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I'm Not Doctor Who

I'm Not Doctor WhoNov 9, 2026

#oneaday Day 885: A day off is different from the weekend

I am, as I have previously noted, On Holiday this week. On Holiday in the sense that "I don't have to work" rather than "I am going anywhere", although I am taking a trip back to East Anglia towards the end of the week for various things I talked about the other day. Today has...

I'm Not Doctor Who

I'm Not Doctor WhoNov 8, 2026

#oneaday Day 884: No more resisting. I am a Zelda fan

I have written about this a number of times in the past (most recently exactly a year ago, weirdly), but I think it's time to admit once and for all that I am, in fact, a fan of The Legend of Zelda. This is not a controversial opinion, I know, but let me talk about...

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taco 'bout it

taco 'bout itNov 8, 2026

florida remains unsupervised; the bau gives notice

Bad Monkey returns, game storefronts get useful accessibility labels, and Criminal Minds approaches its final season.

taco 'bout it

taco 'bout itNov 8, 2026

a briefcase, a postal tanuki, and an app that might hurry up

Crown Jewel’s last twist, Tuesday’s very different Game Pass arrivals, and Xbox’s promised speedier app.

I'm Not Doctor Who

I'm Not Doctor WhoNov 7, 2026

#oneaday Day 883: Just like old times... hopefully

I have the coming week off work. I am going to spend most of it just chilling and relaxing, because it's been an intense, stressful few months for various reasons, but towards the end of the time I am doing a few things: stopping by to visit my parents, attending the Retro Computer Festival at...

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Belle Legosi's unblog

Belle Legosi's unblogNov 6, 2026

My favorite dressmaker dresses I've made

Doing this while I wait for my phone to charge cuz I gotta go to a party

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I'm Not Doctor Who

I'm Not Doctor WhoNov 6, 2026

#oneaday Day 882: The Maybe-Returner

I don't know if I'm going to go back to Final Fantasy XIV. I have had some wonderful times in that game — I proposed to my wife for real during our in-game wedding! — and every time I hear the soundtrack I feel an urge to reinstall and resub. But I don't know. I...

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taco 'bout it

taco 'bout itNov 6, 2026

the queens are moving and the xbox app has located the accelerator

Drag Race UK’s BBC farewell, a faster Xbox app, Netflix’s record-label family drama, and Latino voters who were not a permanent acquisition.

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Indie Dispatch

Indie DispatchNov 6, 2026

Demonic Pikmin, Mech Farmers, and a really cool shooter

Happy Friday folks! This week has been a bit of a mixed bag for me. My son started nursery school again after our trip to Aus, which means he immediately brought the plague into the house. So I have been nursing a heavy cold while also trying to shepherd the project I am working on, AWAYSIS through console submission. It's been a lot of late nights and stress. However, I did manage to get some game time in. I played through Virtue and a Sledgehammer this week, a game I dropped into the Dispatch ...

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I'm Not Doctor Who

I'm Not Doctor WhoNov 5, 2026

#oneaday Day 881: It is 2026 and I'm playing Ocarina of Time, Doom and Final Fantasy

It is very easy to shake your head at Modern Gaming™ and despair, but at the same time, great things are happening — even at the big-budget, top-tier end of things. They are especially great if you are a Gamer of a Certain Age. For me, some of my fondest gaming memories hail from the...

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taco 'bout it

taco 'bout itNov 5, 2026

xbox has finally addressed the alligator shortage

A working Series X, a fabricated alligator, and a console enclosure with rather more presence than the usual black rectangle.

numberers' workshop

numberers' workshopNov 4, 2026

Lego Flash Games - Part II

Continuing my lottle blog series about Lego Flash games - this time: Alpha Team, Mars Mission, and Drome Racers!

