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No-one has got a clue what they're on about and everyone is being so loud about it

Mecha Break is fantastic. So, so fun.

I poked around Hazelight Studios at the finale of Split Fiction's development, spoke to the boss, and muse on how culture is at the centre of making the very best games each year. Part of I guess a continuing series of slightly off-piste bits from me for VG247's remit. A profile, of sorts:

Monster Hunter eats well, even if you need to wait 20 hours for the real meat. But that's always been the case for MonHun, and I probably have more patience for that than a lot of people will. Still, the combat is the best it's ever been. And that's what matters.

Getting back to normal, and to prove it, here's a sweaty post-yoga pic

Relationships may come and go, but @coheedandcambria.bsky.social is forever

Monster Hunter eats well, even if you need to wait 20 hours for the real meat. But that's always been the case for MonHun, and I probably have more patience for that than a lot of people will. Still, the combat is the best it's ever been. And that's what matters.

Ursula le Guin, on the accusation that fantasy is an escape from reality

“What, you've never seen a man getting a panic attack before?” (Try to keep breathing.)

Do people have "break-up games"? Is that a thing?

Been off for the last four work days. I have had a death in the family and I'm enduring one of the worst episodes of anxiety I've ever had, so please bear with me for admin-related things. I'm back today and catching up with stuff, but I'm not at full capacity. Thanks, all.

I cannot believe how much I loved Elden Right Nightreign. I can scarcely stop thinking about it. The way it evokes 'Soulsy' emotions in a /completely/ different setup is just sublime: www.vg247.com/elden-ring-n...

" I can’t believe how this game rocketed from something of a curiosity to something that I absolutely must have. I can’t wait for the final thing."

Highlighting a FGC project that I think is pretty cool. Support your locals!

MonHun good.

So far, not-quite-Kazuma-Kiryu helping a finger run a business in a cursed town is just as great and utterly bonkers as it sounds.

"He's like ‘Oh, that's my old boss, I'll speak to him’."

Tell you what, this is a mean breakfast

Cinnamon Snails were a success

Started my year reading this book. It's a lot of things, and it has radicalised me more, but mostly I remember it for really showing me that living under late-stage capitalism is granting us all a shared, collective trauma It's literally changed my life. www.pagesofhackney.co.uk/webshop/prod...

Really like the new Squid album, it sounds like being depressed on a bus in the rain (good) open.spotify.com/album/2PXkyo...

I reiterate

Getting blasted by bright-ass LED headlights while driving:

Steam-powered!

I don’t know if the carpet matches the drapes!?! I DON’T KNOW IF THE CARPET MATCHES THE DRAPES!?!

Nothing like a bout of fairly intense food poisoning to remind you A.) how used to doing daily exercise you are, B.) how much you miss food when you can't eat it, and C.) how expensive Lucozade has become

Yes, there are over two dozen Sims games out there. No, we're not counting expansion packs.

Imagine giving one solitary soft-boiled fuck about what the ESA has to say

every UK video game in the 80s and 90s was made by a guy named like "lord wensleydale" or two guys named "the chippy twins" and was about an egg with no special abilities going on an adventure and dying immediately. it was ported to the super nintendo where everyone hated it

Suffering one of the most humiliating indignities known to man; food poisoning from a Tesco meal deal

Practicing making pizza dough, not bad for a first try

classic Loony Tunes have much to teach us about class solidarity

A very ridiculous vinyasa flow

Just seen that the lovely @alienink.bsky.social is on BlueSky, they did my quizzical pigeon/alarmed crow and headless bull rider - great comms, great art, great experience all around, and I couldn't recommend more

My first review for VG247 is Citizen Sleeper 2 and wow WHAT A GAME.

"It's going to be a while as I work my way back, but I'm coming back."

Every single day, I think about packing in the writing and becoming a baker. Literally every day. People always want bread.

Really nice write-up from @rachelwatts.bsky.social

Having an absolute stinker of a week, but at least I pulled this