Ryan T. Brown 🎮🩷
@toadsanime.lostincult.co.uk
Curated game news for game workers & gamers
I run @LostInCult.co.uk's games label • Indie Mixtape creator • Debug IGA winner • BAFTA full Member • ex Super Rare/Numskull/journo • indies + physicals ❤️🏳️🌈
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I run @LostInCult.co.uk's games label • Indie Mixtape creator • Debug IGA winner • BAFTA full Member • ex Super Rare/Numskull/journo • indies + physicals ❤️🏳️🌈
[email protected]
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Please support our mission! ❤️
www.lostincult.co.uk
December 24, 2025 at 3:34 AM
One day of work left for me until New Year's Day, so I'll be reflecting a bit on my fave game, albums, films of the year. 🙏
Share any great stuff I should check out before the year wraps up!
Share any great stuff I should check out before the year wraps up!
December 24, 2025 at 1:38 AM
One day of work left for me until New Year's Day, so I'll be reflecting a bit on my fave game, albums, films of the year. 🙏
Share any great stuff I should check out before the year wraps up!
Share any great stuff I should check out before the year wraps up!
Level-5's CEO claims that 80-90% of game coding is written by AI now.
The studio has disclosed that they extensively use AI, from everything from game code, assets, and character idea, dialogue, and narrative, which is then refined by humans.
(Read more at Automaton)
The studio has disclosed that they extensively use AI, from everything from game code, assets, and character idea, dialogue, and narrative, which is then refined by humans.
(Read more at Automaton)
December 23, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Level-5's CEO claims that 80-90% of game coding is written by AI now.
The studio has disclosed that they extensively use AI, from everything from game code, assets, and character idea, dialogue, and narrative, which is then refined by humans.
(Read more at Automaton)
The studio has disclosed that they extensively use AI, from everything from game code, assets, and character idea, dialogue, and narrative, which is then refined by humans.
(Read more at Automaton)
Music has been, like last year, fucking phenomenal this year.
I implore you to expand your horizons with music tastes, because it truly feels like a golden age of absolute artistic peaks for new and experienced artists alike. If AI is coming, it's a mighty swansong.
I implore you to expand your horizons with music tastes, because it truly feels like a golden age of absolute artistic peaks for new and experienced artists alike. If AI is coming, it's a mighty swansong.
December 23, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Music has been, like last year, fucking phenomenal this year.
I implore you to expand your horizons with music tastes, because it truly feels like a golden age of absolute artistic peaks for new and experienced artists alike. If AI is coming, it's a mighty swansong.
I implore you to expand your horizons with music tastes, because it truly feels like a golden age of absolute artistic peaks for new and experienced artists alike. If AI is coming, it's a mighty swansong.
Vince Zampella - co-creator of Call of Duty, co-founder of both Infinity Ward and Respawn Entertainment, and current head of Battlefield at DICE - has been killed in a car crash.
Absolutely tragic news. ❤️
(Read more at NBC Los Angeles)
Absolutely tragic news. ❤️
(Read more at NBC Los Angeles)
December 22, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Vince Zampella - co-creator of Call of Duty, co-founder of both Infinity Ward and Respawn Entertainment, and current head of Battlefield at DICE - has been killed in a car crash.
Absolutely tragic news. ❤️
(Read more at NBC Los Angeles)
Absolutely tragic news. ❤️
(Read more at NBC Los Angeles)
French courts have decided not to ban the Kick streaming platform, following the livestreamed death of Jean Pormanove, but Kick execs could still face up to 7 years in prison.
(Read more at Dexerto)
(Read more at Dexerto)
December 22, 2025 at 5:40 PM
French courts have decided not to ban the Kick streaming platform, following the livestreamed death of Jean Pormanove, but Kick execs could still face up to 7 years in prison.
(Read more at Dexerto)
(Read more at Dexerto)
Mobile games raked in almost $76.7bn in 2025, with the 10 highest-grossing games including Honor of Kings ($2.4b), Roblox, Monopoly GO, and Pokémon TCG Pocket.
(Read more at PocketGamer Biz)
(Read more at PocketGamer Biz)
December 22, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Mobile games raked in almost $76.7bn in 2025, with the 10 highest-grossing games including Honor of Kings ($2.4b), Roblox, Monopoly GO, and Pokémon TCG Pocket.
(Read more at PocketGamer Biz)
(Read more at PocketGamer Biz)
I seriously think most problems today are due to an increased inability to experience empathy.
