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Mathew Kumar
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Writer of exp. magazine (https://expzine.com). Game developer for hire. He/They.

Every Game I've Finished 14>24 is OUT NOW: amazon.com/dp/B0DJPFPVFT Patreon: patreon.com/expzine
New year, new exp.! For supporters, I look at Namco's brutal, cool spy shooter Rolling Thunder, and discuss what it, and many other games, owe to SpartanX/Kung-Fu Master: expzine.com/2026/01/06/r...

Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/rollin...
January 6, 2026 at 1:15 PM
January 3, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Xbox damaged in Gulf War
January 1, 2026 at 4:28 PM
David Velasco in @equatormag.bsky.social, "How Gaza Broke the Art World". Essential.
December 28, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Post a random game from your collection Saturday!
December 27, 2025 at 11:03 PM
I'm not surprised. I'm not surprised at all
December 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
tfw you're taking a huge piss and your adoptive parents (giant blue aliens) are discussing knifing u to death
December 23, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Was obsessed with the screenshots of this in an old issue of Amstrad Action. I finally got around to playing Zombi (expzine.com/2025/10/30/z...) so one day I will find out what it’s like to actually play!
December 19, 2025 at 12:33 PM
New and exclusive for subscribers: I look at the second half of Micro User's BBC Micro compilation Christmas Crackers, finding more bleepy versions of Jingle Bells and one sort-of playable game. expzine.com/2025/12/18/c...

Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/christ...
December 18, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Kojima 🤝 Pasolini

(On indigestible art in video games: expzine.com/2025/12/09/h...)
December 17, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Perfect pickup if you're looking to take down heroin dealers on the mean streets of Romford.
December 17, 2025 at 7:35 PM
December 17, 2025 at 7:18 PM
New on exp. for subscribers: The year is drawing to a close. So let's relax, get cosy and enjoy the vibes with Sierra On-Line's "Christmas Card" A Computer Christmas from 1986: expzine.com/2025/12/16/a...

Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/comput...
December 16, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Always believe in yourself
December 15, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Someone else has probably done this more successfully but I couldn't get the idea out of my head
December 14, 2025 at 1:46 AM
BAY AREA NEWS! My bud Chris Baker is tabling at the East Bay Alternative Book & Zine Fest, and as well as selling his own zines, he'll be selling exp.!

He'll be in the back corner of the Tamalpais Room on the 3rd floor, Sat. 13th, 12-5 at the Brower Center (2150 Allston Way, Berkeley) Stop by!
December 12, 2025 at 9:15 PM
It's a Christmas miracle! Subscriber EXCLUSIVE posts return with... oh no, I'm playing another Micro User Christmas game compilation. Come suffer along as I play the first three games in Christmas Crackers, 1986 edition: expzine.com/2025/12/11/c...

Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/christ...
December 11, 2025 at 4:20 PM
December 11, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Ethan Hawke on his way to the Jimmy Fallon studio
December 10, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Has the discourse moved on yet? I hope not, because this is the best thing I've written this year. For supporters, I go deep on a comparison you will have heard a few times: On Horses, Salò, and Pasolini's "indigestible art." expzine.com/2025/12/09/h...

Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/horses...
December 9, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Yikes!
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