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Writer Co-host of @awesomefriday.bsky.social podcast Games/films/tech articles at AwesomeFriday.ca, Eurogamer, Unwinnable "The Teeth Of Vehrion" (sci-fi horror novella) on Kindle, Kobo www.temporarypen.com
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The very end of The Last Guardian made me sob until I hurt

submitted 6 days ago • 2 comments

What's the most EMOTIONAL moment you've ever experienced in a video game?

submitted 7 days ago • 572 comments

video games make eleventy billion dollars a year but we can only have one website about them, and it’s owned by The Bastard Group

submitted 12 days ago • 33 comments

*Polygon*??! Absolute vandalism. I really hope all the incredibly talented writers find somewhere that actually values them.

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

What the fuck

submitted 12 days ago • 4 comments

One of my proudest Vancouver moments was starting a chorus of BOOOS with some giggling old ladies when Pierre tried to PR his way through the Chinatown parade. Eat shit, Pierre.

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

people only become left handed if the mirror baby crawls out when nobody is looking and pushes the normal baby into the mirror dimension. it’s a sign of bad parenting

submitted 17 days ago • 165 comments

Black hole bomb Made in some Lab-ra-to-ry www.newscientist.com/article/2477...

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

Still my favourite short story of all time. Reading it to my kids and watching them fall into it too is one of my all-timers.

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

More journalists need to talk about this the way Japanese articles do

submitted 33 days ago • 68 comments

my hope is that AI can empower the Dumbest, Least talented slobs i know to replace everything i ever loved with One Million Years of Content

submitted 36 days ago • 79 comments

submitted 42 days ago • 77 comments

Six! Hundred! And! Twenty! Nine! Dollars! Before! Tax??!

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This is one of many reasons I'm proud to have been published by @unwinnable.com. A stance I wish many others would take.

submitted 46 days ago • 0 comments

Three of my favourite writers and a cover/slipcase of my all-time favourite game means this is an instabuy. What a line-up.

submitted 48 days ago • 0 comments

Every single thing @amalelmohtar.com has written has changed me on a molecular level, so I cannot wait to get my hands on this!

submitted 70 days ago • 0 comments

I'll take back everything I've said about the PS5 if you announce a new Lumines in the State Of Play, @playstation.com

submitted 90 days ago • 1 comment

What the actual FUCK @marvel-rivals.bsky.social

submitted 101 days ago • 0 comments

Me at the start of @pentadact.com's exquisite Heat Signature vs. me two hours in

submitted 109 days ago • 1 comment

Are you telling me this isn't Smile 3 marketing

submitted 111 days ago • 0 comments

ARMS 2 for Switch 2 please Nintendo

submitted 118 days ago • 8 comments

New tech review on @awesomefriday.bsky.social where I take a dive into the Lenovo Legion Go! awesomefriday.ca/2024/10/afte...

submitted 207 days ago • 0 comments