An epidemic of people psychologically incapable of putting themselves in someone's shoes and understanding how people feel unless it literally like-for-like is happening to them.
An epidemic of people psychologically incapable of putting themselves in someone's shoes and understanding how people feel unless it literally like-for-like is happening to them.
December 22, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I seriously think most problems today are due to an increased inability to experience empathy.
An epidemic of people psychologically incapable of putting themselves in someone's shoes and understanding how people feel unless it literally like-for-like is happening to them.
An epidemic of people psychologically incapable of putting themselves in someone's shoes and understanding how people feel unless it literally like-for-like is happening to them.
The Sega Saturn-exclusive RPG Airs Adventure has received a full English fan translation.
Wonderful work making obscure older games more widely accessible.
(Read more at Time Extension)
Wonderful work making obscure older games more widely accessible.
(Read more at Time Extension)
December 22, 2025 at 1:32 PM
The Sega Saturn-exclusive RPG Airs Adventure has received a full English fan translation.
Wonderful work making obscure older games more widely accessible.
(Read more at Time Extension)
Wonderful work making obscure older games more widely accessible.
(Read more at Time Extension)
December 22, 2025 at 12:10 PM
The Octopath Traveler series has now surpassed over 6 million copies sold - via Square Enix.
December 22, 2025 at 12:07 PM
The Octopath Traveler series has now surpassed over 6 million copies sold - via Square Enix.
Uniqlo has revealed some original Pokémon artwork clothing for the series' 30th anniversary.
(Read more at TheGamer)
(Read more at TheGamer)
December 22, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Uniqlo has revealed some original Pokémon artwork clothing for the series' 30th anniversary.
(Read more at TheGamer)
(Read more at TheGamer)
I will be 33 in an hour. That is all.
December 20, 2025 at 10:47 PM
I will be 33 in an hour. That is all.
Reposted by Ryan T. Brown 🎮🩷
I'm excited to say I am now running @LostInCult.co.uk Games label full-time! ❤️
I joined in 2023 to set up our label while Marketing Director - leaving marketing after 10 years will be hard!
Excited to get our world-best physical games in hands + start OG publishing in the near future. 🥳
I joined in 2023 to set up our label while Marketing Director - leaving marketing after 10 years will be hard!
Excited to get our world-best physical games in hands + start OG publishing in the near future. 🥳
December 19, 2025 at 6:51 PM
I'm excited to say I am now running @LostInCult.co.uk Games label full-time! ❤️
I joined in 2023 to set up our label while Marketing Director - leaving marketing after 10 years will be hard!
Excited to get our world-best physical games in hands + start OG publishing in the near future. 🥳
I joined in 2023 to set up our label while Marketing Director - leaving marketing after 10 years will be hard!
Excited to get our world-best physical games in hands + start OG publishing in the near future. 🥳
Search for the Google Chrome extension "WebP / Avif Image converter".
Writers can send their cheques to me now for all the time saved. I've been using this for a few years and got in the habit of right-clicking/auto-converting any image so I never see webp images for my news posts.
Writers can send their cheques to me now for all the time saved. I've been using this for a few years and got in the habit of right-clicking/auto-converting any image so I never see webp images for my news posts.
Everyone deserves to spend the holidays surrounded by people who love and appreciate them.
Except for the guy who invented the webp.
Except for the guy who invented the webp.
December 19, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Search for the Google Chrome extension "WebP / Avif Image converter".
Writers can send their cheques to me now for all the time saved. I've been using this for a few years and got in the habit of right-clicking/auto-converting any image so I never see webp images for my news posts.
Writers can send their cheques to me now for all the time saved. I've been using this for a few years and got in the habit of right-clicking/auto-converting any image so I never see webp images for my news posts.
I'm excited to say I am now running @LostInCult.co.uk Games label full-time! ❤️
I joined in 2023 to set up our label while Marketing Director - leaving marketing after 10 years will be hard!
Excited to get our world-best physical games in hands + start OG publishing in the near future. 🥳
I joined in 2023 to set up our label while Marketing Director - leaving marketing after 10 years will be hard!
Excited to get our world-best physical games in hands + start OG publishing in the near future. 🥳
December 19, 2025 at 6:51 PM
I'm excited to say I am now running @LostInCult.co.uk Games label full-time! ❤️
I joined in 2023 to set up our label while Marketing Director - leaving marketing after 10 years will be hard!
