Tom Regan
@grapedosmil.bsky.social
Freelance journalist & consultant. BAFTA member. Editor of the NES-ential Celebration book. Words in The Guardian, The Verge, GQ, Metal Hammer, Fandom, Shortlist, NME, Gamesradar, Kotaku, IGN, Inverse, VGC, EDGE, etc http://www.tomreganwrites.com
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Tom Regan
@grapedosmil.bsky.social
· Jul 14
Happy Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4 day to all who celebrate
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‘It fully altered my taste in music’: bands reflect on the awesome power of the Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater soundtracks
The games’ runaway success introduced a whole generation to hopped up US punk and metal. Bands including Less Than Jake, the Ataris and AFI pay tribute to a gaming megastar who loves them back
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The Pro Skater games shaped a generation's music taste, but they were even more transformative for the bands on the soundtracks.
I spoke to Less Than Jake, The Ataris, Drain, AFI, The 900 and Tony Hawk himself about how Pro Skaters' killer soundtracks changed their lives
I spoke to Less Than Jake, The Ataris, Drain, AFI, The 900 and Tony Hawk himself about how Pro Skaters' killer soundtracks changed their lives
It's been a week and I still can't stop thinking about how stunning Nikko is
February 1, 2026 at 2:50 PM
It's been a week and I still can't stop thinking about how stunning Nikko is
PokéPark Kanto swaps roller-coaster thrills for a David Attenborough-esque wander through Pokémon habitats - and it's all the better for it.
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January 27, 2026 at 3:16 PM
PokéPark Kanto swaps roller-coaster thrills for a David Attenborough-esque wander through Pokémon habitats - and it's all the better for it.
www.theguardian.com/games/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/games/2026/j...
In a sentence that would blow tiny Tom's mind, I was the first Englishmen to visit Pokémon's inaugural theme park, PokéPark Kanto.
You can check out my thoughts on the park over on The Guardian very soon...
You can check out my thoughts on the park over on The Guardian very soon...
January 27, 2026 at 9:09 AM
In a sentence that would blow tiny Tom's mind, I was the first Englishmen to visit Pokémon's inaugural theme park, PokéPark Kanto.
You can check out my thoughts on the park over on The Guardian very soon...
You can check out my thoughts on the park over on The Guardian very soon...
After being pretty underwhelmed by last year's Requiem demo, I'm happy to say that this final preview completely won me over.
Its cathartic blend of Leon-driven action and tense Grace-led scares truly delivers the best of both. My thoughts for @gamespot.com
www.gamespot.com/articles/res...
Its cathartic blend of Leon-driven action and tense Grace-led scares truly delivers the best of both. My thoughts for @gamespot.com
www.gamespot.com/articles/res...
Resident Evil Requiem Scares And Makes Puns In Equal Measure
Requiem seems to be combining the best of the franchise's two different tones.
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January 26, 2026 at 4:13 PM
After being pretty underwhelmed by last year's Requiem demo, I'm happy to say that this final preview completely won me over.
Its cathartic blend of Leon-driven action and tense Grace-led scares truly delivers the best of both. My thoughts for @gamespot.com
www.gamespot.com/articles/res...
Its cathartic blend of Leon-driven action and tense Grace-led scares truly delivers the best of both. My thoughts for @gamespot.com
www.gamespot.com/articles/res...
Reposted by Tom Regan
Nostalgia, compulsive card-collecting and peer pressure has kept Guardian games critic @grapedosmil.bsky.social playing Pokémon TCG Pocket every day since launch. Critics week continues here: mobilegamer.biz/critics-week...
Critics week: Tom Regan on how Pokémon TCG Pocket – and peer pressure – lured him back
A mix of nostalgia, compulsive card-collecting and peer pressure has kept Guardian games critic Tom Regan playing daily.
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January 21, 2026 at 10:21 AM
Nostalgia, compulsive card-collecting and peer pressure has kept Guardian games critic @grapedosmil.bsky.social playing Pokémon TCG Pocket every day since launch. Critics week continues here: mobilegamer.biz/critics-week...
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Sharing for those who knew Patrick or anyone else who would like to help out a family that has been struck by tragedy.
Please consider donating.
