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Eurogamer associate editor. Occasional actor. Silly sausage. Bluesky ( @clert .bsky.social) / Insta @bertiepurchy

Brighton, England.
Joined April 2009
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2 months
Whew I've done it! 11 interviews later, and many thousands of worlds, I've written probably my most ambitious piece yet about the wonderful world of maps. Please give it a read!
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10 months
This is close to the longest interview I've ever published on Eurogamer. It's with the wonderful @LarAtLarian , and it's about Larian's past, present and future. He reveals a cancelled DOS2 spin-off that was codenamed Soul for Frost Island. Lots here!
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6 years
How many sounds are in a #GodofWar dragon roar? A bloody lot, as @SonySantaMonica 's Daniel Birczynski reveals @Digital_Dragons
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4 years
I am frightened to share this but I've never liked the secrecy there is around pay, and if I want people in junior roles who do as much work as me to be equally rewarded then I have to speak up. So as a senior staff writer at Eurogamer I earn 34K. (1/2)
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3 years
This... is a book by my mum!
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3 years
First, extinguish all cigarettes... Making Paper Costumes, by Janet Boyes. Plays, 1974.
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4 years
Only 23 days until Baldur's Gate 3, just in case you'd forgotten
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4 years
Five years ago I had an opportunity I'm unlikely to ever get again. I got the chance to be a fly on the wall at a studio for a few days while it launched its new game. @witchergame will hold a place in my heart for so many reasons for a long time.
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7 years
Ha! @remedygames @SamLakeRMD is dressed as Max Payne on stage at #DigitalDragons
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7 years
Make some noise if you'd like @DCockle in The Witcher Netflix series!
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7 years
UPDATE: Geralt voice actor @DCockle not involved in Witcher Netflix series but would like to be - with your support
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3 years
Here is a piece I've been working on for months. I'm a bit nervous to share it but also super proud. To be able to swim out of the current and take time to look into an issue like this has been an enormous privilege, so thank you Eurogamer. But I would never have been able...
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3 years
Be it through digital purchases, large patches, or streaming via the cloud, video games are more reliant than ever on the internet. But what do all those downloads do to the planet? Our long-read on the climate impact of gaming's all-digital future:
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6 years
And no, the studio didn't nearly close after Scalebound was cancelled, I'm told
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6 years
Hey Nintendo, @platinumgames wants The Wonderful 101 on Switch
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6 years
Proof the @eurogamer toilets are named after Quake 2 maps to reflect our origins! I remember telling you about these @tokyopunchout and I think I told @TimWillits
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1 year
Thrilled to finally get this out. I talk to Darkest Dungeon creators @BourassaArt and @tylersigman about the ideas behind the series, the challenges they faced making it, and the sequel, and what happens now
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@Clert
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7 years
Now @SamLakeRMD is dressed as Alan Wake 😅 #DigitalDragons
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@Clert
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6 years
Why fire them at all? Why not give them a warning first? Were Price's comments really so strong as to warrant automatic removal? And what about Fries? Were his remarks really enough to bring more than 13 years of employment abruptly to an end?
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6 years
ArenaNet fires two @GuildWars2 writers over Twitter exchange with YouTuber. "Their attacks on the community were unacceptable." #MMO
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10 years
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1 year
I travelled to @CDPROJEKTRED last week to see The Witcher 3 next-gen update. Fascinating to be back there - I'll write something about it. But for now, here are my thoughts on the update
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@Clert
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7 years
Um, @janedouglas , you appear to be in Supermassive's new game Hidden Agenda! #PlayStationE3
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4 years
Tada! Here is my best piece of work. I'm nervous no one will like it so inflate my ego if you do, please!
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4 years
We're launching into January with a long read. It's got Brando, it's got Bowie. It's the amazing stories of a man you've never heard of
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7 years
Holy macaroni! Young Ana artwork. Artist Mingchen Shen #Overwatch
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5 years
Just catching up on this. There's a moment where Mike ( @RTalsorianGames ) talks about @CDPROJEKTRED building an actual wall of guns from @CyberpunkGame in the office. Just wanted to say that this is an actual, real thing - I've seen it!
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5 years
An interview with Cyberpunk creator Mike Pondsmith
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4 years
Anyone else watching The Boys? Rather enjoying it! Loved the first series. Love Homelander. I mean, I hate him, but he takes his part so well. Dodgy British accent from Karl Urban but love his character. So many great moments!
