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Dan Marshall
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Director of BAFTA-winning indie game studio Size Five Games

EARTH MUST DIE | Lair of the Clockwork God | The Swindle | Behold the Kickmen | Ben There, Dan That! | Time Gentlemen, Please! | Gun Monkeys | Privates | Gibbage

www.sizefivegames.com
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EARTH MUST DIE

Featuring a load of my favourite comedians - too many even to fit on the trailer! Joel Fry! Martha Howe-Douglas! @alexhorne.bsky.social! Tamsin Grieg! @5teviem.bsky.social @mrholness.bsky.social! @misterabk.bsky.social! @rosieisaholt.bsky.social! MORE

Please RETWEET and WISHLIST
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The FIRST REVIEW of Earth Must Die is in, apparently and it's a solid 8/10. Hurrah!

Wishlist it NOW so you can say you were there when it all kicked off and helped.

www.metacritic.com/game/earth-m...
Earth Must Die Reviews
Metacritic aggregates music, game, tv, and movie reviews from the leading critics. Only Metacritic.com uses METASCORES, which let you know at a glance how each item was reviewed.
www.metacritic.com
January 22, 2026 at 9:07 AM
The FIRST REVIEW of Earth Must Die is in, apparently and it's a solid 8/10. Hurrah!

Wishlist it NOW so you can say you were there when it all kicked off and helped.

www.metacritic.com/game/earth-m...
Earth Must Die Reviews
Metacritic aggregates music, game, tv, and movie reviews from the leading critics. Only Metacritic.com uses METASCORES, which let you know at a glance how each item was reviewed.
www.metacritic.com
January 22, 2026 at 9:07 AM
In this scene in ESB:SE, New Emperor informs Vader that Luke is Anakin's son, and Vader doesn't believe it.

But the opening crawl still says Vader is "obsessed with finding young Skywalker".

George Lucas is a fucking menace. The Special Editions need to go in a bin.

youtu.be/JaBlw1gNWdg?...
Darth Vader talks to The Emperor full scene HD Star Wars Episode V The Empire Strikes Back
YouTube video by Star Jedi 951
youtu.be
January 21, 2026 at 8:57 PM
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This is what we call in the industry "well fucking cheap"
EXCITING NEWS: EMD's pricing structure has been announced and while that may SEEM boring it's actually very exciting because it's so reasonably priced. £12 at launch BUT with a 25% discount means it's like £9 and you are getting a LOT of funny game for that.

store.steampowered.com/news/app/363...
Earth Must Die - Earth Must Die: Launch Pricing! - Steam News
Hi everyone! Exciting news - we've got just over a week left until the full launch of Earth Must Die! That being said, we are happy to reveal the pricing for the full game too! You'll be able to grab ...
store.steampowered.com
January 21, 2026 at 7:22 PM
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ALSO obviously, if you haven't Wishlisted it yet: please follow the link and do so immediately.

Wishlists are criiiitical right now.
EXCITING NEWS: EMD's pricing structure has been announced and while that may SEEM boring it's actually very exciting because it's so reasonably priced. £12 at launch BUT with a 25% discount means it's like £9 and you are getting a LOT of funny game for that.

store.steampowered.com/news/app/363...
Earth Must Die - Earth Must Die: Launch Pricing! - Steam News
Hi everyone! Exciting news - we've got just over a week left until the full launch of Earth Must Die! That being said, we are happy to reveal the pricing for the full game too! You'll be able to grab ...
store.steampowered.com
January 21, 2026 at 11:18 AM
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It costs less than a pint in London! Lasts considerably longer too.
EXCITING NEWS: EMD's pricing structure has been announced and while that may SEEM boring it's actually very exciting because it's so reasonably priced. £12 at launch BUT with a 25% discount means it's like £9 and you are getting a LOT of funny game for that.

store.steampowered.com/news/app/363...
Earth Must Die - Earth Must Die: Launch Pricing! - Steam News
Hi everyone! Exciting news - we've got just over a week left until the full launch of Earth Must Die! That being said, we are happy to reveal the pricing for the full game too! You'll be able to grab ...
store.steampowered.com
January 21, 2026 at 2:27 PM
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So basically one Radio Times and a Red Bull. 👍
January 21, 2026 at 12:54 PM
ALSO obviously, if you haven't Wishlisted it yet: please follow the link and do so immediately.

