Ben Sledge
@bensledge.co.uk
Award-losing journalist, news @ PCGamesN, freelance elsewhere, formerly TheGamer, The Loadout (RIP).
Words: Eurogamer, The Guardian, IGN, NME, Kotaku, VICE, more ✍ he/him
Words: Eurogamer, The Guardian, IGN, NME, Kotaku, VICE, more ✍ he/him
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Ben Sledge
@bensledge.co.uk
· Sep 24
Journalist, Narrative Designer, Consultant, Author - Ben Sledge
Ben Sledge's portfolio. Looking for an experienced reporter, narrative designer, or games industry consultant? You've come to the right place.
www.bensledge.co.uk
Hello I've got a month left on my contract at PCGamesN so I'm actively looking for work.
Freelance or full-time, journalism or consultancy, I've got a decade of experience in the industry, five as an editor, and I've consulted for major shareholders of FTSE 500 businesses.
www.bensledge.co.uk
Freelance or full-time, journalism or consultancy, I've got a decade of experience in the industry, five as an editor, and I've consulted for major shareholders of FTSE 500 businesses.
www.bensledge.co.uk
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How Inkle's Heaven's Vault started life as a Doctor Who game, before it was exterminated www.eurogamer.net/how-inkles-h...
November 18, 2025 at 10:21 AM
How Inkle's Heaven's Vault started life as a Doctor Who game, before it was exterminated www.eurogamer.net/how-inkles-h...
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"What is certain, and felt instinctively by almost everybody, is that things cannot go on in their present way" – The Times, May 1975
“It is difficult to imagine a previous period when such an all-pervasive hopelessness was exhibited at all levels of British life” – Professor Stephen Haseler, 1975
“It is difficult to imagine a previous period when such an all-pervasive hopelessness was exhibited at all levels of British life” – Professor Stephen Haseler, 1975
November 14, 2025 at 9:13 AM
"What is certain, and felt instinctively by almost everybody, is that things cannot go on in their present way" – The Times, May 1975
“It is difficult to imagine a previous period when such an all-pervasive hopelessness was exhibited at all levels of British life” – Professor Stephen Haseler, 1975
“It is difficult to imagine a previous period when such an all-pervasive hopelessness was exhibited at all levels of British life” – Professor Stephen Haseler, 1975
If I had a stylist, I'd just show them pictures of 'youths' from Soviet magazine Krokodil
November 13, 2025 at 3:13 PM
If I had a stylist, I'd just show them pictures of 'youths' from Soviet magazine Krokodil
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Workers with @kickstarterunited.org end their six-week strike victorious, enshrining 4-day work weeks and salary floors while also adding protections against gen AI replacing human labor.
Kickstarter United ends six-week strike with a resounding victory
Workers secure a 4-day work week, minimum salary floor, and protection against AI.
www.rascal.news
November 13, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Workers with @kickstarterunited.org end their six-week strike victorious, enshrining 4-day work weeks and salary floors while also adding protections against gen AI replacing human labor.
hey I've been playing rue valley and it's really really good. who wants my words about it?
November 12, 2025 at 11:37 AM
hey I've been playing rue valley and it's really really good. who wants my words about it?
friends fear he's backing more kickstarters
November 12, 2025 at 8:24 AM
friends fear he's backing more kickstarters
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Good news for anyone with likes Warcradle Studios and Games Workshop alums. Bad news for anyone who wants virulent transphobes out of their hobby!
Warcradle Studios returns to Firestorm Armada — this time, with Robin Cruddace and Richard Morgan
The good, the bad, and the transphobic.
www.rascal.news
November 11, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Good news for anyone with likes Warcradle Studios and Games Workshop alums. Bad news for anyone who wants virulent transphobes out of their hobby!
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I'm still on the lookout for any journalistic opportunity, and currently trying to dip my toes other ventures such as PR, so if you have any opps or roles, I'm more than open to work!
Hi! I'm Santi Leguiza, a freelancer gaming journalist with 7+ years of experience as a writer and 3+ as an editor!
You can check my work at santileguiza.com
Do you want to work with me? You can also find me as @skylinefantasy in:
-X/Twitter
-Instagram
And by email ✉️: [email protected]
You can check my work at santileguiza.com
Do you want to work with me? You can also find me as @skylinefantasy in:
-X/Twitter
And by email ✉️: [email protected]
November 7, 2025 at 10:28 PM
I'm still on the lookout for any journalistic opportunity, and currently trying to dip my toes other ventures such as PR, so if you have any opps or roles, I'm more than open to work!