Excited to get our world-best physical games in hands + start OG publishing in the near future. 🥳
I joined in 2023 to set up our label while Marketing Director - leaving marketing after 10 years will be hard!
Excited to get our world-best physical games in hands + start OG publishing in the near future. 🥳
An absolute dream making this happen - a stamp of approval on game cases that you can trust to tell you a physical game has the latest update on cart/disc, without the need for internet.
Animal Well on Switch/PS5 is shipping! Our first four other titles ships in Q1!
Animal Well on Switch/PS5 is shipping! Our first four other titles ships in Q1!
This is it: Our Badge of Approval on the physical release of Animal Well!
We are so proud to be part of this journey. Seeing our work represented like this is a dream come true. Can't wait for you all to get your copies. Shipping now!
We are so proud to be part of this journey. Seeing our work represented like this is a dream come true. Can't wait for you all to get your copies. Shipping now!
December 19, 2025 at 6:35 PM
An absolute dream making this happen - a stamp of approval on game cases that you can trust to tell you a physical game has the latest update on cart/disc, without the need for internet.
Animal Well on Switch/PS5 is shipping! Our first four other titles ships in Q1!
Animal Well on Switch/PS5 is shipping! Our first four other titles ships in Q1!
If "a Game Boy made with attack drone metal" doesn't make you think "maybe this isn't good":
ModRetro is founded by Palmer Luckey, the founder of weapons manufacturer Anduril, a Trump fundraiser, and general shithead who went off the rails after Oculus made him a billionaire.
ModRetro is founded by Palmer Luckey, the founder of weapons manufacturer Anduril, a Trump fundraiser, and general shithead who went off the rails after Oculus made him a billionaire.
December 19, 2025 at 5:47 PM
If "a Game Boy made with attack drone metal" doesn't make you think "maybe this isn't good":
ModRetro is founded by Palmer Luckey, the founder of weapons manufacturer Anduril, a Trump fundraiser, and general shithead who went off the rails after Oculus made him a billionaire.
ModRetro is founded by Palmer Luckey, the founder of weapons manufacturer Anduril, a Trump fundraiser, and general shithead who went off the rails after Oculus made him a billionaire.
I have some personal news to share shortly
December 19, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I have some personal news to share shortly
December 19, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Marathon's art lead has voluntarily left Bungie, following an apparent plagiarism scandal settlement with artist Antireal, and before the game's launch in March.
(Read more at Eurogamer)
(Read more at Eurogamer)
December 19, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Marathon's art lead has voluntarily left Bungie, following an apparent plagiarism scandal settlement with artist Antireal, and before the game's launch in March.
(Read more at Eurogamer)
(Read more at Eurogamer)
I see Drakengard, I pay attention
Give us Drakengard, Square Enix, I beg you. NieR took off with Automata almost a decade ago now.
Give us Drakengard, Square Enix, I beg you. NieR took off with Automata almost a decade ago now.
Drakengard 3 is up on Steam...the soundtrack that is store.steampowered.com/app/4165230/...
December 18, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I see Drakengard, I pay attention
Give us Drakengard, Square Enix, I beg you. NieR took off with Automata almost a decade ago now.
Give us Drakengard, Square Enix, I beg you. NieR took off with Automata almost a decade ago now.
The Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster series has surpassed 6 million copies sold, Square Enix has announced.
December 18, 2025 at 5:21 PM
The Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster series has surpassed 6 million copies sold, Square Enix has announced.
I won't diminish the impact Braid, World of Goo, and Castle Crashers had on indie commercialisation in 2008, but come on, calling Blow "the father of indie gaming"?
Cave Story, Aquaria, and Crayon Physics proved digital distribution viability years earlier, and DOOM owned the world a decade prior.
Cave Story, Aquaria, and Crayon Physics proved digital distribution viability years earlier, and DOOM owned the world a decade prior.
December 18, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I won't diminish the impact Braid, World of Goo, and Castle Crashers had on indie commercialisation in 2008, but come on, calling Blow "the father of indie gaming"?
Cave Story, Aquaria, and Crayon Physics proved digital distribution viability years earlier, and DOOM owned the world a decade prior.
Cave Story, Aquaria, and Crayon Physics proved digital distribution viability years earlier, and DOOM owned the world a decade prior.
Reposted by Ryan T. Brown 🎮🩷
The Xbox Boycott (Still) Matters
YouTube video by People Make Games
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December 18, 2025 at 2:02 PM