Good luck with that

The most important part of Roy’s speech:

Gamers are never beating the "seeing it as a toy and not a legitimate artistic medium" allegations, if you said this about a movie somebody would kill you immediately

You can’t help but feel Labour have misunderstood their own victory. People didn’t vote for them because they wanted tough-talking fiscal hawks in charge, they voted for them because they are fed up of underfunded, poorly functioning public services.

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Had to nip to the nearest Smiths to pick up the final issue of PLAY Magazine. A sad day but also proud that I could get one last feature in there, speaking to devs behind PS1-inspired low-poly horror games. Buy it before it’s gone! 🫡

For TechRadar I reviewed Super Mario Party Jamboree, which was a really fun time, mostly because I was fortunate to coax family members into several sessions. So maybe knock off a star if you’re a solo-only kinda player techradar.com/gaming/super-m…

As if next February isn’t already rammed…

Something is happening with The Substance. I know you can feel it too. The accolades, the passion, the word of mouth just keep growing. And for good reason: it’s one of the year’s best films. Could this thing actually be an awards player? Signs are beginning to point to HELL YES.

Introducing ON: Volume One, a premium journal celebrating gaming’s past, present & future. From Edge veterans Andrew P Hind & Hit Points by Nathan Brown, it features outstanding writers, fantastic design & luxurious print quality. Available now: on.games. buff.ly/3Y4g8DG

I need 7 more people to participate due to participants dropping out (Life is rough at the moment I totally get it), I'm hoping to find people who wouldn't mind helping asap as I need to get this finished asap - next week at the latest! Please help a researcher out! 💜

I’m back in print! My former Edge colleague, the design genius Andrew Hind, has been talking about this for years, and when he asked me to come on board as EiC I couldn't say no (he's bigger than me). It's already been printed and you can buy it right now. Please do!

I mean, during my earlier trips to Japan, I’d see Sega everywhere at all the game centres. I wonder what happened to those… 🤔

Back just to make a quick life update: I’ve moved to Glasgow! But I’ve also virtually relocated for a while now to the Better Space, so that’s it from me here - see ya!