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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
YouTube video by PlayStation
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Alec Meer @bonzrat.bsky.social · 6m
Bought the cat a docking station
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Alec Meer @bonzrat.bsky.social · 1h
Very nearly shipped something describing a character as 'unfappable' rather than 'unflappable.'
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Alec Meer @bonzrat.bsky.social · 1h
a life-size frieze to traumatise my kids every morning
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Alec Meer @bonzrat.bsky.social · 2h
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 · 2h
the flag-making industry, presumably
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Alec Meer @bonzrat.bsky.social · 2h
I could not in good conscience leave Josie's Christmas Fever Dream Soundwave unclaimed
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Alec Meer @bonzrat.bsky.social · 3h
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 · 1d
Mine are arriving imminently, and will the subjects of my next Meatheaded Proustian newsletter.
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Alec Meer @bonzrat.bsky.social · 1d
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 · 2d
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 · 2d
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 · 2d
I have no idea if a pink Huffer exists, but naturally now I want one
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Alec Meer @bonzrat.bsky.social · 2d
Thank you kindly. And I most certainly will.
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Alec Meer @bonzrat.bsky.social · 2d
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 · 2d
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 · 3d
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 · 3d
The twisted endgame of toy robot collecting
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Alec Meer @bonzrat.bsky.social · 4d
New robo-talk from me, this time about The Weird Guys

millionrobots.beehiiv.com/p/the-shadow...
The Shadow Transformers
Of holy grails and plastic dyes
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Alec Meer @bonzrat.bsky.social · 3d
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 · 3d
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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Alec Meer @bonzrat.bsky.social · 4d
New robo-talk from me, this time about The Weird Guys

millionrobots.beehiiv.com/p/the-shadow...
The Shadow Transformers
Of holy grails and plastic dyes
millionrobots.beehiiv.com
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Alec Meer @bonzrat.bsky.social · 9d
and of course we must reserve the right for a few Coldplay Exclusions
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Alec Meer @bonzrat.bsky.social · 9d
I have a lot of Difficult Feelings about having spent twenty years of my life telling people whether something was Good Or Bad.
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Alec Meer @bonzrat.bsky.social · 9d
A journal! Good on you. I would last a maximum of three days if I attempted similar.
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Alec Meer @bonzrat.bsky.social · 9d
wonder if any of these fucking gonks have ever asked someone who can't afford their water bill what 'growth' means to them
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Alec Meer @bonzrat.bsky.social · 9d
having executive function sure would be useful
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Alec Meer @bonzrat.bsky.social · 10d
Tracking an oven delivery in real-time. It's in Crawley! Now Hayward's Heath! Home stretch along the A23!

Oh boy, this is living.
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