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My two favourite Aussie named things I discovered on my trip to Melbourne. 1) The Botanical Gardens being referred to as “the Tan” 2) Melbourne’s Convention and Exhibition Center being known as “Jeff’s Shed” because a guy called Jeff commissioned it

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…but how do you tariff a movie

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Thunderbolts review: a good Marvel film? In this economy?!

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Popping on LBC in half an hour or so to talk the GTA VI delay, tune in if you like yeah?

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I’m still digesting Luton Town’s relegation, but today’s defeat was a microcosm of our season. Our destiny was in our hands. We had a team that was good enough on paper to do the job. But carelessness, complacency and an absence of basic standards rightly did for us.

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Luton Town getting relegated while I’m at a child’s soft play party feels like a low

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It’s Friday. It’s sunny. I submitted 24,000 words of book earlier this week. And I haven’t had a full weekend off since early March. Ladies and gentleman, I’m happy to announce the arrival of the bank holiday weekend.

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Much better than the time he took pot shots at video games for causing teen violence, I’d say

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Whopping news - GTA VI release date announced as...26 May 2026, blowing the 2025 video game release slate WIDE OPEN. www.rockstargames.com/newswire/art...

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The VGIM Business Breakfast, sponsored by @gamespress.com, returns to Brighton on Wednesday 9th July. Join us for a free breakfast, chats with the VGIM community and a timely panel about the state of video games media (!) by getting your free ticket below 👇 www.tickettailor.com/events/halfs...

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Local election hot take: winning a massive majority and then delivering a policy platform of “gruel for everyone” isn’t a vote winner

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Glad someone finally got to the bottom of this

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Insightful VGIM piece, @jamesrball.com / @georgeosborn.bsky.social, on the cultural overlooking of Games, allowing an outsized element of it to be steered by a few for their own agendas. Culturally leaving Games in a position it does not deserve. www.videogamesindustrymemo.com/p/how-the-po...

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Thanks Donald

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A very good read. We often hear about how Gamergate was weaponised to drum up support from the far right, but less on how the US right courts gamer 'culture' as a whole

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I love this post, but it'd be remiss of me on a games and geopolitics front if I didn't add one more kit to the list

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“it’s fooking huge like”

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Thoroughly enjoyed talking with @georgeosborn.bsky.social on gaming, chan culture, and its function as a tool for the radical right. My big thing: the mainstream media has to stop ignoring the most important cultural medium of the 21st century. Also I swore more than I realised.

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I interviewed @jamesrball.com about the ways populist politicians successfully courted disaffected young men in video game communities and it was one of the most fascinating chats I’ve had in a long time www.videogamesindustrymemo.com/p/how-the-po...

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I keep reading stories about the British government running out of cash, scrambling for growth etc. And then I see this chart in The FT about post Brexit exports and think…maybe there is - just this once - an easy answer here, lads?

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The end of Whiplash except it's the Mute City theme from F-Zero.

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Man, I’d love to run the Beef Command Center. “We’ve got a sensitive Wagyu situation developing in Brazil. Deploy the tactical nukes” “sir, yes, sir!”

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Just walked past an advert for a Wizz Air flight to Saudi Arabia for under £150. If that isn’t a sign for someone to commission a gonzo “I went on a cheap long weekend to Riyadh and this is what happened” piece for Vice, I don’t know what is.

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Two thirds of a draft manuscript done. One third left to go. So much left to do. slowly slides down a nearby wall

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Really helpful for the CDC to have removed a series of blog posts on its site about the use of video games for public health messaging in games. Realllll handy.

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Got a book deadline tomorrow, so naturally spent today writing my way into a narrative cul-de-sac that I’m going to have to furiously edit my way out of. Ffs.

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London Marathon today, which is one of the days of the year where the city is at its absolute finest. Good luck to everyone running it today 🏃‍♂️💨

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I'm hiring a UK-based Features Editor on @gibiz.bsky.social. I fully intend to continue the site's long history of exceptional original features – come help me make it happen! Link here: www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/42...

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Booking.com pitching me a flight to Ireland in the style of Jerry Seinfeld

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