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Joe Parlock

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Joe Parlock @joeparlock.bsky.social · Sep 9

Bit of personal news: after four years, I've been let go from @thegamerweb.bsky.social and am a free agent!

If you need someone with half a decade of TCG and tabletop and over a decade of video game coverage experience, please get in touch at [email protected]!

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Joe Parlock @joeparlock.bsky.social · 2d

Nobody needs soup more than me

Joe Parlock @joeparlock.bsky.social · 3d

Oh my god Oh my god Oh my god Oh my god Oh my god Oh my god Oh my god Oh my god

toyworldmag.co.uk/heathside-tr...

Heathside Trading and BBC announce return of Doctor Who TCG

Expanding Heathside's range with BBC Studios, the Doctor Who Battles in Time Trading Card Game will return in time for its 20th anniversary.

toyworldmag.co.uk

Joe Parlock @joeparlock.bsky.social · 4d

I've not played Digimon Story Time Stranger yet on account of having no money, but hell yeah Digimon renaissance let's go. I've been beating the digi-drum for years now.

Joe Parlock @joeparlock.bsky.social · 7d

Aw man Patricia Routledge

Joe Parlock @joeparlock.bsky.social · 7d

Playing Grounded 2 at ultrawide because I don't need to get screenshots for work anymore is a small perk I guess

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Joe Parlock @joeparlock.bsky.social · 7d

it's fucking massive and the wife is now laughing at me title of your sex tape

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Joe Parlock @joeparlock.bsky.social · 7d

cheaper and longer title of your sex tape

Joe Parlock @joeparlock.bsky.social · 7d

Going back in time to prevent both the person who invented AI and the person who introduced "slop" to modern usage

Joe Parlock @joeparlock.bsky.social · 8d

The last month has been so bad I only just realised it's time to change the page on my canal boat calendar and man

friends

canal boats rule

Joe Parlock @joeparlock.bsky.social · 8d

Trying to cancel Game Pass and the site is broken, so that's a good sign for Microsoft.

Joe Parlock @joeparlock.bsky.social · 12d

i has so much fun

Joe Parlock @joeparlock.bsky.social · 12d

Back home from Commandfest and I didn't play a single game. Still has fun, got some cards signed and blitzed the bulk boxes, although I really preferred Edgbaston to the NEC as a venue. The whole event filling up maybe a third of a single hall is a bit underwhelming.

Joe Parlock @joeparlock.bsky.social · 12d

@emmapartlow.com I think I accidentally gave you the right stinkeye, I was looking at bulk and was a million miles away, didn't realise it was you before you'd already gone 🤣

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Joe Parlock @joeparlock.bsky.social · 13d

No Astro Bot versions of each PlayStation drop is a crime.

blog.playstation.com/2025/09/26/f...

First in-depth look at Magic: The Gathering Secret Lair x PlayStation collaboration, launching this October

Featuring characters from The Last of Us, God of War, Ghost of Tsushima, Horizon Forbidden West, and more.

blog.playstation.com

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Joe Parlock @joeparlock.bsky.social · 13d

I can relate, I love Assassin's Creed :(

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Joe Parlock @joeparlock.bsky.social · 13d

Eighty billion UB Secret Lairs and none of them were the one I actually wanted.

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Joe Parlock @joeparlock.bsky.social · 13d

We've already had all the IPs I'd want in Magic so I think I'm happy to sink into my true form of being a UB hater now

Joe Parlock @joeparlock.bsky.social · 13d

What a wonderful celebration of other properties MagicCon is this year

Joe Parlock @joeparlock.bsky.social · 13d

I'll be at Commandfest tomorrow with my boys

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Joe Parlock @joeparlock.bsky.social · 14d

Literally the only things I want from the MTG preview panel are Zendikar and one of the rumoured UB Secret Lairs to be true.

Joe Parlock @joeparlock.bsky.social · 14d

This is the first annual preview I've not worked since 2020.

Very eager to see what's coming, but also maybe you'll want me to cover whatever is announced when they come out, and maybe you should email [email protected]???

Magic: The Gathering @magic.wizards.com · 14d

Tomorrow we lift the lid off of Magic in 2026 with the #MCAtlanta Preview Panel! A full hour of reveals as we showcase what we've been cooking up for the next year.

Stay tuned to our Social channels for all the new cards, art, and information!

An image saying MagicCon Preview Panel over a blurred crowd background.

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Joe Parlock @joeparlock.bsky.social · 14d

RHIIII CONGRATS

BUT ALSO SPACE GAMERED ON YOUR OWN AWARD

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Joe Parlock @joeparlock.bsky.social · 15d

Could none of these Xbox executives take 5 minutes to learn how to pronounce any of the Japanese they're reading off the autocue?

Joe Parlock @joeparlock.bsky.social · 20d

Sorry mate, I don't have time to talk about Howard Thurstein's 1865 Metaphysical Theory of Flagenomics and how it ties into the 1998 Grand Prix at Silverstone, we're currently locked in a freezer.

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Joe Parlock @joeparlock.bsky.social · 20d

I know as a Danganronpa fan I can hardly talk, but I'm playing Zero Escape and the amount of times characters will stop in a deadly situation to have long-winded conversations about random stuff is WILD.

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