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Sam Atkins
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Music, Vinyl Records, Games and general nonsense. 🏳️‍🌈 Senior Analyst at Team17 with far too many opinions on award shows. Editor over at PickyBs and the oldest person on TikTok. @Atkins_Sam elsewhere.
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Going to attempt something very stupid and listen to all 67 winners of Album of the Year at the Grammy Awards and then rank them from worst to best.

Most are albums I’ve at least heard once but some I’ve never gone near, so might document the highlights in a massive thread.
I’m about to film another GRAMMYs ranking series. This time all 67 winners of Record of the Year. A much less impressive task when you realise my playlist of them all is only 4 hours long.
I’m just seeing video after video complaining about the graphics, lack of exploration etc. But this is also people who are clearly playing it anyway 😂
All I’ve been seeing is the negative sentiment so this is actually good to hear from someone who has enjoyed the game for what it is. I’ve been on the fence on whether to pick it up.
Started playing Death Stranding 2 via the PS+ game trial. 5 hours free means you get through the entire intro and some of the ‘main’ game too.

Loving it so far.
😫 Lemsip counts as one of your 5 a day right?
Tradition when I’m ill is to sit and tick more Studio Ghibli films off my list. Today’s is The Tale of the Princess Kaguya.
Was supposed to be off work at Alton Towers today.

Instead I’m off work at home with Covid. 😩
Have been feeling ill all day so send sympathy, cat videos and your thoughts on this this week’s strictly dances.
Random delirious thought while downing Lemsip on a Saturday night.

If they don’t book Shirley Ballas to do the next series of Celebrity Traitors then what are they doing? #Strictly
Seeing Little Simz headline her first ever arena show tonight. Literally a decade since I first heard her and I’d argue she’s potentially the best artist of that decade. So excited.
I’m a remake/remaster apologist nearly every time. I rarely go back and play the PS2 version of my all time favourite game (FFX) when I can play the faster and more accessible remake.

But I can’t imagine next time I want to experience MGS3 that I’ll be reaching for Delta.
Absolutely everything in that game being exactly the same, except the core gameplay mechanics makes the whole thing feel like I’m eating food I know I usually love but it’s been burnt in the oven.
Completed Metal Gear Solid Delta tonight and while I enjoyed seeing some of my favourite moments from the MGS series in better graphics than ever, as a ‘remake’ it left me wondering why it exists at all.
I would 100% be listening to vinyl. 😂
Jonathon Ross is revelling in the fun of being a Traitor in a way we’ve only seen before with Paul #CelebrityTraitors
There was a day that I remember waking up the next morning and my mates were still playing Portal 2 that we had started the afternoon before.
Finally moved on from hair that had grown long enough for people to think I was growing it out on purpose.
Not this being my entire wardrobe. 🫠
Surrounded by multiple people on a bus home watching TikToks and what sounds like a full movie at full blast on their phones.

DID PEOPLE FORGET THAT HEADPHONES EXIST?!
The complex emotional juxtaposition of being excited to see Jade’s tour and yet having to suffer through a trip to Victoria Warehouse.
Basement Jaxx doing a remix of one of the few songs on the PinkPantheress mixtape that doesn’t sample Basement Jaxx is exactly the sort of chaos I want from 2025 music.
My paws are up and they are never coming back down again.
Physically shaking. 😭