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Help raise £30000 to Coming Together to Support Our Family in a Time of Crisis or Supporting Our Family Through Loss, ICU Care, and Recovery – JustGiving Crowdfunding
Iʼm raising money to Coming Together to Support Our Family in a Time of Crisis or Supporting Our Family Through Loss, ICU Care, and Recovery. Support this JustGiving Crowdfunding Page.
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January 14, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Sharing for those who knew Patrick or anyone else who would like to help out a family that has been struck by tragedy.
Please consider donating.
www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...
Please consider donating.
www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...
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I was having an extremely bad time last year. I started experiencing excruciating pain in my right arm, pain that lasted for months (it's ongoing now). When Hollow Knight Silksong came out, I didn't know if I'd even be able to play it. On Silksong and suffering: www.theguardian.com/games/2026/j...
Four months and 40 hours later: my epic battle with 2025’s most difficult video game
When Hollow Knight: Silksong came out last summer I was in so much pain that I didn’t know if I’d be able to play it. Could a video game teach me anything new about suffering?
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January 12, 2026 at 11:15 AM
I was having an extremely bad time last year. I started experiencing excruciating pain in my right arm, pain that lasted for months (it's ongoing now). When Hollow Knight Silksong came out, I didn't know if I'd even be able to play it. On Silksong and suffering: www.theguardian.com/games/2026/j...
I saw Twinless the other day & thoroughly enjoyed its legitimate gaming references.
From lengthy jokes about how The Sims works, to characters playing It Takes Two,it looks like we're finally past film scenes where people hold controllers upside down.
All hail the era of millenial screenwriters.
From lengthy jokes about how The Sims works, to characters playing It Takes Two,it looks like we're finally past film scenes where people hold controllers upside down.
All hail the era of millenial screenwriters.
January 12, 2026 at 11:21 AM
I saw Twinless the other day & thoroughly enjoyed its legitimate gaming references.
From lengthy jokes about how The Sims works, to characters playing It Takes Two,it looks like we're finally past film scenes where people hold controllers upside down.
All hail the era of millenial screenwriters.
From lengthy jokes about how The Sims works, to characters playing It Takes Two,it looks like we're finally past film scenes where people hold controllers upside down.
All hail the era of millenial screenwriters.
Yesterday I walked down an alleyway and saw a crow pulling the entrails out of a rat, today I waited at a bus stop where a frozen fox corpse lay next to a bin under a cardboard box.
Taking these as great omens for the year of our lord, 2026 ✨
Taking these as great omens for the year of our lord, 2026 ✨
January 7, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Yesterday I walked down an alleyway and saw a crow pulling the entrails out of a rat, today I waited at a bus stop where a frozen fox corpse lay next to a bin under a cardboard box.
Taking these as great omens for the year of our lord, 2026 ✨
Taking these as great omens for the year of our lord, 2026 ✨
Totally missed this going live as it went up on Christmas day but was happy to gush about two of my favourite games of the year for The Guardian - FF:Tactics and Absolum - alongside a bunch of other great writers.
A really good list of (largely) non AAA bangers
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/d...
A really good list of (largely) non AAA bangers
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/d...
The video games you may have missed in 2025
Date a vending machine, watch intergalactic television and make the most out of your short existence as a fly. Here are the best games you weren’t playing this year
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January 5, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Totally missed this going live as it went up on Christmas day but was happy to gush about two of my favourite games of the year for The Guardian - FF:Tactics and Absolum - alongside a bunch of other great writers.
A really good list of (largely) non AAA bangers
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/d...
A really good list of (largely) non AAA bangers
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/d...
Reposted by Tom Regan
Every imperial power drums up paranoid fears to justify aggression and expansion. If one excuse looks too ridiculous to attempt, another will always be found.
January 4, 2026 at 10:35 AM
Every imperial power drums up paranoid fears to justify aggression and expansion. If one excuse looks too ridiculous to attempt, another will always be found.
Finally caved and joined Letterboxd
January 2, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Finally caved and joined Letterboxd
Shocked to hear about the death of Vince Zampella. We only spoke a couple of months ago and he clearly had big plans for the future.
He was a truly larger than life character, a man who transformed the multiplayer shooter into a pop culture phenomenon.
Rest in power, Vince.
He was a truly larger than life character, a man who transformed the multiplayer shooter into a pop culture phenomenon.
Rest in power, Vince.
"The only reason Call Of Duty exists is because EA are dicks"
For GQ I spoke to FPS pioneer Vince Zampella, who revealed how Spielberg birthed the modern shooter, why now is Battlefield's time and which other famous Hollywood director almost made a COD movie.
