Got an audience survey for Saturday Night Live UK and had to fight every cell in my body from just typing WHAT KIND OF IRISH IS YOUR GRANDAD under ‘Other’ for every question.

Veteran! Anyway, this was a nice closer to 2025.

You know what's good for a curled-up-at-home-with-food-poisoning Hate Watch? Tron: Ares. And as for that Daft Punk t-shirt 'easter egg'? Don't get me started...

What I'm seeing overnight out of Birmingham is plenty of food for thought, but... 😶

GTA6 delayed cleanly OUT of the GCSE exam period. Thank you, Rockstar Games!

OH GOD IT'S HIDEOUS

*immediately preorders*

“Actually, I was there for the agonising waits between the PAL and NTSC releases of both Frequency and Amplitude, my boy.”

Aged a million years and expired when my son decided to show me - *ME* someone with an import copy of Guitar Hero PS2 (2005) and the full Rock Band instrument set in the loft - the Fortnite Festival game mode as if I’d ever seen this type of game before.

GDC just unveiled a 'Game Changers' ticket that costs $2.5k 😶

oh piss right off

a) yes, we did it too, b) it's not very cool to use a clip from nu-Frasier, I know that as well

The games industry naming literally anything - books, podcasts, talent programmes - these last few years

Electronic Arts European Headquarters - Chertsey, Surrey | Foster + Partners The opening phase of the new European Headquarters campus for Electronic Arts, designed by Foster + Partner sets new standards for working environments.

www.fosterandpartners.com/news/electro...

25+ years ago Electronic Arts was rich enough to pay Norman Foster's agency to design its Euro HQ building in UK countryside. It was shaped like an 'E'! Today, it's taking on $20bn in debt in a sale to private equity. Back then, EA was in the game. Now, EA is in the small print.

Hope the clothing sizes are, er, Western-friendly. 😶 I bought a lovely XL Zelda button-down shirt in Tokyo, but caused a diplomatic incident when I returned it after realising the cm measurement. I don't think anyone had the gall to ask Nintendo Store for a refund until then...

🌟 SAVE THE DATE🌟

London Games Festival returns Monday 13 - Sunday 19 April 2026

Applications NOW OPEN

🕹️Official Selection submissions
💸Games Finance Market submissions
🎉Ensemble nominations
🏙️Side Events

👉 Apply here: festival.games.london

#LGF26

👀 *he says as his team prepare to announce festival dates later today*

Personally doubt it also needed a total rebrand, or to basically drop the word ‘developer’ (wtf), or add the claim of ‘festival’ (ahem). But that’s how big corps think. If next year works conceptually maybe they will move city once the Moscone deal has expired.

GDC finds itself in a ‘horse has bolted’ situation. Increasingly unpopular host city in a country on no one’s bucket list and an audience that doesn’t necessarily pay for an official ticket. But it’s a high-quality audience nonetheless. A repositioning was needed.

I often think this company will take any position contrary to reason - 'let's sue our fans', 'no we are a toy company', 'games aren't art!' - on the path to profit.

Coming up to ten years in the job end of this week. It’s only in the last few days I realise could have got a lot more done more quickly if I’d just looked a few more people in the eye and said “Are you fucking thick?”

And a USA SNES there on the table before it officially came out. His uncle must work at Nintendo, I guess

Shall I lean over and warn him about the games industry?

Trains delayed. Standing room only. But I’m watching over the shoulder of a man, someone at least 10 years older than me, with his laptop open… getting ready to publish his very first game to Roblox.

Who is it that's responsible for this diabolical trend of roll-top backpacks? Wondering if we can use cancel culture for good for once and get them for crimes against fashion.

Forcing myself through the embarrassing fantasy dross that Strange New Worlds' finale has become, only to be deeply, deeply amused by the implication that this IKEA kids play kitchen will still be in production in 230 years time.

Cait Sith. Is there a more insufferable video game character? Bought a PS5 Slim recently to get FFVII Rebirth finished. He's got cliche, irritating dialogue + voice, and then you're forced to play as him with some of the clumsiest controls and design.

Never met an investor or publisher who thought they were investing in just a tiny team to see a game, product or company towards launch.

I actually understand that one more given the horror/scary sub category on there, obby culture, the way horror characters get referenced by kids without even seeing the films, and so on.

Who on earth is 'Beavis and Butthead in Fortnite' for?