Lewis Gordon
@lewisgordon.bsky.social
Culture on computers, mostly | ✍ The Verge, FT, The Ringer, The Nation, ArtReview, The Guardian, Vulture | ✉️ lewisjohngordon~at~gmail~dot~com | he/him
I'm hosting this event in Glasgow! Introducing the inimitable Keza and asking questions that should shed a little light on her deep dive into the history of Nintendo. Follow the link below for tickets.
February 10, 2026 at 2:01 PM
I'm hosting this event in Glasgow! Introducing the inimitable Keza and asking questions that should shed a little light on her deep dive into the history of Nintendo. Follow the link below for tickets.
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The mood music around Remedy at Alan Wake 2's release was celebratory. That's starting to feel like a distant memory.
www.theringer.com/2023/10/27/v...
www.theringer.com/2023/10/27/v...
February 10, 2026 at 12:01 PM
The mood music around Remedy at Alan Wake 2's release was celebratory. That's starting to feel like a distant memory.
www.theringer.com/2023/10/27/v...
www.theringer.com/2023/10/27/v...
I got big slow cinema vibes off both Cairn and Baby Steps. There's often very little happening on screen: just a body labouring through the environment. Slowness — and the demands this pacing inherently makes on your attention — feels part of their challenge.
www.eurogamer.net/difficulty-c...
www.eurogamer.net/difficulty-c...
February 9, 2026 at 2:59 PM
I got big slow cinema vibes off both Cairn and Baby Steps. There's often very little happening on screen: just a body labouring through the environment. Slowness — and the demands this pacing inherently makes on your attention — feels part of their challenge.
www.eurogamer.net/difficulty-c...
www.eurogamer.net/difficulty-c...
I found Cairn and Baby Steps to be revelations. Masocore without the punishing boss encounters or pinpoint platforming. For @eurogamer.bsky.social, I wrote about a kinder, gentler breed of difficult games.
www.eurogamer.net/difficulty-c...
www.eurogamer.net/difficulty-c...
Difficulty done differently: Cairn and Baby Steps deliver kinder, more generous masocore
Difficulty might always be the topic of the day in video games. Cairn and Baby Steps feel like the latest in a growing alternative approach.
www.eurogamer.net
February 9, 2026 at 1:16 PM
I found Cairn and Baby Steps to be revelations. Masocore without the punishing boss encounters or pinpoint platforming. For @eurogamer.bsky.social, I wrote about a kinder, gentler breed of difficult games.
www.eurogamer.net/difficulty-c...
www.eurogamer.net/difficulty-c...
Currently enjoying Helm by Sarah Hall a great deal -- big shades of George R. Stewart's Storm and Myers' Cuddy; before that, The Buffalo Hunter Hunter (delightfully grisly, innovative indigenous american vampire story).
February 9, 2026 at 10:34 AM
Currently enjoying Helm by Sarah Hall a great deal -- big shades of George R. Stewart's Storm and Myers' Cuddy; before that, The Buffalo Hunter Hunter (delightfully grisly, innovative indigenous american vampire story).
imagining Hamnet with this as its score rather than Mr. Richter laying it on thick. adds another star, easy
It's Bandcamp Friday! Here's my rec: a collection of works by Renaissance composer Nicolas Gombert performed by the inimitable Apartment House.
It's some of the most exquisitely elegant, achingly sad music I've ever heard. 10/10, no notes.
anothertimbre.bandcamp.com/album/g-o-m-...
It's some of the most exquisitely elegant, achingly sad music I've ever heard. 10/10, no notes.
anothertimbre.bandcamp.com/album/g-o-m-...
G O M B E R T, by Nicolas Gombert & James Weeks
14 track album
anothertimbre.bandcamp.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:42 PM
imagining Hamnet with this as its score rather than Mr. Richter laying it on thick. adds another star, easy
It's Bandcamp Friday! Here's my rec: a collection of works by Renaissance composer Nicolas Gombert performed by the inimitable Apartment House.