Already been a great week for freelancing, but got some even cooler stuff lined up for the next couple of months! Most won't see fruition until the start of 2026 though, so in the meantime please pay me to write words
www.bensledge.co.uk
www.bensledge.co.uk
Journalist, Narrative Designer, Consultant, Author - Ben Sledge
Ben Sledge's portfolio. Looking for an experienced reporter, narrative designer, or games industry consultant? You've come to the right place.
www.bensledge.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Already been a great week for freelancing, but got some even cooler stuff lined up for the next couple of months! Most won't see fruition until the start of 2026 though, so in the meantime please pay me to write words
www.bensledge.co.uk
www.bensledge.co.uk
It was really interesting, actually
"That's really interesting, actually"
- @bensledge.co.uk regarding my skills at prose
- @bensledge.co.uk regarding my skills at prose
November 5, 2025 at 3:01 PM
It was really interesting, actually
what a bundle
For those of you on Steam, 1000xRESIST is 33% off, or save big on two remarkable sci-fi games with the Clones and Consciousness bundle, including 1000xRESIST and Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector 🚀
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November 4, 2025 at 4:36 PM
what a bundle
Back in The Guardian. Thanks @keefstuart.bsky.social for the opp and edits, and for destroying any semblance of productivity I have for the rest of the month as I get Tranmere Rovers to the Champions League final
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
Football Manager 26 review –a modern sim for the modern game
After a two-year wait, Football Manager 26 upgrades every aspect of the football sim, but it may take some getting used to
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Back in The Guardian. Thanks @keefstuart.bsky.social for the opp and edits, and for destroying any semblance of productivity I have for the rest of the month as I get Tranmere Rovers to the Champions League final
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
godzilla minus 0 is just gdzilla send skeet
The sequel of Godzilla Minus One is called Godzilla Minus Zero (Godzilla -0.0).
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
November 3, 2025 at 3:15 PM
godzilla minus 0 is just gdzilla send skeet
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it hasn't helped sell any mags but it appears our nonsense on here has just pushed our account over 5K 'followers', so let's embrace that as some kind of achievement!
Like & repost this to be in with a chance to win every in-print issue of Wyrd Science & a t-shirt of your choice*
Like & repost this to be in with a chance to win every in-print issue of Wyrd Science & a t-shirt of your choice*
November 3, 2025 at 12:31 PM
it hasn't helped sell any mags but it appears our nonsense on here has just pushed our account over 5K 'followers', so let's embrace that as some kind of achievement!
Like & repost this to be in with a chance to win every in-print issue of Wyrd Science & a t-shirt of your choice*
Like & repost this to be in with a chance to win every in-print issue of Wyrd Science & a t-shirt of your choice*
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I got laid off from TheGamer today, along with the entire Features team (go give
@epicswitzer.bsky.social
and
@hallafyre.bsky.social
a follow!)
Needless to say, I'm now looking for work. I'm open to roles in:
-Journalism
-PR
-Copywriting
-Copy editing
-Games writing
-Scriptwriting
@epicswitzer.bsky.social
and
@hallafyre.bsky.social
a follow!)
Needless to say, I'm now looking for work. I'm open to roles in:
-Journalism
-PR
-Copywriting
-Copy editing
-Games writing
-Scriptwriting
October 22, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I got laid off from TheGamer today, along with the entire Features team (go give
@epicswitzer.bsky.social
and
@hallafyre.bsky.social
a follow!)
Needless to say, I'm now looking for work. I'm open to roles in:
-Journalism
-PR
-Copywriting
-Copy editing
-Games writing
-Scriptwriting
@epicswitzer.bsky.social
and
@hallafyre.bsky.social
a follow!)
Needless to say, I'm now looking for work. I'm open to roles in:
-Journalism
-PR
-Copywriting
-Copy editing
-Games writing
-Scriptwriting
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![1
Nurse:
It’s become a real problem in this area
2
Nurse:
We’ve seen the whole community lost to addiction
3
Show a building sign posted:
Westminster ‘X’ Addiction Clinic
With various Westminster people or looking at their phones outside it
Nurse:
Ministers, Spads, Researchers…
4
Nurse:
Most mornings we’ll get a call about someone acting strangely
[Nurse on phone taking a call]
Ok - we’ll be right over
5
Nurse:
We just have a gentle chat
[Nurses approach a minister –Robert Jenrick? - standing in the Palace of Westminster
Minister:
I understand your concerns…
6
Nurse:
Are you OK love?
Minister:
Yes I’m just hearing legitimate concerns from real voters
7
Nurse:
That’s a robot, a Nazi and a poorly-disguised Russian
[Show that the people he is talking to are precisely these characters]
Nurse 2:
Give us your phone, love
8
Nurse:
At the clinic we put them in a Grass-Touching Pod, with a real voter to talk to
[We see them back at the clinic, holding the minister's head and pushing him into a glass isolation booth with a grass floor. And it is a baffled looking woman, on a chair, ready to talk to him.]
