The Need For Speed: Most Wanted reboot from 2012 is quietly really fucking good and basically a sequel to Burnout Paradise and I feel like it doesn't get the respect it deserves. (Also Charli XCX is on the soundtrack and I feel like that shaped me going forward...)

Final college results (accounting for my deferred exam) came in! I AM DONE!

Suda51 and Shinji Mikami would love to bring back their old games if it wasn't so expensive dlvr.it/TDJ15X

NOT OF FAN OF LEARNING FIRST HAND THAT CROWS CAN IMITATE THE SOUND OF DOGS YAPPING!

Sat down with Suda51 and Shinji Mikami to discuss the legacy of Shadows of Damned and how damn hard it is to bring back old games. shacknews.com/article/141383…

A game as astonishingly ambitious as Derek Yu's UFO 50 calls for a write-up to match it. So I wrote a play. More specifically, I wrote a play told through 50 reviews in the style of 80s magazine blurbs, ala Zzap!64. digitaltrends.com/gaming/ufo-50-…

Cowabunga, dude! The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are back Splintering Fate on Switch. Luke Delin breaks down if TMNT: Splintered Fate has made the leap from mobile devices successfully. startmenu.co.uk/home/tmnt-spli…

Let's see how this goes...

Lots of people don't like their jobs but we do them anyway. "You gotta do what you gotta do." #Futurama

You ever had a nice day where you got good news and even had some work be well received and for some reason that all made you want to cry?

Going to stream more InFamous tonight at 7pm BST / 11am PT TWITCH // BASICALLILEXI

Check out my preview of Directive 8020 in this issue too!

Again, Shacknews continues to be the best place for amazing discussions around games. Love that team to death and this article is rad!

EDITORS! I will be at NEXUS (gamerfest.ie/nexus/) next week to cover the game industry in Ireland and will have access to many of the speakers at the event (a few of which you can see below). Reach out to me if you would be interested in commissioning coverage of the event.