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For GQ I spoke to FPS pioneer Vince Zampella, who revealed how Spielberg birthed the modern shooter, why now is Battlefield's time and which other famous Hollywood director almost made a COD movie.
www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/batt...
Battlefield 6 might just save the military shooter
Amid an explosion of noughties nostalgia, Battlefield 6 shows the cinematic first-person shooter still has life in the Fortnite era
www.gq-magazine.co.uk
December 24, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Shocked to hear about the death of Vince Zampella. We only spoke a couple of months ago and he clearly had big plans for the future.
He was a truly larger than life character, a man who transformed the multiplayer shooter into a pop culture phenomenon.
Rest in power, Vince.
He was a truly larger than life character, a man who transformed the multiplayer shooter into a pop culture phenomenon.
Rest in power, Vince.
A few weeks back I flew to L.A to hear Quentin Tarantino and Uma Thurman explain why they recreated Kill Bill's infamous missing scene as a film inside Fortnite.
www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/fort...
www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/fort...
‘Too crazy. Too violent’: How Kill Bill made a bloody mess of Fortnite
Kill Bill has scythed its way into Fortnite ahead of its The Whole Bloody Affair re-release. Quentin Tarantino and Uma Thurman explain how the cinematic collaboration came about…
www.gq-magazine.co.uk
December 5, 2025 at 3:32 PM
A few weeks back I flew to L.A to hear Quentin Tarantino and Uma Thurman explain why they recreated Kill Bill's infamous missing scene as a film inside Fortnite.
www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/fort...
www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/fort...
If this is reasonably priced, I'm all in.
I have a massive Steam library but would much rather play my games on the sofa
Fellow desk haters, REJOICE
I have a massive Steam library but would much rather play my games on the sofa
Fellow desk haters, REJOICE
new Steam Hardware coming in 2026 store.steampowered.com/sale/hardware
-Steam Controller
-Steam Machine
-Steam Frame
-Steam Controller
-Steam Machine
-Steam Frame
November 12, 2025 at 11:00 PM
If this is reasonably priced, I'm all in.
I have a massive Steam library but would much rather play my games on the sofa
Fellow desk haters, REJOICE
I have a massive Steam library but would much rather play my games on the sofa
Fellow desk haters, REJOICE
Finally, some culture in Italy
November 11, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Finally, some culture in Italy
When No Man's Sky launched in 2016, generative tech seemed like the future.
Now, as AI slop floods social media and destabilises democracies, 65daysofstatic returns to No Man's Sky to rescue their soundscapes from the algorithm.
Here's the story behind their second No Man's Sky album, Journeys.
Now, as AI slop floods social media and destabilises democracies, 65daysofstatic returns to No Man's Sky to rescue their soundscapes from the algorithm.
Here's the story behind their second No Man's Sky album, Journeys.
65daysofstatic’s new No Man’s Sky album searches for humanity in an AI-filled world
65daysofstatic’s new No Man’s Sky album searches for humanity in an AI-filled world
A return to the sci-fi universe.
buff.ly
November 10, 2025 at 1:22 PM
When No Man's Sky launched in 2016, generative tech seemed like the future.
Now, as AI slop floods social media and destabilises democracies, 65daysofstatic returns to No Man's Sky to rescue their soundscapes from the algorithm.
Here's the story behind their second No Man's Sky album, Journeys.
Now, as AI slop floods social media and destabilises democracies, 65daysofstatic returns to No Man's Sky to rescue their soundscapes from the algorithm.
Here's the story behind their second No Man's Sky album, Journeys.
... I may have a problem
November 7, 2025 at 12:09 AM
... I may have a problem
Metal Gear in concert was expectedly majestic last night
But the orchestra couldn't compete with this kid being chasedby security for trying to sneak into the Royal Albert Hall under a cardboard box
But the orchestra couldn't compete with this kid being chasedby security for trying to sneak into the Royal Albert Hall under a cardboard box
November 2, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Metal Gear in concert was expectedly majestic last night
But the orchestra couldn't compete with this kid being chasedby security for trying to sneak into the Royal Albert Hall under a cardboard box
But the orchestra couldn't compete with this kid being chasedby security for trying to sneak into the Royal Albert Hall under a cardboard box
As a 34 year old I thought my online shooter days were longgg behind me, but Battfield 6's got me regularly fragging again.
