Dragon Age Origins then and now without a doubt, but AC 2 was a pretty amazing experience too and for me Ezio is one of the best protagonists in games. Plus Empire TW was deeply flawed if still engrossing

Can’t believe you have forgotten your fellow adopted Bristolian Edward Kenway in the AssCreed character stakes

i want to be clear about this: worker’s rights also includes the right to be free from racist or sexist or gendered abuse at your job.

Tell that to Spinal Tap youtu.be/7qDgCmzh5ao?...

And one of them was one of my favourite pubs when I lived in London, so thank you for that! Love your reference photos, they're always so interesting

Childcare anywhere in the country is going to eat up the close to the equivalent of monthly rent or mortgage payments for a child in nursery. Also London has by far the biggest job market in the country, moving away from that is a big gamble

This one really hurts. Nearly Adelaide 2006 level

First ball I saw was Duckett going…

I know he didn't get any wickets, but I continue to be so impressed by Atkinson - not express but sharp enough and his angle and whip means he's always going at the batter. He and Jofra are a pretty handy opening pair

I can't remember the last time an England attack was that relentless. Just lovely to actually turn up to Australia with an ideal bowling attack for once rather than them all getting injured and having to wheel out Woakes, Jimmy and Broad again for another tour of unrelenting Pain

The last time I went to bed this anxious was the presidential election

You'd think I'd have got used to it by now but I am still astonished by the government's apparent belief that they are just smol beans who have no power to influence anything and must just bend in the breeze

I didn’t expect to agree with everything Starmer did but I can’t say I expected him to be such a cliche of a bloodless technocrat that he outsources his own thinking to other people as detailed by @pronouncedalva.bsky.social

If there’s anything the Starmer government will be remembered for, it’s cowardice. They run from hard choices, constantly concede ground where they should fight and bury their successes for some reason. There was a lot of talk of existential threats post 2019 but this feels far, far worse

I will say as someone who loved RDR2 and even liked the clunky gameplay and leisurely animations, it was way too long and the pacing was bad, something that was only made worse by the fact that the missions were all just boring variants on “ride here, shoot these guys”

I think it can be but definitely true that in the UK at least some people get carried away with an image of non-voters being politically engaged young people who feel unrepresented by established centre/centre left rather than the much messier reality

Old example but Titanfall 2’s campaign was 6 hours and it’d have been worth it at twice the price I paid.

I wouldn’t be surprised to see Slade back in future but that might also depend on Seb Atkinson’s fitness