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Chase is a stellar reporter, and he also runs brilliant TTRPG sessions as a bonus.

I'm looking for some extra work and would be very interested in any part-time or contract gigs that could make use of my writing, editing, and project management experience. Creative work, research and reporting, consulting; I am happy to do it all.
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Me resting my head on a well coloured sourdough loaf

First cheese sourdough! Quickly becoming a Bread Guy to keep myself sane

My cat in Tomodachi life and in a photo. Text read making my CAT in Tomodachi Life

Spent a frankly embarrassing amount of time making my cat in Tomodachi Life. Not sure if the result is good or cursed. Video up tomorrow.

A grey cat made into a mii in tomodachi life

My cat Ash reading the news in tomodachi life

Spent a not insignicant portion of today making my cat in Tomodachi Life and I can't decide if the result is great or cursed

Video Game Concerts Are Having a Moment | Restart.run We asked the organisers of Game Music Festival if 2026’s crammed concert calendar is a sign that soundtracks are set to stay on the stage.

There are an awful lot of video game concerts happening this year. I had the good fortune to speak to the folk behind Game Music Festival for @restart.run about starting out, and how these shows keep experimenting. www.restart.run/articles/vid...

As someone who works with you on the regular, Jesse, both you and your ideas are great.

Playing the Alien RPG and having the best time completely failing to save my fleshy humans as a friendly android.

Listening to @sunsetvisitor.studio chat about Prove You're Human, and speculative sci-fi influences has me:
A) Very excited to see more of this one
and
B) Feeling like a muppet for still not yet having played 1000xResist despite numerous recommendations
www.restart.run/articles/100...

I was also able to chat with @blacktabbygames.com about the duo's aspirations for their new publishing arm, and the confusing-but-entirely-plausible-in-a-video-game concept of healing the industry by a thousand cuts. Have a read.

Okay, People of Note's Sorry Girl song did make me cackle at the obligatory final verse key change

Prove You’re Human Will Reveal the Cruelty of Captchas | Restart.run “It's about the violence of declaring a binary … of declaring something is not this and something is that.”

We sat down and talked to @sunsetvisitor.studio about its upcoming game Prove You're Human

“It's about the violence of declaring a binary … of declaring something is not this and something is that.”

I was also able to chat with @blacktabbygames.com about the duo's aspirations for their new publishing arm, and the confusing-but-entirely-plausible-in-a-video-game concept of healing the industry by a thousand cuts. Have a read.

Listening to @sunsetvisitor.studio chat about Prove You're Human, and speculative sci-fi influences has me:
A) Very excited to see more of this one
and
B) Feeling like a muppet for still not yet having played 1000xResist despite numerous recommendations
www.restart.run/articles/100...

Cheers, Jesse!

Me looking through glass into the massive aquarium pool filled with fish and sharks

Something fishy going on here...

I was honestly more shocked when "The NSF - they hit one of our shipments" became common internet parlance. Incredible foresight.

As a fellow someone who doesn't get spooked much and sorely wants to be, I'm listening. Are you writing something up on this one?

An outdoor social space with parisian tables and chairs surrounding a horsea fountain with lamps in each corner

An ancient ruin hot spring lit by torches and glowing mushrooms at night. Steam rises off the water

A large house with vines up the wall, a bench and planters with flowers

Just having a lovely time designing spaces in Pokopia

Watching Interior Design Masters with my wife has truly upped our Pokopia game.

The Florida Man stories of the ancient world

The Everyman used to be a great entry-level crossword. My wife and I would attempt it weekly. More of a pain to access now itself Observer separated, but I believe the back catalogue is still on the Guardian website.

This week on The Game Informer Show, our pal @mamavitelli.bsky.social from Restart.run joins us to discuss Marathon! Plus, we debate the concept of "spring games."

Check it out here: gameinformer.com/video-podcas...

Wrote a piece on the rise of increasingly sophisticated photo modes, and chatted with the photo mode consultant - and several virtual photographers - on this trend. For the Verge:

Meet the Photo-Mode Consultant Focused on Upgrading Your Screenshot Tools | Restart “You don't have to have a studio. You don't have to have professional models. With just 70 Euro, you can have access to virtually all the tools. It's totally amazing.”

Hey snap! Love seeing photo modes (and those pushing to improve them) getting more attention. I saw how long the range was in Clair Obscur and of course Helme turns out to have advised on that one! www.restart.run/articles/mee...

Today is my husband's birthday. I'm playing through the Tomodachi Life demo. I created us as my first two Miis and just got this special news bulletin, with a report straight from his birthday party. Stop it. This is so cute.

@mamavitelli.bsky.social if you can get me a comic print from Pax I'll let you talk to me about Marathon for another 45 minutes

Geniichiro is probably my all-time favorite boss fight. Phenomenal atmosphere, mechanics, pacing. The lot.

A rosemary and salt sourdough focaccia loaf from above

The same loaf sliced to show air pockets in the bread

Bread: Part Two