Tont Coles
@tontcoles.bsky.social
Writes offensively at affectionatediscourse.substack.com. Videogames, cats, probably crying or something? Thinking about starting a podcast analysing Davis-Brydon masterpiece Human Remains. Once did words for Edge and Eurogamer, apparently.
I fucking love you, Rory Blank
December 4, 2025 at 8:50 PM
I fucking love you, Rory Blank
Mr O. has a particularly amoral capitalist mercenary streak that he hides well in his public image. I'll never forget how angrily he defended Mrs Brown's Boys, primarily on the basis that it made a lot of money.
December 3, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Mr O. has a particularly amoral capitalist mercenary streak that he hides well in his public image. I'll never forget how angrily he defended Mrs Brown's Boys, primarily on the basis that it made a lot of money.
Some website or other crowdsourced a 54% failure rate for that first model. Amazingly, that doesn't sound too off the mark.
November 26, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Some website or other crowdsourced a 54% failure rate for that first model. Amazingly, that doesn't sound too off the mark.
They really are 12.
November 25, 2025 at 9:08 AM
They really are 12.
As with Batman, the 'serious and manly' phase is tiresome and overdone. What Bond needs is a return to campery of the highest order, meaning a Spy Who Loved Me / Moonraker reboot is the only reasonable way forward.
November 11, 2025 at 10:43 AM
As with Batman, the 'serious and manly' phase is tiresome and overdone. What Bond needs is a return to campery of the highest order, meaning a Spy Who Loved Me / Moonraker reboot is the only reasonable way forward.
Ah but Gundam Musou 3 is the real banger. It's absolutely superb.
November 7, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Ah but Gundam Musou 3 is the real banger. It's absolutely superb.
Openly weeping at a Kev O'Neil reference outside my usual 2000ad circles. 🥲
October 29, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Openly weeping at a Kev O'Neil reference outside my usual 2000ad circles. 🥲
I saw it as part of the game's generosity towards the player, as it chimed so nicely with always offering a suite of missions across the difficulty spectrum. It's part of the invitation to get stuck in and truly play with the systems.
October 27, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I saw it as part of the game's generosity towards the player, as it chimed so nicely with always offering a suite of missions across the difficulty spectrum. It's part of the invitation to get stuck in and truly play with the systems.
Thanks Tom! It's a genuinely special game.
October 27, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Thanks Tom! It's a genuinely special game.
Though obv the correct answer is NTSC-J PC Engine HuCard.
October 26, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Though obv the correct answer is NTSC-J PC Engine HuCard.
GameCube must be the last decent platform to fullset. Or maybe WiiU?
October 26, 2025 at 9:29 AM
GameCube must be the last decent platform to fullset. Or maybe WiiU?
There was a guy on r/gamecollecting going for a PAL PS2 fullset and the amount of late-era, short-run shovelware licensed rubbish they needed to find was genuinely alarming. Can't imagine what it's like trying to do the same for the Wii.
October 26, 2025 at 9:28 AM
There was a guy on r/gamecollecting going for a PAL PS2 fullset and the amount of late-era, short-run shovelware licensed rubbish they needed to find was genuinely alarming. Can't imagine what it's like trying to do the same for the Wii.
Did the opposite, lent a Dreamcast and games to a mate, never saw them again. Had a PAL Cannon Spike in there.
October 25, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Did the opposite, lent a Dreamcast and games to a mate, never saw them again. Had a PAL Cannon Spike in there.
Why I simply have a CRT on hand for these things, don't you know.
October 24, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Why I simply have a CRT on hand for these things, don't you know.
Eh, get a real Speccy 128 and a DivMMC Future.
October 24, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Eh, get a real Speccy 128 and a DivMMC Future.