Freelance journalist, critic and consultant. Bylines at The Guardian, EDGE, PC Gamer, NME, Eurogamer and more. Immersive sim geek. Contact: [email protected]
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Hi folks! For Steam Next Fest, Demo Disc will be posting shorter newsletters every day this week. To get ahead of the game[s], the first one's out right frickin' now. Subscribe for free below: demodisc.ghost.io/demo-disc-…
New from me on NYE: A big fat feature on the history of Dungeon Keeper, with input from Peter Molyneux, DK2 producer Nick Goldsworthy, and DK1 artist Mark Healey. Come for Mark's hitherto unseen concept sketches, stay for Peter's special chili recipe. store.epicgames.com/en-US/ne…
Hi folks, just a heads up that I'm not really posting here any longer. If you want to stay notified about my work, Demo Disc, or my terrible jokes, you can find me on the other place at ricklane.bsky.social
New Demo Disc is out, and it's a bit of a gnarly one, featuring Indonesian street fighting, Pikmin blood rites, and some rather unpleasant (and literal) paper cuts. demodisc.ghost.io/demo-disc-…
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Taking a long-term historical view of events is a healthy antidote to the misanthropic notion that people vote for bad governments because they're evil. Every Western country is currently stuck in the same dangerous pattern, produced by material conditions, not individuals.
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Maybe because every children’s book on sale in the UK is called FAT NAN’S MASSIVE CHRISTMAS FART: BOTTOM’S UP
Report finds ‘shocking and dispiriting’ fall in children reading for pleasure theguardian.com/books/2024/n…
Here's my full review of STRAFTAT, the best FPS this year. rockpapershotgun.com/strafta…
Please enjoy my Planet Coaster 2 review and its accompanying feet pic. pcgamer.com/games/sim/planet…
Halloween is a perfect day to ask: which are the best ghosts in games? eurogamer.net/five-of-the-be…
ALT A photograph of a classic person-wearing-a-sheet ghost, but the sheet is almost black and the eyes are shining.
This week's Demo Disc is a Hallowe'en special, featuring five spooky demos including @DUSKdev's Butcher's Creek, @alamodegames's Sorry We're Closed, and the handiest deckbuilder you'll ever play. Want more free demo recs? Subscribe through the link: demodisc.ghost.io/demo-disc-…
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an irish pharmacist looking through the national archives in dublin accidentally unearthed a forgotten and lost short story by bram stoker, author of DRACULA. unknown even to scholars, it’s being published for the first time in a century. first new mozart, now new bram stoker
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@NinjaKitchenUK Hi. Other than literage & price, what is the difference between the OP350UK and the OP500UK?
This week's Demo Disc newsletter features legally distinct podracing, gratuitous goblin slaughter, and the best walk cycle in a video game this year. Subscribe for free through the link: demodisc.ghost.io/demo-disc-…
Hello. I reviewed Factorio: Space Age and I am dead now. Enjoy! pcgamer.com/games/sim/factor…
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Wrote about Straftat for this week's newsletter. It's very good and out tomorrow. hitreload.xyz/steam-next-fes…
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Demo Disc's last Next Fest newsletter is up now, featuring probably my favourite demo of the event. I hope you've enjoyed these daily roundups, and the newsletter will be back next Friday in its usual five-game format. Shares and subs hugely appreciated. demodisc.ghost.io/demo-disc-…
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🚨Breaking; The Israeli army has killed Palestinian artist and cartoonist Mohassen Al-Khatib in a massacre in northern #Gaza.
Her final artwork, completed just hours before her killing , illustrated Israel burning the tents of displaced families and killing them.
Demo Disc's last Next Fest newsletter is up now, featuring probably my favourite demo of the event. I hope you've enjoyed these daily roundups, and the newsletter will be back next Friday in its usual five-game format. Shares and subs hugely appreciated. demodisc.ghost.io/demo-disc-…
Been mega busy this week so forgot to mention that I recently reviewed the *splendid* Exographer, a more literal physics puzzler developed by an actual science-tist. thinkygames.com/reviews/exog…