It's some of the most exquisitely elegant, achingly sad music I've ever heard. 10/10, no notes.
anothertimbre.bandcamp.com/album/g-o-m-...
It's some of the most exquisitely elegant, achingly sad music I've ever heard. 10/10, no notes.
anothertimbre.bandcamp.com/album/g-o-m-...
G O M B E R T, by Nicolas Gombert & James Weeks
14 track album
anothertimbre.bandcamp.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:34 PM
It's Bandcamp Friday! Here's my rec: a collection of works by Renaissance composer Nicolas Gombert performed by the inimitable Apartment House.
It's some of the most exquisitely elegant, achingly sad music I've ever heard. 10/10, no notes.
anothertimbre.bandcamp.com/album/g-o-m-...
It's some of the most exquisitely elegant, achingly sad music I've ever heard. 10/10, no notes.
anothertimbre.bandcamp.com/album/g-o-m-...
Looks fabulous michel!
February 5, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Looks fabulous michel!
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kinda knocked it out the park with this (dated) design document for game 2
February 5, 2026 at 10:56 AM
kinda knocked it out the park with this (dated) design document for game 2
I'm getting lost Windham Hill ambient classic -- gauzy trumpet, delicate guitar strums, piano echoes. nice stuff.
nintendo direct music giving disco elysium rn
February 5, 2026 at 2:00 PM
I'm getting lost Windham Hill ambient classic -- gauzy trumpet, delicate guitar strums, piano echoes. nice stuff.
among everything else, how do i live in an era when the written word is becoming passé? just colossally grim
the Post news is gutting for many reasons, but I can’t help focusing on the books section—how great it was, and how essential. So many worthy books barely get reviewed. I’ve had authors reach out to thank me because mine was the only post-pub coverage they got. Just awful for readers & for writers.
February 4, 2026 at 8:31 PM
among everything else, how do i live in an era when the written word is becoming passé? just colossally grim
that Future verse is an all-timer for me
February 4, 2026 at 4:26 PM
that Future verse is an all-timer for me
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always bears repeating that this is NOT a financial decision. jeff bezos is worth over 250 billion dollars. he can afford to lose many millions and never even notice it. this is, at its core, a political and personal decision by bezos to destroy the post
WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington Post says one-third of its staff across all departments, not just the newsroom, is being laid off.
February 4, 2026 at 3:04 PM
always bears repeating that this is NOT a financial decision. jeff bezos is worth over 250 billion dollars. he can afford to lose many millions and never even notice it. this is, at its core, a political and personal decision by bezos to destroy the post
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I’m sure someone else has said this better but it is insane how close the experience of reporting on the Epstein files is to playing a database mystery Her Story or The Roottrees Are Dead
February 4, 2026 at 9:25 AM
I’m sure someone else has said this better but it is insane how close the experience of reporting on the Epstein files is to playing a database mystery Her Story or The Roottrees Are Dead
literally just filed a piece extremely relevant to this post
February 4, 2026 at 11:25 AM
literally just filed a piece extremely relevant to this post
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not for nothing: this is the whole point of journalistic organizations. they exist to hold their members accountable. if you get something wrong they publish a correction; you get something wrong on purpose you get fired. it’s about trust. random ppl with a mic don’t have that. don’t just trust them
I think it’s really important when you get something wrong that you fix it. We are in an age of parasocial journalism where everyone is talking into tiny microphones. People have their faves and they trust what those faves say. If you get something wrong, fix it. It makes you more credible.
February 2, 2026 at 11:41 AM
not for nothing: this is the whole point of journalistic organizations. they exist to hold their members accountable. if you get something wrong they publish a correction; you get something wrong on purpose you get fired. it’s about trust. random ppl with a mic don’t have that. don’t just trust them
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Hey - if you're a game developer who for some reason happens to have access to Google's Project Genie, we would really love to hear your thoughts.