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5 years
Oh my god I was watching the old #HorribleHistories with my son yesterday and it's so good! @realmatbaynton you are hilarious (you all are). I'm all of a sudden very excited for the movie!
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@Clert
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7 years
brb just logging into vanilla WoW... Oh. #ElysiumWoW
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6 years
Man, Pit People is great! Will Stamper's VO for the bear is very funny @thebehemoth
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4 years
Guess what I'm playing! I tell you what, playing games 14 years later is great. The load times are great, runs silky smooth
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1 year
Ooh I'm now an associate editor on Eurogamer and no, I don't know what that means either!
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@Clert
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3 years
I really enjoyed this interview with @TarsierStudios . Dave Mervik is fascinating!
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3 years
How do you make something scary? Climbing inside fear with the makers of Little Nightmares 2
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4 years
I have worked here for 15 years and nowhere else in the industry. I have never freelanced because I was and still am scared no one will commission me. I began on 14K in 2005. My salary has mostly risen as a result of yearly gains. It's flattened out now and barely moves.
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1 year
I'm looking for people who worked at a #GamesWorkshop store in the UK, in early 2000, for a piece I'm writing. If you know anyone who knows anyone, or you're that someone, please can you drop me a DM? RTs very welcome! Thanks!
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1 year
"A teenage Scott Lynch ( @scottlynch78 ) was so fond of the game [FF6] that, years later, the protagonist of his novel ('The Lies of Locke Lamora') was named as a homage to one of the main characters in the game." I did not know this! 🤯 #finalfantasy
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5 years
And there I was thinking my thumb dettach was impressive
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2 years
I spoke to @LarAtLarian about BG3 while he previewed the latest Barbarian patch to me. And OK, it's a shame it won't be out this year, but every time I see that game, or play it, the level of detail they're realising just delights me. And it's in everything - how it looks... 1/?
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2 years
Baldur's Gate 3 probably won't be released this year 😢
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3 years
It's so exciting that tools are now in a place where one person can make a game like this. What a remarkable achievement. Bravo @FalconeerDev
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3 years
I love that we live in a world where there's a launch title like The Falconeer. Our review
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3 years
Whew! Puppies are tiring aren't they? He's very cute though!
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4 years
Well done everyone else who's sharing what they earn.
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6 years
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6 years
Left some Lego @eurogamer graffiti at #BlizzCon2018 ...
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@Clert
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5 years
Blizzard apologised for the Blitzchung situation but it hasn't calmed protests at #BlizzCon19
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@Clert
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6 years
Which posters does @CDPROJEKTRED have on its Krakow walls? Well I'm glad you didn't ask!
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@Clert
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9 years
Pow! Here it is, probably my most ambitious piece. A fly on the wall account, and making of, @witchergame http://t.co/eTufT6DdJa
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5 months
😐😐😐😐😐
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5 years
Really enjoyed Erica, @flavourworks - gorgeously shot, beguiling, and confidently acted. It's high-class stuff.
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5 years
PlayStation's Erica shows the potential of FMV games. The Eurogamer review -
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4 years
OK this is the big one I spent a fair few days pulling together. It's a beefy list of some of the best pieces we've put out on Eurogamer. And what I love most about it is the variety of voices, particularly from our annoyingly talented contributors (don't take my job please)
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4 years
Let your mind wander this Easter weekend with 40 of our best reads
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2 years
I'm finally just finishing Citizen Sleeper and it's just beautiful. Brilliantly beautiful. So much human warmth beating at the heart of a cold exterior. I'm a bit teary eyed! It's wonderful @JumpOvertheAge ❤️
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3 years
It's frustrating about the price though. It sounds to me like Housemarque of course doesn't want to charge £70 for Returnal but what can they do? They're a Sony-published game. It's not their call.
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@Clert
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6 years
Sorry it took so long. Here is my #bardstale4 review. Spoiler: I like it
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6 years
Act accordionly, it's our Bard's Tale 4 review
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4 years
Bristol, 5am. 10 people in two lorries take 15 minutes to give the city a new statue where Colston used to be. I love everything about this. I hope it's allowed to stay
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6 years
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2 years
Delighted to finally properly share this. Fighting Fantasy is as old as I am (a couple of months older actually). And here I tell the origin story of it and Games Workshop, to a degree. It's all poky flats and living in the back of a van and passion-driven ambition 1/?
