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la machine
la machine : the ultimate machine reloaded
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January 15, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Oh my god. I must have it la-machine.fr/us
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I wrote about The Tantrum State and living in it. Personally I do not care for it very much. defector.com/fascists-are...
Fascists Are Pathetic | Defector
Two days before a shouting cluster of its agents surrounded the car of a Minneapolis mother and shot her to death last week, ICE was demanding answers from the Hilton hotel group on X.com. “Why did yo...
defector.com
January 15, 2026 at 2:33 PM
I wrote about The Tantrum State and living in it. Personally I do not care for it very much. defector.com/fascists-are...
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HEY HEY it's NEWS 'O CLOCK.
'EARTH MUST DIE' is coming out on the 27th of Jan, which is alarmingly soon!
Please pop over here and wishlist it, and do share if you're able. Thank you.
store.steampowered.com/app/3639780/...
'EARTH MUST DIE' is coming out on the 27th of Jan, which is alarmingly soon!
Please pop over here and wishlist it, and do share if you're able. Thank you.
store.steampowered.com/app/3639780/...
January 14, 2026 at 5:02 PM
HEY HEY it's NEWS 'O CLOCK.
'EARTH MUST DIE' is coming out on the 27th of Jan, which is alarmingly soon!
Please pop over here and wishlist it, and do share if you're able. Thank you.
store.steampowered.com/app/3639780/...
'EARTH MUST DIE' is coming out on the 27th of Jan, which is alarmingly soon!
Please pop over here and wishlist it, and do share if you're able. Thank you.
store.steampowered.com/app/3639780/...
Picross on a big telly is one of life’s great luxuries.
January 13, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Picross on a big telly is one of life’s great luxuries.
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We're looking for a News Editor to join TWIV. Ideal candidate would have proven experience with:
- Working in news for a games outlet
- Conducting original reporting
- Mentoring junior writers
...and genuinely enjoy writing news, diving deep, and talking to people. UK timezone preferred. Email me.
- Working in news for a games outlet
- Conducting original reporting
- Mentoring junior writers
...and genuinely enjoy writing news, diving deep, and talking to people. UK timezone preferred. Email me.
January 13, 2026 at 10:17 AM
We're looking for a News Editor to join TWIV. Ideal candidate would have proven experience with:
- Working in news for a games outlet
- Conducting original reporting
- Mentoring junior writers
...and genuinely enjoy writing news, diving deep, and talking to people. UK timezone preferred. Email me.
- Working in news for a games outlet
- Conducting original reporting
- Mentoring junior writers
...and genuinely enjoy writing news, diving deep, and talking to people. UK timezone preferred. Email me.
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May of us try to tighten our belts in the new year, but former Edge editor Nathan Brown of @hitpoints.bsky.social thinks that when it comes to gaming hardware, now's not the time to try and save money -- it'll only cost you more in the long run.
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In the Market for Gaming Hardware? You Should Probably Act Now
Nathan Brown thinks you should probably buy that fancy gaming hardware thing you want, because it isn’t getting any cheaper.
thisweekinvideogames.com
January 13, 2026 at 8:09 AM
May of us try to tighten our belts in the new year, but former Edge editor Nathan Brown of @hitpoints.bsky.social thinks that when it comes to gaming hardware, now's not the time to try and save money -- it'll only cost you more in the long run.
thisweekinvideogames.com/feature/bonu... [Paywalled]
thisweekinvideogames.com/feature/bonu... [Paywalled]
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The developers of PEAK explain pricing
January 12, 2026 at 7:01 AM
The developers of PEAK explain pricing
From a guy who deplatformed tens of millions of his own users so he could pressure Apple and Google to change what he considered an immoral policy. Billionaire headloss in the 2020s will be a rich topic of study one day, not sure there's been a more dramatic, weird or stupid example than this guy
January 12, 2026 at 9:07 AM
From a guy who deplatformed tens of millions of his own users so he could pressure Apple and Google to change what he considered an immoral policy. Billionaire headloss in the 2020s will be a rich topic of study one day, not sure there's been a more dramatic, weird or stupid example than this guy
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My new 'studio' is called Emanation Games.
Why? An emanation, in esoteric theology, is an overflowing of pure divine power; an outpouring of creation.
But also, because it also sounds like it could be about cum.
That's the duality I want to represent. Intellectual and puerile.
Temporary logo:
Why? An emanation, in esoteric theology, is an overflowing of pure divine power; an outpouring of creation.
But also, because it also sounds like it could be about cum.
That's the duality I want to represent. Intellectual and puerile.
Temporary logo:
January 9, 2026 at 2:13 PM
My new 'studio' is called Emanation Games.
Why? An emanation, in esoteric theology, is an overflowing of pure divine power; an outpouring of creation.
But also, because it also sounds like it could be about cum.
That's the duality I want to represent. Intellectual and puerile.
Temporary logo:
Why? An emanation, in esoteric theology, is an overflowing of pure divine power; an outpouring of creation.
But also, because it also sounds like it could be about cum.
That's the duality I want to represent. Intellectual and puerile.
Temporary logo:
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Things are awful, so a little treat for the real Crush-Heads. It is now eleven years since I got this printed in the Metro.
January 8, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Things are awful, so a little treat for the real Crush-Heads. It is now eleven years since I got this printed in the Metro.
