delayed said no one ever.

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Much rather people told me the things they love. There’s too much negativity in the world.

School run time is both the best time and the worst time.

I get to see my babies after a day without them, but the traffic!

Yes, Disney+, yes it is often too early for Christmas. Especially the 3rd of November. Get in the sea.

Still can't get my head around why Firaxis looked at Amplitude's failed Humankind and said, "we should do that too." Great to see they have finally seen the error and are taking steps to fix it. Playing as one civ and one leader *is* Civ.

Civ7 to Let Players Skip Its Controversial Ages System Entirely Firaxis is testing a feature that lets Civilization 7 players control one faction throughout an entire game, bypassing the controversial Ages system.

New Glitchfeed: Civ7 to Let Players Skip Its Controversial Ages System Entirely

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And finally (OH MY GOD!):

glitchfeed.net is where you're going to find bite-sized videogame news, and dreadpixels.com is all about horror videogames and game-adjacent stuff.

I think that's it. Ask me how I manage. The answer is.... I don't. I need a 30 hour day.

Bye!

The Official Sanctuary Shattered Sun Community Official forums for Sanctuary: Shattered Sun. Discuss news, strategies, lore, and connect with other players of this next-gen RTS.

...AND!! (I know, I know...)

I run the community for Sanctuary Shattered Sun. That's an RTS game that is in development. Read about it here: sanctuaryshatteredsun.net

...AND!!!

I do the community management for Hotel Espir, a new horror game due Oct 2026. Read about that here: hotelespir.com

Grumpy Old Gamer Podcast The Grumpy Old Gamer Podcast. Opinionated, sarcastic, and occasionally insightful takes on games old and new. Irregular episodes covering what’s worth playing, what’s not, and why everything used to…

Actually, make that two podcasts: gog.fm

And, because a business and two podcasts just isn't enough for a father of three boys, I have a series of other websites:

40kgames.com
grimdarkfuture.tv
swzerocompany.com
dawnofwariv.com

Hey what's up? I'm Al.

...and I like games!

I've started a new venture. It's called IndieGuru and it's my attempt to start a business and be my own boss doing the two things I love.

Building communities.
Playing (and writing about) videogames.

I also have a podcast: criticalmovespodcast.com