I made this little space to share what i’m reading and playing, and what it makes me think about. I’m working through this personal list of games and books a...
It was my birthday recently, and as you know, I have a rule that I'm not allowed to buy any new games. But... if someone gives me a game, that's allowed. For my birthday, my brother got me Pokémon Legends Z-A. I don't know about you, but when I get a new game, I can't just let it sit on the shelf...I have to start it up immediately. So the moment I got back home from my trip, I booted up Legends…
I've been thinking a lot about how much digital ownership has changed the way I interact with games. And I think a lot of my problem isn't actually that I like too many games. It's that all of the games are there, all the time. It's so easy to jump from one thing to another. You go on the eShop, see something interesting, and within a few minutes it's sitting there, ready to play. And I think that…
Dear reader, I’m doing this letter style because I feel it will be easier. You see, I’m writing this at 21:00 on Wednesday July 15. I wanted to post this today because Wednesday is usually my post day and I already posted a day late last week. I am currently in a hotel bed, my five year old son asleep next to me after a full day out and about in Rotterdam. Me and him travelled here to meet up with…
Good morning! This is unprecedented. This is a whole new thing, because for the first time in, I think, the last five years, I am waking up to an empty house. My son and my partner are gone. They went on a dolphin-watching expedition early this morning, and I'm waking up to a house just for myself. I am sitting here with my cup of coffee. I don't have to rush. I don't have to do anything for…
We went away for a long weekend in Marseille. Which was really nice. But I came home from our trip really looking forward to playing a game. Like, really looking forward to it. You know when you're away, and you're like, "yeah, when I get back I'm going to sit on the sofa, cold drink (it's still hot but not as hot as the week before, thank goodness), Switch 2, World Cup on in the background…
So it's a heatwave, and unfortunately, I didn't really get a chance to sit down and really write anything this week. The schools are closed because of the heat. We don't have snow days here; we have sun days (get it? 😅). Too much sun, too much heat, the schools can't handle it, so the kids are home. Which means my son has been with me for the last three days, somewhat unexpectedly, and while I…
Spoiler warning for Project Hail Mary! I was driving around in Forza Japan one evening when a random person tried to communicate with me... and it was at the same time that, in the book Project Hail Mary, Dr. Grace discovers Rocky. In much the same way that Dr Grace was confused and surprised by the attempt to communicate in a very constrained way, so was I with this random stranger. This person…
Yesterday was the Nintendo Direct, the big summer one. The last time they had a full direct like this was December 9th 2025! They've had game-specific directs since then, but a proper direct has been overdue. So it was quite a build-up. I tried to stay away from reading any leaks or what people were guessing or predicting. But even when you try really hard, things always slip through the cracks,…
I was looking at my list of The Long Play games, a list I've "curated" from my actual backlog, and noticed that none of the farming games I own made the cut. How interesting...Not Fields of Mistria (which I bought at Early Access and told myself I would return to when 1.0 comes out), not Roots of Pacha, not Rune Factory, not Coral Island...Which is weird because I love farming games. Or I did. I…
This is my version of a game “review.” I’m less interested in graphics scores or technical breakdowns, and more interested in how a game feels… So instead of reviewing games, I write them letters. They won’t always be the newest games that have come out (I’m a slow finisher), but they are games that left an impression…enough for me to consider writing them a letter. Dear Donkey Kong Bananza, You…