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Alec Meer
@bonzrat.bsky.social
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Now: lead writer on Saros at Housemarque // games & narrative consultant. Then: Returnal, Total Warhammer, Trek To Yomi, No Man's Sky, Humankind, more. Ex-journo, inc RockPaperShotgun. Newsletter about toy robots: millionrobots.beehiiv.com Brighton, UK
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Alec Meer @bonzrat.bsky.social · Feb 12
Hi! I'm lead writer on Saros, the next game from Returnal studio Housemarque. Created by a fabulous team and starring the great Rahul Kohli. We announced it today, and you can play it next year.

youtu.be/rK4W-hBrSZs?...
Saros - Cinematic Announce Trailer | PS5 Games
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Alec Meer @bonzrat.bsky.social · 17h
New robo-talk from me, after the accomplishment of decades-old wish-fulfilment

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The Transformer Who Came In From The Cold
39 years later, Arcee finally gets her due
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Alec Meer @bonzrat.bsky.social · 6h
Ah, gosh, yeah, of course - my fault for an over-reliance on the *G1* Arcee page on TFwiki. Updated, cheers!
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Alec Meer @bonzrat.bsky.social · 6h
Yeah, Powermasters did some novel things but she does feel very different from a Blurr or Kup etc, where it's basically just flips.

Very cool, though. But Streaker remains the one to beat, I think.
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Alec Meer @bonzrat.bsky.social · 17h
New robo-talk from me, after the accomplishment of decades-old wish-fulfilment

millionrobots.beehiiv.com/p/the-transf...
The Transformer Who Came In From The Cold
39 years later, Arcee finally gets her due
millionrobots.beehiiv.com
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Alec Meer @bonzrat.bsky.social · 1d
(no prizes for guessing what A Million Robots newsletter will cover)
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Alec Meer @bonzrat.bsky.social · 1d
I've waited 39 years...
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Alec Meer @bonzrat.bsky.social · 1d
Nothing I'm after RN but appreciate it, cheers!
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Alec Meer @bonzrat.bsky.social · 1d
Bought the cat a docking station
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Alec Meer @bonzrat.bsky.social · 1d
Very nearly shipped something describing a character as 'unfappable' rather than 'unflappable.'
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Alec Meer @bonzrat.bsky.social · 1d
a life-size frieze to traumatise my kids every morning
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Alec Meer @bonzrat.bsky.social · 1d
perhaps I am now duty-bound to get a Galvatron Shooting A Christmas Tree off you next year
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Alec Meer @bonzrat.bsky.social · 1d
the flag-making industry, presumably
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Alec Meer @bonzrat.bsky.social · 1d
I could not in good conscience leave Josie's Christmas Fever Dream Soundwave unclaimed
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Alec Meer @bonzrat.bsky.social · 1d
The point at which I realised social media was a great and boundless evil was, on The Other Place years ago, celebrating the presence of tea in my life.

Only to then be aggressively sub-tweeted by a peer of some repute about how people who drink tea rather than coffee are pathetic.
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Alec Meer @bonzrat.bsky.social · 3d
Mine are arriving imminently, and will the subjects of my next Meatheaded Proustian newsletter.
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Alec Meer @bonzrat.bsky.social · 3d
Strong recommend this, for going heartbreakingly deep into the effects of councils' hostile and immoral treatment of autistic and other SEN children.

Am on that path myself RN - an emotionally exhausting battle, but merely a game to the local authority.

www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Panorama - Kellie Bright - Autism, School and Families on the Edge
EastEnders actor Kellie Bright meets parents who say they’re exhausted by the fight to get the right education for their autistic children.
www.bbc.co.uk
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Alec Meer @bonzrat.bsky.social · 3d
If you enjoy finding piss on your shoes every morning, get a 20-year-old cat.
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Alec Meer @bonzrat.bsky.social · 3d
too true. And one way or another collecting *something* gets almost everyone, so there's hopefully some universality to my blather
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Alec Meer @bonzrat.bsky.social · 3d
I have no idea if a pink Huffer exists, but naturally now I want one
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Alec Meer @bonzrat.bsky.social · 4d
Thank you kindly. And I most certainly will.
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Alec Meer @bonzrat.bsky.social · 4d
Very pleased by this: it's exactly what I hoped for with this endeavour. Less an education in toy robots and more an exploration into the psychology of collecting ridiculous things.
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Benjamin Peylet @benjaminpeylet.bsky.social · 4d
I have absolutly no interest in Transformers in any shape or form (of which they have many, I heard), but I immensely enjoy your newsletters, Alec. Fantastic pieces of writing and self-reflection, as funny as they are sincere.

Please write more.
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Alec Meer @bonzrat.bsky.social · 4d
ICYMI, I'm back on the toy robot newsletters. This time looking at the extreme rarities of vintage Transformer collecting - weird and wonderful recolours. (And, cos I'm me, the psychological downsides of it). millionrobots.beehiiv.com/p/the-shadow...

Pls sub if you like it (free!).
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Alec Meer @bonzrat.bsky.social · 4d
The twisted endgame of toy robot collecting
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Alec Meer @bonzrat.bsky.social · 5d
New robo-talk from me, this time about The Weird Guys

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The Shadow Transformers
Of holy grails and plastic dyes
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Alec Meer @bonzrat.bsky.social · 5d
Spectacular! Really wanna do customs myself once kids are old enough to give me the time
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Alec Meer @bonzrat.bsky.social · 5d
I love him for how hideous he is. And also sort of keeps me honest that all of these things are kids' toys rather than Serious Business
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