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The Spanish version is “the left liberates, the right oppresses” and once I learned that, both screws and politics made more sense
the single line that has saved me the most hassle in my life is "lefty loosey righty tighty"
January 7, 2026 at 3:47 PM
The Spanish version is “the left liberates, the right oppresses” and once I learned that, both screws and politics made more sense
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You're not ready for the name of the energy transition specialist at Heat Pump Association UK
January 7, 2026 at 12:06 PM
You're not ready for the name of the energy transition specialist at Heat Pump Association UK
They’re getting desperate. Keep it up everyone
January 5, 2026 at 7:34 PM
They’re getting desperate. Keep it up everyone
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My love, support and condolences to Pat Dane’s family and closest friends. He will be greatly missed 🖤
January 5, 2026 at 4:45 PM
My love, support and condolences to Pat Dane’s family and closest friends. He will be greatly missed 🖤
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My end-of-year Hidden Gems list is up on PC Gamer! They asked me for 15. I did 30. Somehow, Weird Little Guys and The Apocalypse were a theme.
2025 was terrible in every other regard, but the games? Good.
I also just updated my Steam Curator Page with all the stuff in the feature and a few others.
2025 was terrible in every other regard, but the games? Good.
I also just updated my Steam Curator Page with all the stuff in the feature and a few others.
30 hidden gems from 2025 to grab before the Steam Winter Sale ends
2025 was an overwhelming year. Let's savor those positives in unlikely places.
www.pcgamer.com
January 2, 2026 at 6:15 PM
My end-of-year Hidden Gems list is up on PC Gamer! They asked me for 15. I did 30. Somehow, Weird Little Guys and The Apocalypse were a theme.
2025 was terrible in every other regard, but the games? Good.
I also just updated my Steam Curator Page with all the stuff in the feature and a few others.
2025 was terrible in every other regard, but the games? Good.
I also just updated my Steam Curator Page with all the stuff in the feature and a few others.
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new game idea
January 3, 2026 at 4:20 AM
new game idea
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Today in “Dudes Rock”:
A dude playing Dire Straits’s “Sultans of Swing” guitar solo on…a recorder.
A dude playing Dire Straits’s “Sultans of Swing” guitar solo on…a recorder.
December 12, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Today in “Dudes Rock”:
A dude playing Dire Straits’s “Sultans of Swing” guitar solo on…a recorder.
A dude playing Dire Straits’s “Sultans of Swing” guitar solo on…a recorder.
Right, I'll get out of your way now, sorry. RTs etc welcome. You can sign up for free — or even better, for not-free — right here newsletter.hitpoints.co
Hit Points by Nathan Brown
A newsletter about video games and the game industry, from writer, consultant and former Edge editor Nathan Brown
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December 31, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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I often kick an idea around for ages but never write them because I doubt it'll resonate with people. I must stop doing that because this — on how test match cricket is secretly the perfect Roguelike — got more love this year than anything else I wrote: newsletter.hitpoints.co/345-from-the...
December 31, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I often kick an idea around for ages but never write them because I doubt it'll resonate with people. I must stop doing that because this — on how test match cricket is secretly the perfect Roguelike — got more love this year than anything else I wrote: newsletter.hitpoints.co/345-from-the...
On the folly of pretending games are a single, $200bn industry: newsletter.hitpoints.co/298-carve-it...
December 31, 2025 at 1:54 PM
On the folly of pretending games are a single, $200bn industry: newsletter.hitpoints.co/298-carve-it...
Trying, and mostly failing, to make sense of the 770-odd games shown at not-E3 2025: newsletter.hitpoints.co/320-sensory-...
December 31, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Trying, and mostly failing, to make sense of the 770-odd games shown at not-E3 2025: newsletter.hitpoints.co/320-sensory-...
Reaction to Microsoft's latest bit of shit-the-bed horror, when it shuttered more studios and cancelled more games back in July: newsletter.hitpoints.co/324-going-da...
December 31, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Reaction to Microsoft's latest bit of shit-the-bed horror, when it shuttered more studios and cancelled more games back in July: newsletter.hitpoints.co/324-going-da...
A brief selection of things I wrote and liked this year, all now paywall-free. There'll be much more free stuff coming in 2026, but if you subscribe RIGHT NOW you get 50% off your first three months.
First, a tribute to the late, great Tomonobu Itagaki newsletter.hitpoints.co/341-itagaki-...
First, a tribute to the late, great Tomonobu Itagaki newsletter.hitpoints.co/341-itagaki-...
December 31, 2025 at 1:50 PM
A brief selection of things I wrote and liked this year, all now paywall-free. There'll be much more free stuff coming in 2026, but if you subscribe RIGHT NOW you get 50% off your first three months.
First, a tribute to the late, great Tomonobu Itagaki newsletter.hitpoints.co/341-itagaki-...
First, a tribute to the late, great Tomonobu Itagaki newsletter.hitpoints.co/341-itagaki-...
Synology rowed back on that policy AFAIK but still, the omens aren't great. I went with Ugreen and have been v happy with it (plus they're often on sale). You can indeed start with one drive then pick up another and set up a RAID1 pool without losing data
December 31, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Synology rowed back on that policy AFAIK but still, the omens aren't great. I went with Ugreen and have been v happy with it (plus they're often on sale). You can indeed start with one drive then pick up another and set up a RAID1 pool without losing data