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I'm Not Doctor Who

I'm Not Doctor WhoNov 4, 2026

#oneaday Day 880: Remakes and originals can and should coexist

Earlier today, the one and only Jeff Grubb of Giant Bomb posed the question "what game remakes have effectively replaced the original?" It's an interesting question, so I thought I'd take today to ponder it myself in a bit more detail than my skeet in reply to him. Remakes are on everyone's mind right now...

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taco 'bout it

taco 'bout itNov 4, 2026

baldur’s gate 3: flirting is not a character build

There is a temptation to approach an RPG romance like equipment: find the preferred companion, make the correct selections, collect the reward. Very efficient. Also a slightly bleak way to describe a boyfriend. In its early design explanation for Baldur’s Gate 3, Larian framed relationships around companions with their own motivations, opinions and responses to...

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I'm Not Doctor Who

I'm Not Doctor WhoNov 4, 2026

#oneaday Day 879: Pocket-sized

I mentioned a while back that I had got an Analogue Pocket, and I don't think I've written much about it as yet. So I might as well do that tonight! The Analogue Pocket, for the unfamiliar, is a premium-grade (i.e. quite pricy) retro gaming handheld, fashioned in a similar mould to Nintendo's classic Game...

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taco 'bout it

taco 'bout itNov 3, 2026

the dreamcast has passed its driving test

Sonic Racing starts Year Two with Duel Mode and console cars, Netflix tests AI Discover, and The Law of Beasts gets a November premiere date.

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taco 'bout it

taco 'bout itNov 3, 2026

godzilla clocks in; druski passes the collection plate

Godzilla’s PS5 remaster arrives November 3, Derelikt sets a November 13 date, and Druski’s Netflix comedy gets a December premiere.

numberers' workshop

numberers' workshopNov 2, 2026

Lego Flash Games

The legacy of the best family friendly online gaming platform back in the day. The home of the Bionicle , Racers, and Alpha Team games, and plenty more!

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I'm Not Doctor Who

I'm Not Doctor WhoNov 2, 2026

#oneaday Day 878: I could probably play DOOM forever

DOOM is one of my all-time favourite games. I fell in love with it immediately when I played the shareware version all those years ago -- though I never convinced my parents to get me a Registered version -- and, over the years, I reckon it is one of the games I have come back...

soulcruzer

soulcruzerNov 1, 2026

Man, Myth & Magic: A Sunday Crossword

Samhain has come and gone, but I like to think the veil between worlds doesn’t snap shut at midnight. Perhaps it lingers a little, leaving the door ajar for those of us inclined to poke around in the stranger corners of existence. And what better way to spend a lazy Sunday than rummaging through the...

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Indie Dispatch

Indie DispatchOct 30, 2026

Sledgehammers, Shopkeepers, and a tonne of SULFUR

Hello friends. How foolish I was to think that I would have time to write this newsletter while I was back home in Australia! Apologies for the radio silence. My family and I visited friends and family, before I made a quick stop off at Melbourne International Games Week to do some scouting around. It was a good, but draining time being back in my homeland. But now I am back in Japan, staring at the wall of grey cloud and rain that is pelting Lake Biwa, thinking about plans for 2027. Daunting as...

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taco 'bout it

taco 'bout itOct 29, 2026

the palace is burning; grandpa brought backup

Netflix’s Thai palace epic and Indonesian action grandpa, a Metro Redux upgrade, and Gemini’s new in-chat editing tools.

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soulcruzer

soulcruzerOct 29, 2026

This morning, between sets at the gym, I …

This morning, between sets at the gym, I started designing a philosophical game. I was catching my breath and wondering about an existential text adventure in Twine. Something slightly surreal, with unreliable narrators and doors you’d have good reason to leave shut. I pulled out my phone, opened a conversation with my AI thinking partner,...

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taco 'bout it

taco 'bout itOct 29, 2026

ms. pat takes the clip show off mute

Ms. Pat’s new VH1 competition, WWE’s Street Fighter crossover, Bigby’s remaster and Apple’s touch-screen homework.