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Retired. Formerly IGN’s Director of Reviews, EIC of GameSpy, and Reviews Editor at PC Gamer. Dad (so expect dad jokes). Careful: you might hear some opinions.

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Honestly they’ve made this movie several times now.

02.02.2026 04:49 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Honestly that's a good way to go into it. I didn't know much about it going in at all but my wife wanted to see it and I ended up enjoying it quite a bit.

01.02.2026 07:56 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Dang - Bugonia sure was a lot of different movies all packed into one. There's some good "Wait, am I meant to be laughing at this?" moments in there, and Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons do a great job with it.

01.02.2026 07:48 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

My son and his friends are learning about keeping bees in Minecraft but he hasn’t seen Arrested Development so he doesn’t get any of my “They don’t let you have bees in here” and “Beads?” references.

31.01.2026 17:43 — 👍 9    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

And now to attempt to put three cats into three carriers they do not want to be in and take them all to the vet.

Pray for me.

27.01.2026 17:50 — 👍 13    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I would say that the act of playing it so much is inherently a recommendation, even if it's a guilty pleasure.

27.01.2026 17:49 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Sure, if you override the default and go out of your way to not recommend it, fine.

...though a good chunk of those are people throwing hissy fits over stupid stuff and should probably be disregarded.

27.01.2026 17:48 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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At some point, Steam, maybe you should just assume that I do.

27.01.2026 16:48 — 👍 14    🔁 0    💬 3    📌 0

Makes you wonder if maybe the people complaining about that video might not be the sharpest knives in the drawer, doesn't it?

27.01.2026 04:19 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

FYI the thing you're mad at IGN about and think someone should be murdered over was done by a completely different, unrelated outlet.

26.01.2026 21:23 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Ah! I just saw him in our pre-Winter Olympics Blades of Glory rewatch the other night and had his name on the tip of my tongue but couldn't quite remember it. I was like "Oh it's that guy! I love that guy."

25.01.2026 17:44 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Murphy on Bovino: "That was a bone-chilling interview. I was shaking while I was listening to it, in large part bc it takes just an unbelievable amount of gall to lie to the American public. Everybody saw that video ... it should freak the public out that the Trump administration lies this easily"

25.01.2026 14:36 — 👍 9925    🔁 3078    💬 322    📌 123

If today doesn’t convince people that something is very very wrong with what’s happening in the US government they are lost, because nothing will until they’re personally victimized. By then it’ll be far too late.

25.01.2026 04:52 — 👍 28    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

What if we sent people who make spam phone calls to prison for long periods of time?

22.01.2026 18:21 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Not that much of an issue for a 10-year-old!

21.01.2026 00:24 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

It's way better - I just yell at Alexa to do the dirty work for me.

20.01.2026 18:10 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Even then, they only lose the one match they're in.

20.01.2026 18:10 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

One of the best features of modern consoles for parents is the ability to abruptly turn them off after repeated ignored warnings that it's time to leave without fear of costing your kid several hours of progress and racking up future therapy bills.

20.01.2026 17:51 — 👍 26    🔁 0    💬 4    📌 1

Just found out my wife might be losing her job, so I'm desperately searching for work. Contract, full-time, freelance, whatever. Press, PR, consulting, anything. I have 16 years of editorial experience and have been writing about games for 13. Reviews, news, previews, guides, etc. RTs appreciated.

08.01.2026 20:21 — 👍 465    🔁 510    💬 7    📌 19

I dunno, I think the breed of PC gamer who will pass up a bunch of freebies because of a clunky client or a stance against exclusives is pretty much contained within the r/pcmasterrace subreddit. I think it’s more a matter of EGS not being *better,* so there was no need to split your library.

08.01.2026 22:53 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

Apparently you can make your own by dropping vanilla beans in high-proof vodka for ~6-12 months. I was gifted some for Christmas that a family member made.

Of course I'm sure vanilla bean prices are also not awesome.

06.01.2026 23:19 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I might as well just put this out there, but DMs are open if anyone wants to hire a writer/editor/multimedia person with:

> 15 yrs experience writing/producing video & podcasts for major outlets (PC Gamer, IGN)

> Known for fast, clean copy

> WFH with HD game capture and high-quality VO capability

06.01.2026 18:42 — 👍 134    🔁 64    💬 6    📌 3

Never Forget.

06.01.2026 16:33 — 👍 259    🔁 65    💬 5    📌 1
Cuphead Review
YouTube video by IGN Cuphead Review

No, you don't. You remember a preview published by GamesBeat, an entirely different and completely unrelated outlet.

This is the IGN review video.

06.01.2026 16:54 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I probably should not have watched House of Dynamite at a time when Donald Trump is the person who they'd have to wake up to make the decision at the end.

04.01.2026 21:49 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
I am tired of Earth. These people.

I am tired of Earth. These people.

03.01.2026 23:10 — 👍 6177    🔁 2208    💬 41    📌 40

Ah. Another incredibly stupid year of this, I see.

03.01.2026 15:05 — 👍 18    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

When I go to sleep Dry January kicks off so you best believe I’m finishing this bottle of Champagne we opened at midnight before then.

01.01.2026 09:00 — 👍 9    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

This but Martinelli’s bottles.

01.01.2026 08:55 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Also 7 and 10, got them down slightly earlier (but not much). They were given specific instructions to sleep in so maybe they’ll go until 8 or so.

Good luck!

01.01.2026 08:54 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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