Wishlists are criiiitical right now.
EXCITING NEWS: EMD's pricing structure has been announced and while that may SEEM boring it's actually very exciting because it's so reasonably priced. £12 at launch BUT with a 25% discount means it's like £9 and you are getting a LOT of funny game for that.

store.steampowered.com/news/app/363...
Earth Must Die - Earth Must Die: Launch Pricing! - Steam News
Hi everyone! Exciting news - we've got just over a week left until the full launch of Earth Must Die! That being said, we are happy to reveal the pricing for the full game too! You'll be able to grab ...
store.steampowered.com
January 21, 2026 at 11:18 AM
EXCITING NEWS: EMD's pricing structure has been announced and while that may SEEM boring it's actually very exciting because it's so reasonably priced. £12 at launch BUT with a 25% discount means it's like £9 and you are getting a LOT of funny game for that.

store.steampowered.com/news/app/363...
Earth Must Die - Earth Must Die: Launch Pricing! - Steam News
Hi everyone! Exciting news - we've got just over a week left until the full launch of Earth Must Die! That being said, we are happy to reveal the pricing for the full game too! You'll be able to grab ...
store.steampowered.com
January 21, 2026 at 11:09 AM
January 20, 2026 at 8:41 PM
January 20, 2026 at 2:40 PM
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EARTH MUST DIE inexorably approaches, like an alien tyrant grumpily walking down a corridor! Tuesday 27th January, only a week away! "Wishlist it," whispers the nursing bot of your mind. "Wishliiiiiist!"

store.steampowered.com/app/3639780/...
January 20, 2026 at 12:29 PM
Raquel is a brilliant, friendly, hugely-talented artist and deserves to be snapped up quickly.

If you're looking, do please drop her a line 👍
My role at Coatsink has been made redundant. Would appreciate your support and any leads you could have!
If you need/know someone who is looking for a Game Artist
Get in touch!!
💼 Portfolio : lnkd.in/etuTq3QP
#lookingforwork #gameartist #visualdevelopmentartist #artistlookingforwork #conceptartist
January 19, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Wait wait wait, digital storefronts are useful to all but the majority publishers??
Platform holders need to crack down on shovelware before AI-generated slop renders digital storefronts useless to all but the major publishers, says Rob Fahey. www.gamesindustry.biz/shovelware-i...
January 19, 2026 at 8:48 AM
Just been made aware that the 10 year anniversary of XCOM 2's release is coming up very soon, and so I have a new date to pin all my hopes on for a Terror from the Deep announcement 🤞🤞🤞
January 18, 2026 at 10:49 PM
Okay this is going to sound stupid but:

Pizzas. They're not alive, right?
January 17, 2026 at 5:43 PM
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Seems unfair that you only get to use the bouncy slide to get off a plane when things have gone wrong. The bouncy slide should be a treat they give to the best passengers who did the flight correctly.
January 17, 2026 at 4:17 PM
This is pretty welcome, tbh. I saw a Reddit thread recently where someone asked if pressing Tab to auto complete a line of code in Visual Studio using Intellisense counted as "AI generated" and the replies were all like "yes, absolutely, this falls foul of the rules, you have to" and like what
Valve amends AI disclosure policy but still stresses players need to be informed if genAI is used
www.eurogamer.net/valve-amends...
January 17, 2026 at 3:18 PM
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BELGIAN WHISTLES
Heard a lad earlier talking about ‘Belgian whistles’

“A basic website costs 10k or 25k upwards if you want all the Belgian whistles”

BELGIAN WHISTLES
January 17, 2026 at 11:09 AM
I reckon there's probably a special word for if you're still bombing and killing people during a ceasefire.
January 17, 2026 at 10:42 AM
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Everyone fuckin'

✨✨🌟 w i s h l i s t 🌟✨✨

it,

please.
British comedian-packed space comedy Earth Must Die releases really soon and there's now a demo www.eurogamer.net/british-come...
January 16, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Everyone fuckin'

✨✨🌟 w i s h l i s t 🌟✨✨

it,

please.
British comedian-packed space comedy Earth Must Die releases really soon and there's now a demo www.eurogamer.net/british-come...
January 16, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Oh! I've just worked out what the Steam Machine reminds me of. Am I late? Did we all know this already?
January 16, 2026 at 3:01 PM
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💀 EARTH MUST DIE in 12 DAYS 💀

store.steampowered.com/app/3639780/...
January 15, 2026 at 8:54 PM
I'm someone who suffers from quite bad second-hand cringe. If a stranger trips up a bit while walking down the street, I feel deep deep shame right down to my very core.

So I'm finding this extremely hard to deal with. Shaking with ghast.
It’s even more embarrassing than I imagined.
January 16, 2026 at 8:40 AM