The poster and his wife, Victoria, in York.

York Minster and the college street area behind it.

The statue of Roman Emperor Constantine the Great outside of York Minster.

A picnic set up featuring toasted sandwiches, buns, and canned drinks.

Had a rare childless Saturday so Victoria and I spent it in York doing a secret picnic scavenger hunt.

This city is our happy place, for sure. Beautiful. Inclusive. Historic.

Some much needed us time 😍

Let's do this! 💪

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Hand axe with Norse inspired design and a Valentines card that says “your beardy face makes my heart race.”

Okay, this might be the best present I’ve ever been given (and the bar is already super high from Victoria).

Nothing says belated Valentines like a Norse inspired axe 🪓

A matcha green Kindle with matching wool cozy.

A matcha green Kindle coming out of the matching wool cozy.

A close up of the wool Kindle cozy with silver button.

The Kindle wool cozy buttoned up.

Not my wife using her spare wool to make me a Kindle cozy 😍

The seating area based around the old kitchen from the 1600s.

A blue plaque from History Trails SDC highlighting the history of the building.

The history of Carbook Hall, with particular focus on the English Civil War and its fiction as a Parliamentarian gathering place.

Some more photos…

The outside of Starbucks in Attercliffe Common, Sheffield.

The Carbook Hall interior with wood-carved fireplace and a suit of armour.

A suit of armour from the 1600s.

A wood-carved fireplace depicting a fallen nun being tortured by the Devil.

Ye Olde Starbucks ☕

Not every day your coffee comes with an English Civil War history lesson as you sit next to a wood-carved fireplace and suit of armour.

Attercliffe Common, Sheffield, UK.

A meme template showing a community manager jumping from a moving car titled “community discourse” towards a car labelled “dev team.”

Hey, it’s Community Manager Appreciation Day! 🎉

Thank and show some love to your friendly neighbourhood CM of choice today.

It can be an emotionally taxing, high pressure job. They make sure your wants, concerns, and hopes are seen and understood by the right people.

A screenshot of the PlayStation store showing Pentiment at 50% off.

A screenshot of Pentiment showing the different life paths for your character, from Hedonist to Businessman.

A screenshot of Pentiment showing the aftermath of a murder.

Pentiment is an absolute steal right now on the PlayStation Store.

Haven’t spent much time in it yet but the humour, setting, and execution seems stellar for a smaller, more focused project.

The key art of Halo: Campaign Evolved.

The key art for Fable (2026).

As a PlayStation gamer with a huge love for the Xbox 360 and the stellar first party titles of that era...

I cannot believe I get to play both Halo and Fable on PS5 this year. Two of my all time favourite series, coming to my favourite platform for the first time.

Incredible 😍

An old, weathered, green church door set in a red brick frame.

Walking through our village, just casually taking reference photos for my Fantasy novel.

A kettle with a mug in front of it with the emblem of the FBC on it from the video game CONTROL.

Come on then, Monday.

Let’s do this… ☕️

Moved all of my planning, world building, and reference files for my novel to Milanote from Notion and it’s so much better for me as someone more visually inclined.

So easy to navigate to what I need and the inbuilt templates for novelists and writers are great! Would recommend.

It’s been GREAT so far. Really fun characters and I do tend to enjoy stuff that critiques theology.

Determined to stick with it this year! 💪

A book progress tracker from Goodreads showing the reader is 30% of their way through The Devils by Joe Abercrombie.

I used to be an avid reader, but have fallen off in recent years. Set myself a modest goal of 12 books this year.

Totally doable, I know, but I’m a slow reader and didn’t wanna overwhelm myself.

It’s only January 10th and I’m 30% of the way through the first one 🙂📙

Honourable mention for CONTROL Resonant if it makes a 2026 release date.

Key art for Saros

Key art for Marvel’s Wolverine

Key art for Halo Campaign Evolved

Key art for Fable

Most anticipated games of 2026 (for me).

The “somehow Palpatine has returned” meme but replace Palpatine with “work.”

Time to turn off the out of office…

A family of four (Mum and Dad with infant son and daughter).

2025 was a difficult year for us as a family. Health scares, a not fun living situation, sudden loss of a job/all financial security.

If it wasn’t for the support of friends, family, and online strangers I don’t know where we’d be. Thank you! 💛

Here’s to a better 2026!

Yes, PY 👏

I wanted to see what I naturally came out with and didn’t realise how little you’ve got to mess up for high chaos to take over 😅

It’s great! I kind of did it backwards and played Deathloop at the end of 2024, loved it and went back to see what else I’d missed from Arkane.

Fantastic series. Even if I am absolutely awful at “low chaos.”

Key art for Dishonored Definitive Edition

Key art for Thank Goodness You’re Here

Key art for Wolfenstein The New Order

Key art for Atomfall

4 games that defined my 2025

The player character in Thank Goodness You’re Here

Shaun from Shaun of the Dead.

Is the design of the little fella you play as in Thank Goodness You’re Here a nod to Shaun of the Dead…?

The image is a screen capture of a comment that says “is it free?”

POV: You just made a post from a video game brand account…

a cartoon character is looking out of a window with a donut shop in the background . ALT: a cartoon character is looking out of a window with a donut shop in the background .

After today myself (and a lot of @cortopia.com) are out for the winter break. See you (professionally) in 2026 for the Year of the Turtle 😉 Now, time for recreational gaming, reading, and a house move 🫠

I sometimes get to pitch names for games and updates.

My suggestion was in the final two for Synapse while at nDreams. It was very nearly “Abstraction.” So close.

I’ll take the team picking my name for the new GORN 2 update as a win!

Long live “Dungeon Brawler.” Gotta love a play on words 💪

Great hire! Henry is the best 💛

A forearm showing needle marks from medical professionals and a small bruise.

[⚠️TW: Medical] Could have done without a Sunday evening trip to A&E 🫠

Three nurses, a doctor, and a vein scanner to get blood out of me.

Clearly don’t like sharing…

Four brothers. One city. Endless pizza 🍕

Go behind the bandana in VR for the very first time 🥷

TMNT: Empire City launches in 2026 for Meta Quest, Steam VR, and Pico.

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