If you're a gamedev who doesn't have access but has strong thoughts to share regardless, please also feel free to get in touch. Email or DM me!
If you're a gamedev who doesn't have access but has strong thoughts to share regardless, please also feel free to get in touch. Email or DM me!
Google has released Project Genie, an AI tool that generates characters and explorable environments.
Videos of Genie outputs using licensed characters have since been subject to takedowns. Stock prices for some game companies have also dropped, though one analyst said the reaction was "overblown."
Videos of Genie outputs using licensed characters have since been subject to takedowns. Stock prices for some game companies have also dropped, though one analyst said the reaction was "overblown."
Google's 'Project Genie' World Generator Sparks Copyright and Investment Concerns
Project Genie is an "experimental research prototype" that lets users generate characters and explore worlds to move around.
thisweekinvideogames.com
February 2, 2026 at 1:50 AM
Hey - if you're a game developer who for some reason happens to have access to Google's Project Genie, we would really love to hear your thoughts.
If you're a gamedev who doesn't have access but has strong thoughts to share regardless, please also feel free to get in touch. Email or DM me!
If you're a gamedev who doesn't have access but has strong thoughts to share regardless, please also feel free to get in touch. Email or DM me!
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another instance of self-inflicted wounds from cultural boards more interested in preserving their own status than in the communities they're supposed to serve. many such cases!
January 30, 2026 at 3:12 PM
another instance of self-inflicted wounds from cultural boards more interested in preserving their own status than in the communities they're supposed to serve. many such cases!
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a disgrace, plain and simple
The CCA goes bust, entering liquidation
All staff are being made redundant and operations are ceasing with “immediate effect”
www.glasgowbell.co.uk
January 30, 2026 at 3:10 PM
a disgrace, plain and simple
christ. regardless of financial mismanagement over the years and the trainwreck handling of the BDS demands more recently, this is a catastrophic blow to the Glasgow art scene and Scotland's more broadly. miserable news
🚨 BREAKING: The CCA is "No longer able to continue operating and is entering liquidation."
Tomorrow we're publishing the inside story of how it all went wrong for the arts organisation - read our first report and sign up below 👇
www.glasgowbell.co.uk/cca-liquidat...
Tomorrow we're publishing the inside story of how it all went wrong for the arts organisation - read our first report and sign up below 👇
www.glasgowbell.co.uk/cca-liquidat...
The CCA goes bust, entering liquidation
All staff are being made redundant and operations are ceasing with “immediate effect”
www.glasgowbell.co.uk
January 30, 2026 at 2:52 PM
christ. regardless of financial mismanagement over the years and the trainwreck handling of the BDS demands more recently, this is a catastrophic blow to the Glasgow art scene and Scotland's more broadly. miserable news
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Absolutely. There's so much pressure to not write criticism about games that embraces one's subjectivity & personal taste, especially when one's view skews negative. Tevis Thompson wrote an essential piece on this 12 years ago that's as relevant today as it was then tevisthompson.com/indie-critic...
January 29, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Absolutely. There's so much pressure to not write criticism about games that embraces one's subjectivity & personal taste, especially when one's view skews negative. Tevis Thompson wrote an essential piece on this 12 years ago that's as relevant today as it was then tevisthompson.com/indie-critic...
There is one highly unnerving GIF in this Kickstarter that has sold me on Abide: an immaculately uncanny therapy room populated with @king-spooner.bsky.social's creepy doll people.
I'd pledge if I didn't hope to cover it journalistically.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/637...
I'd pledge if I didn't hope to cover it journalistically.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/637...
ABIDE
A stop motion horror game from the makers of Judero and Mashina.
www.kickstarter.com
January 30, 2026 at 11:18 AM
There is one highly unnerving GIF in this Kickstarter that has sold me on Abide: an immaculately uncanny therapy room populated with @king-spooner.bsky.social's creepy doll people.
I'd pledge if I didn't hope to cover it journalistically.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/637...
I'd pledge if I didn't hope to cover it journalistically.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/637...