9
Minister:
YOU MUST BE WORRIED ABOUT THE COMING CIVIL WAR
[woman looks baffled]
10
woman:
I just want a bus service
Minister:
LOOK AT MY FLAG
[produces a St George's flag]
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I made a game!
Last weekend, I and six pals created O.R.C. in a couple of hours. We playtested once and decided that it was good enough to launch into the world, so if you've always wanted a dexterity dice game about rowdy orc cheerleaders, grab it for free here!
sledgehammer-gaming.itch.io/orc
Last weekend, I and six pals created O.R.C. in a couple of hours. We playtested once and decided that it was good enough to launch into the world, so if you've always wanted a dexterity dice game about rowdy orc cheerleaders, grab it for free here!
sledgehammer-gaming.itch.io/orc
O.R.C. - Outrageously Rowdy Cheerleaders by Sledgehammer Gaming
O.R.C. is a fast-paced game of dice stacking, table smashing, orc cheerleading!
sledgehammer-gaming.itch.io
October 19, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I made a game!
Last weekend, I and six pals created O.R.C. in a couple of hours. We playtested once and decided that it was good enough to launch into the world, so if you've always wanted a dexterity dice game about rowdy orc cheerleaders, grab it for free here!
sledgehammer-gaming.itch.io/orc
Last weekend, I and six pals created O.R.C. in a couple of hours. We playtested once and decided that it was good enough to launch into the world, so if you've always wanted a dexterity dice game about rowdy orc cheerleaders, grab it for free here!
sledgehammer-gaming.itch.io/orc
There is nothing more hopeful in this world than going to a rally/protest/march for something you believe in. The world sucks rn but to be among a group of people, however big or small, who all believe in the same things as you, is affirming and inspiring in equal measure.
October 18, 2025 at 6:06 PM
There is nothing more hopeful in this world than going to a rally/protest/march for something you believe in. The world sucks rn but to be among a group of people, however big or small, who all believe in the same things as you, is affirming and inspiring in equal measure.
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i’ve been playing Battlefield 6 and couldn’t separate its love of destruction from the carnage I see out of Gaza every day
While one of Battlefield 6's calling cards is environmental destruction, it's hard not to connect its toppled buildings to current events. @platanoranger.bsky.social on Battlefield 6:
I’ve Turned on Battlefield 6’s Senseless Destruction
While one of Battlefield 6's calling cards is environmental destruction, it's hard not to connect its toppled buildings to current events.
www.endlessmode.com
October 14, 2025 at 7:41 PM
i’ve been playing Battlefield 6 and couldn’t separate its love of destruction from the carnage I see out of Gaza every day
Also glad to finally publish this investigation, which looks into a chaotic legal battle between a Polish developer and publisher. It took about a month to collate with legal checks etc., but I'm pleased with how it came out.
How a Schedule 1 "investigation" kicked off a battle over Drug Dealer Simulator
Drug Dealer Simulator developer Byterunners has accused Movie Games of withholding profits, but the publisher refutes these claims.
www.pcgamesn.com
October 14, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Also glad to finally publish this investigation, which looks into a chaotic legal battle between a Polish developer and publisher. It took about a month to collate with legal checks etc., but I'm pleased with how it came out.
Went to a boss kitbashing/sculpting/painting retreat in Belgium this weekend and have tabletop pitches out the wazoo. With Rascal currently not taking pitches, anyone know good places for tabletop stuff?
October 14, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Went to a boss kitbashing/sculpting/painting retreat in Belgium this weekend and have tabletop pitches out the wazoo. With Rascal currently not taking pitches, anyone know good places for tabletop stuff?
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🚨This is an emergency🚨
This Government is currently sitting on an EHRC Code of Practice that will lead to the segregation and exclusion of trans people in public life.
Use our tool to email your MP: tinyurl.com/scrap-the-bathroom-ban
@transsolidarity.bsky.social
#ScrapTheBathroomBan
This Government is currently sitting on an EHRC Code of Practice that will lead to the segregation and exclusion of trans people in public life.
Use our tool to email your MP: tinyurl.com/scrap-the-bathroom-ban
@transsolidarity.bsky.social
#ScrapTheBathroomBan
October 13, 2025 at 12:02 PM
🚨This is an emergency🚨
This Government is currently sitting on an EHRC Code of Practice that will lead to the segregation and exclusion of trans people in public life.
Use our tool to email your MP: tinyurl.com/scrap-the-bathroom-ban
@transsolidarity.bsky.social
#ScrapTheBathroomBan
This Government is currently sitting on an EHRC Code of Practice that will lead to the segregation and exclusion of trans people in public life.
Use our tool to email your MP: tinyurl.com/scrap-the-bathroom-ban
@transsolidarity.bsky.social
#ScrapTheBathroomBan
