“BAFTA believes games aren’t just one thing…” The BAFTA Games Awards are the United Kingdom’s highest profile games awards programme. They’ve been run by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (a film industry charity) since around the turn of the century. There are other prestigious UK games awards (handed out by trade bodies, […]

My most recent contribution to the Maraoke video game karaoke songlist – first performed by Jenn Estaris & backing singers 10/04/2026. A stab at topicality (or as close as we can get with a monthly show), written during the immediate backlash to Nvidia’s reveal of their laughable DLSS 5 genAI ‘slop filter’ technology. “Slop! In […]

My most recent contribution to the Maraoke video game karaoke songlist – first performed by Lupine and myself 13/02/2026. (With special thanks to Lupine for also preparing the accompanying backing video.) Inspired by spending far too long at the end of last year playing Lies of P. As far as I’m aware the first Maraoke […]

Previously: 2018 – 2019 – 2020 – 2021 – 2022 – 2023 – 2024 So only by forgetting can I see the place again as it really is. – David Byrne, True Stories (1986) I played and completed more games in 2025 than in the previous year, although I only played one game that was […]

My most recent contribution to the Maraoke video game karaoke songlist – first performed 12/09/2025. I felt that the songlist was lacking in positive Cyberpunk 2077-themed rewrites. I originally started rewriting Robert Palmer’s ‘Bad Case of Loving You’ (“Viktor Vektor, gimme the news” etc.), but in addition to being a song where everyone remembers precisely […]

My most recent contribution to the Maraoke video game karaoke songlist – first performed (by Ste Curran, James Scott and myself) 02/05/2025. It was supposed to be about boasting about being good at multiplayer FPS games (focusing on the Q3A era) with the posse cut format being used to represent different players joining a server, […]

As of this writing it seems likely that Machinegames (or another studio in Bethesda’s orbit) is making a sequel to/soft reboot of the original Quake. Given the success of the Doom and Wolfenstein revivals (and the earth-salting failure of Rage 2) it’s the obvious next cash cow to milk. While I’m confident that this rumoured […]

Previously: 2018 – 2019 – 2020 – 2021 – 2022 – 2023 I think I actually played enough games this year for me to curate some highlights rather than discussing absolutely everything for once. As usual I’ve skipped a fair proportion of the year’s big releases – I have been holding off on starting Astro […]

My most recent contribution to the Maraoke video game karaoke songlist – first performed 13/12/2024. The previous version of this song from 2017 was removed from the system for a while on the basis that the joke was too obscure (referencing as it does a TV show from almost 30 years ago). This revised version […]

My most recent contribution to the Maraoke video game karaoke songlist – first performed 08/11/2024. It’s pronounced gibs as in “giblets”. The full length version may (eventually) follow. “American McGee” – after “American Pie” (Radio Edit) by Don MacLean A long, long time ago I can still remember, how I’d boot that DOOM.EXE file And […]

One of two songs most recently contributed by me to the Maraoke video game karaoke songlist – first performed 04/10/2024. It’s about interactive fiction (text adventure) games. I think I originally wrote this circa 2020 but it took a long time to get added to the system due to its complexity/obscurity. We’re going to parse, […]

One of two songs most recently contributed by me to the Maraoke video game karaoke songlist – first performed 04/10/2024. “Game Gear Collection” – after “Rainbow Connection” as popularised by Kermit the Frog (Jim Henson) Why are there so many ROMs for the Game Boy When most are in black and white? Game Boy’s a […]

Previously: 2018 – 2019 – 2020 – 2021 – 2022 You know the drill by now. Aside from finally upgrading from a PS4 Pro to a PS5, my playing habits were broadly similar to last year – dipping into the (surprisingly decent) Playstation Plus offerings with minimal interest in new games released this year (with […]

My most recent contribution to the Maraoke video game karaoke songlist – first performed 13/10/2023 by James Scott. Also co-written with James – well, he came up with the joke, I eventually wrote the verses to go with it. “Dwarf Fortress” – after “You’re Gorgeous” by Babybird Remember that laptop you bought me Installed Dwarf […]

My most recent contribution to the Maraoke video game karaoke songlist – first performed 20/05/2023 by Grey. The first Maraoke song about Marvel Snap. Also one of the hardest songs to perform on the system – good luck if you pick it. (It’s tracked to the 2023 ‘Rock’ remix of the song to make it […]