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2 years
Without Dungeons & Dragons, Fighting Fantasy might never have existed. Creators @ian_livingstone and @stevejacksonuk take us on a trip down memory lane as their phenomenal series turns 40 years old
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3 years
Here it is, my bumper piece for your Saturday morning. Sit back and emerge yourself in all things Matrix. A huge thank you to @smbhax who was so candid with his replies
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3 years
Morpheus dying, Trinity back from the dead, and Neo's legacy: what we can learn from the last developer of The Matrix Online
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5 years
I invented a new series! I'm quite proud of that. OK admittedly it's only one article so far, but hey, all AMAZING GREAT things start somewhere! So here are Five of the Best potions in games! List by no means exhaustive so have at me!
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5 years
Here's a brand new series for Friday lunchtime (the peak of the working week). It's Five of the Best, a celebration of the little things that make games great. And up first we have... POTIONS! #glug
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7 years
"We are a group of feminist gamers in Korea." Good on you, @for_diva_ !
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7 years
The National D. Va Association responsible has been in touch... #Overwatch #WomensMarch
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1 year
Today they help Xbox and PlayStation design their accessibility controllers. But 15 years ago, it was a few people trying to make a difference to people's lives, to help physically disabled people play games. Thank you @MickDonegan for the interview and all that you do
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"It's like you've helped them open the doors to this wonderful world of gaming, having just been looking in through the window for years and years and years." How much do you know about the life-changing work @SpecialEffect does?
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6 years
This was cool! A game where you're the squelching, oozing monster in the walls and air shafts. It's called Carrion and you gobble up helpless humans as you romp along. Feels delightfully gruesome @KhaloshTweets #DigitalDragons
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9 years
Ancient D&D! RT @MuseumArchive : 2000 year old Egyptian 20 sided die with Greek characters http://t.co/TYX61xwbxd
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@Clert
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5 years
I turn my back for one minute and my son has all hell break loose! @LandfallGames #tabs
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5 years
I'm in a play at the moment called Pickwick & Weller, adapted from Dickens by my dad no less! Just had a review call us "a triumph", and me "outrageous", which I am ever so happy about. (All sold out now I'm afraid.) #theatre @nvt_brighton
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6 years
We've got these super snazzy Quake 2 toilets at @eurogamer (part of our heritage). Thing is, they're a bit out of fashion now - so I updated them 🤭 #fortnite
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5 years
Yep, that's a branded condom. For an anti-abortion protest game. Respect 🙌 #DigitalDragons (reposting without insta link)
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5 years
Happy #WorldMentalHealthDay . I've struggled before and sometimes I struggle still. Every day I understand more. I talk more, I share more, I shrug more. I hope more. Big love to one and all ❤️
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1 year
Who does Geralt's voice better, me or @DCockle ? I know you *think* you know the answer, but do you really? I'm serious by the way. This podcast opens with an actual vocal showdown
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10 years
Enviable view of Prague that Dean Hall has, deep in the DayZ den. But err where is he? @rocket2guns http://t.co/Tfm3BDKSB5
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10 months
@LarAtLarian No don't do that! You are a perfect interviewee!
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2 years
Auditioned for a play yesterday! Haven't been up on the stage since 2019. Felt very nice indeed!
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6 years
I loved Thronebreaker ⭐
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6 years
Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales proves card games can tell stories as punchy and provocative as blockbusters. Review:
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3 years
It just arrived! Good job Argos! That's actually a cinema screen in the background for size reference #PS5
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3 years
Another piece I've spent some time working on. I am so glad games like this exist. Thank you to @ChellaRamanan @CoreyBrotherson @shimmerwitch and @naimaramanan (insta) for talking to me and letting me tell their tale
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3 years
From the makers of Before I Forget comes a game exploring the experiences of the Windrush generation in coming to the UK
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2 years
It was equally lovely meet @mustangsart and explore the work they're doing to push disabled representation forward in TTRPGs and beyond. Thanks Sara! This episode will be available to all in two weeks' time!
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2 years
@joningold @joethephish Now available to premium supporters: Meet the person putting wheelchairs into D&D, and highlighting Geralt's disability. A lovely chat with @mustangsart about rewriting the ableist rules of fantasy and everything that comes with it 3/3
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5 years
Catching up on the Diablo 4 systems and features panel and... Diablo 4 will have Hardcore characters and couch co-op - but only for two people and only on console. There's a new Mythic class of item and ancient legendaries. Dungeon Keys are a big thing. They...