I'm sat in party chats dreaming of new gun unlocks and scope upgrades like it's 2015.
Move over, Boomer Shooter, it's Millennial Militarysim time!
I'm sat in party chats dreaming of new gun unlocks and scope upgrades like it's 2015.
Move over, Boomer Shooter, it's Millennial Militarysim time!
October 28, 2025 at 10:56 AM
As a 34 year old I thought my online shooter days were longgg behind me, but Battfield 6's got me regularly fragging again.
I'm sat in party chats dreaming of new gun unlocks and scope upgrades like it's 2015.
Move over, Boomer Shooter, it's Millennial Militarysim time!
I'm sat in party chats dreaming of new gun unlocks and scope upgrades like it's 2015.
Move over, Boomer Shooter, it's Millennial Militarysim time!
For my @gamespot.com debut, I had the honour of interviewing PlayStation legend Shuhei Yoshida.
From dealing with Nintendo's Sony betrayal, to overcoming the struggles of the PS3 generation, here's how Shuhei Yoshida shaped the way we play.
www.gamespot.com/articles/how...
From dealing with Nintendo's Sony betrayal, to overcoming the struggles of the PS3 generation, here's how Shuhei Yoshida shaped the way we play.
www.gamespot.com/articles/how...
How Shuhei Yoshida Shaped PlayStation And The Way We Play
Covering the early days of PS1 to the struggles of PS3, GameSpot spoke to Yoshida as he reflected on his legacy at PlayStation, from its very inception until now, nearly four decades later
www.gamespot.com
October 28, 2025 at 9:07 AM
For my @gamespot.com debut, I had the honour of interviewing PlayStation legend Shuhei Yoshida.
From dealing with Nintendo's Sony betrayal, to overcoming the struggles of the PS3 generation, here's how Shuhei Yoshida shaped the way we play.
www.gamespot.com/articles/how...
From dealing with Nintendo's Sony betrayal, to overcoming the struggles of the PS3 generation, here's how Shuhei Yoshida shaped the way we play.
www.gamespot.com/articles/how...
Pokémon Legends ZA is shonky as, but it's got a lot of heart.
20 hours in and I'm a big fan of the battle system, the writing and the music, and I'm having a good enough time...
But I still can't help but imagine what ZA could have been if TPC actually gave GameFreak a real budget.
20 hours in and I'm a big fan of the battle system, the writing and the music, and I'm having a good enough time...
But I still can't help but imagine what ZA could have been if TPC actually gave GameFreak a real budget.
October 21, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Pokémon Legends ZA is shonky as, but it's got a lot of heart.
20 hours in and I'm a big fan of the battle system, the writing and the music, and I'm having a good enough time...
But I still can't help but imagine what ZA could have been if TPC actually gave GameFreak a real budget.
20 hours in and I'm a big fan of the battle system, the writing and the music, and I'm having a good enough time...
But I still can't help but imagine what ZA could have been if TPC actually gave GameFreak a real budget.
BAFTA Membership unlocked ✅
I remember first covering the gaming BAFTAs as a baby journalist way back in 2016, so it feels pretty surreal to now be on the voting panel.
Congrats to everyone else who's been approved. Catch you at happy hour for a BEERFTA
I remember first covering the gaming BAFTAs as a baby journalist way back in 2016, so it feels pretty surreal to now be on the voting panel.
Congrats to everyone else who's been approved. Catch you at happy hour for a BEERFTA
October 21, 2025 at 3:57 PM
BAFTA Membership unlocked ✅
I remember first covering the gaming BAFTAs as a baby journalist way back in 2016, so it feels pretty surreal to now be on the voting panel.
Congrats to everyone else who's been approved. Catch you at happy hour for a BEERFTA
I remember first covering the gaming BAFTAs as a baby journalist way back in 2016, so it feels pretty surreal to now be on the voting panel.
Congrats to everyone else who's been approved. Catch you at happy hour for a BEERFTA
I can't stop playing Ball x Pit - send help.
October 15, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I can't stop playing Ball x Pit - send help.
Always nice to see your story generating headlines.
Battlefield boss Vince Zampella has said that Activision's best-selling Call of Duty franchise only exists "because EA were dicks." https://bit.ly/3W0sJr3
October 14, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Always nice to see your story generating headlines.