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7 years
Oh it's live! Revealing @Obsidian 's cancelled Xbox One exclusive Stormlands - with first pictures ever shared publicly of the pitch demo!
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7 years
Stormlands and the million-man raid: the story behind Obsidian's cancelled Xbox One exclusive
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7 months
Just casually scrolling Eurogamer and 😱 @IanHigton what have you done
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4 years
As a heads-up, I have probably my best piece of work ever - for real! - going live tomorrow morning. I'll be insufferably promoting it then so maybe unfollow me now x
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3 years
Loving our little Pride logo on the site!
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5 years
This is provocative and important work by @AKJarosz and team 👏🙌
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5 years
Fantastic Fetus is a Tamagotchi-style pregnancy simulator and a protest against Polish anti-abortion laws
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5 years
"Where does this leave us?" Here's my piece.
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5 years
Troubling GOG tweets, a fired CD Projekt employee, and the spectre of GamerGate - a behind the scenes look at a messy affair
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3 years
Mic drop moment for @uncannyvivek just after talking about accessibility in Spider-Man Miles Morales: "With great accessibility comes great inclusivity." #GAConf
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6 years
Writing about @dragonage earlier reminded me 1) how I'd like to go back and play it again (I like how this happens), and 2) how much I love the tarot card art in the game. Artist @Nthornborrow seems to be responsible for a lot of it
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3 years
I had my Moderna jab in Brighton on Saturday. Was all super-organised and very calm. Probably the calmest place in all of town. Achy arm but otherwise feeling fine
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3 years
I asked some of the most creative people I could think of what magic means to them. And they came up with some wonderful answers. My sincere thanks to @kasavin @betterthemask @FalconeerDev @chellaramanan @stu_turton @locust9 @a3tiger @cissyspeaks @fahmitsu
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3 years
One question, many answers. What does magic mean to you?
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4 years
Haha brilliant. So well observed. Love the actor's physicality
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3 years
"Hey I'm your PS5! I'm too big to fit under your telly table. Rearrange your room for me."
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9 years
Goodbye Satoru Iwata. You'll be missed. #ThankYouIwata http://t.co/z5YVy0hFqm
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2 years
I didn't expect Phil Fish to reply, but he did. Thank you Phil!
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2 years
Fez at 10 years old: Phil Fish resurfaces for a rare interview
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6 years
I'm nominated for an award you know
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6 years
Razer has launched a new PC game store and there are... shavings to be made
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7 years
I spoke to @SamLakeRMD at #DigitalDragons this week about life after Xbox exclusivity and what's next for @remedygames
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7 years
"Going multi-platform is the logical step for us." Remedy on life after Xbox exclusivity
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6 months
Quick shout out to this wonderful Making of Karateka interview by Donlan. There are crossovers between what @DigitalEclipse is doing and what I/we do as journalists every day, so there's a lot of interesting thinking in here about how to best tell a story.
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5 years
Just doing a #PAXSouth panel on @dragonage , hosted by Alice @rockpapershot , and @AutomaticZen !!
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8 months
I love how rude the world of Witcher 3 is. So I decided to find out which potty-mouth at @CDPROJEKTRED was responsible for it! Big thanks to @olasondej for all her help tracking the various people down!
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Why are the people who live in @witchergame so effing rude to me all of the effing time? It's time to find out.
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6 years
Hey @johnneh and @AoifeLockhart , I've got some cereal for you to try! #overwatch
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4 years
Oh I wanted to add: I think it was brave of CDPR to demo Cyberpunk 2077 as it did, remotely. I thought it showed confidence in the game. I don't think either party (developer or press) thought it was ideal but there were positives. It was nice doing a press event in my pyjamas.
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2 years
What is White Protagonism in games? You'll know it instinctively even if you've never heard the term. It underpins almost everything we play. This is a long piece by @betterthemask that explores and then unpicks it. It's long but stick with it...
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5 years
This thought about crunch from @11bitstudios ' @YerisTR really struck me. She said: "I think a level of sensitivity is required to be creative and [crunch] takes a great toll both on the creative output and on them as humans... 1/2
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7 years
He wouldn't want to see them IRL because they belong to a faraway fantasy. "Plus if they saw me, perhaps they would be disappointed."
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3 years
Merry Christmas! I've been up for hours. I've opened all my presents and now I want to open YOURS. Oh ho ho not really. What I've really done is put together of some lovely articles we've published on Eurogamer this year
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