Michael French
@michaelfrench.bsky.social
London Games Festival. Successfully not in any starter packs
What I'm seeing overnight out of Birmingham is plenty of food for thought, but... 😶
November 13, 2025 at 9:33 AM
What I'm seeing overnight out of Birmingham is plenty of food for thought, but... 😶
GTA6 delayed cleanly OUT of the GCSE exam period. Thank you, Rockstar Games!
November 6, 2025 at 9:20 PM
GTA6 delayed cleanly OUT of the GCSE exam period. Thank you, Rockstar Games!
OH GOD IT'S HIDEOUS
*immediately preorders*
*immediately preorders*
November 2, 2025 at 5:58 PM
OH GOD IT'S HIDEOUS
*immediately preorders*
*immediately preorders*
Aged a million years and expired when my son decided to show me - *ME* someone with an import copy of Guitar Hero PS2 (2005) and the full Rock Band instrument set in the loft - the Fortnite Festival game mode as if I’d ever seen this type of game before.
October 28, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Aged a million years and expired when my son decided to show me - *ME* someone with an import copy of Guitar Hero PS2 (2005) and the full Rock Band instrument set in the loft - the Fortnite Festival game mode as if I’d ever seen this type of game before.
GDC just unveiled a 'Game Changers' ticket that costs $2.5k 😶
The games industry naming literally anything - books, podcasts, talent programmes - these last few years
October 23, 2025 at 4:54 PM
GDC just unveiled a 'Game Changers' ticket that costs $2.5k 😶
oh piss right off
October 20, 2025 at 8:48 PM
oh piss right off
The games industry naming literally anything - books, podcasts, talent programmes - these last few years
October 6, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The games industry naming literally anything - books, podcasts, talent programmes - these last few years
25+ years ago Electronic Arts was rich enough to pay Norman Foster's agency to design its Euro HQ building in UK countryside. It was shaped like an 'E'! Today, it's taking on $20bn in debt in a sale to private equity. Back then, EA was in the game. Now, EA is in the small print.
September 29, 2025 at 2:47 PM
25+ years ago Electronic Arts was rich enough to pay Norman Foster's agency to design its Euro HQ building in UK countryside. It was shaped like an 'E'! Today, it's taking on $20bn in debt in a sale to private equity. Back then, EA was in the game. Now, EA is in the small print.
Hope the clothing sizes are, er, Western-friendly. 😶 I bought a lovely XL Zelda button-down shirt in Tokyo, but caused a diplomatic incident when I returned it after realising the cm measurement. I don't think anyone had the gall to ask Nintendo Store for a refund until then...
September 25, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Hope the clothing sizes are, er, Western-friendly. 😶 I bought a lovely XL Zelda button-down shirt in Tokyo, but caused a diplomatic incident when I returned it after realising the cm measurement. I don't think anyone had the gall to ask Nintendo Store for a refund until then...
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🌟 SAVE THE DATE🌟
London Games Festival returns Monday 13 - Sunday 19 April 2026
Applications NOW OPEN
🕹️Official Selection submissions
💸Games Finance Market submissions
🎉Ensemble nominations
🏙️Side Events
👉 Apply here: festival.games.london
#LGF26
London Games Festival returns Monday 13 - Sunday 19 April 2026
Applications NOW OPEN
🕹️Official Selection submissions
💸Games Finance Market submissions
🎉Ensemble nominations
🏙️Side Events
👉 Apply here: festival.games.london
#LGF26
September 23, 2025 at 11:57 AM
🌟 SAVE THE DATE🌟
London Games Festival returns Monday 13 - Sunday 19 April 2026
Applications NOW OPEN
🕹️Official Selection submissions
💸Games Finance Market submissions
🎉Ensemble nominations
🏙️Side Events
👉 Apply here: festival.games.london
#LGF26
London Games Festival returns Monday 13 - Sunday 19 April 2026
Applications NOW OPEN
🕹️Official Selection submissions
💸Games Finance Market submissions
🎉Ensemble nominations
🏙️Side Events
👉 Apply here: festival.games.london
#LGF26
👀 *he says as his team prepare to announce festival dates later today*
September 23, 2025 at 10:47 AM
👀 *he says as his team prepare to announce festival dates later today*
GDC finds itself in a ‘horse has bolted’ situation. Increasingly unpopular host city in a country on no one’s bucket list and an audience that doesn’t necessarily pay for an official ticket. But it’s a high-quality audience nonetheless. A repositioning was needed.
September 23, 2025 at 10:46 AM
GDC finds itself in a ‘horse has bolted’ situation. Increasingly unpopular host city in a country on no one’s bucket list and an audience that doesn’t necessarily pay for an official ticket. But it’s a high-quality audience nonetheless. A repositioning was needed.
I often think this company will take any position contrary to reason - 'let's sue our fans', 'no we are a toy company', 'games aren't art!' - on the path to profit.
September 23, 2025 at 9:46 AM
I often think this company will take any position contrary to reason - 'let's sue our fans', 'no we are a toy company', 'games aren't art!' - on the path to profit.
Coming up to ten years in the job end of this week. It’s only in the last few days I realise could have got a lot more done more quickly if I’d just looked a few more people in the eye and said “Are you fucking thick?”
September 17, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Coming up to ten years in the job end of this week. It’s only in the last few days I realise could have got a lot more done more quickly if I’d just looked a few more people in the eye and said “Are you fucking thick?”
Trains delayed. Standing room only. But I’m watching over the shoulder of a man, someone at least 10 years older than me, with his laptop open… getting ready to publish his very first game to Roblox.
September 16, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Trains delayed. Standing room only. But I’m watching over the shoulder of a man, someone at least 10 years older than me, with his laptop open… getting ready to publish his very first game to Roblox.
Who is it that's responsible for this diabolical trend of roll-top backpacks? Wondering if we can use cancel culture for good for once and get them for crimes against fashion.
September 16, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Who is it that's responsible for this diabolical trend of roll-top backpacks? Wondering if we can use cancel culture for good for once and get them for crimes against fashion.
Forcing myself through the embarrassing fantasy dross that Strange New Worlds' finale has become, only to be deeply, deeply amused by the implication that this IKEA kids play kitchen will still be in production in 230 years time.
September 13, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Forcing myself through the embarrassing fantasy dross that Strange New Worlds' finale has become, only to be deeply, deeply amused by the implication that this IKEA kids play kitchen will still be in production in 230 years time.
Cait Sith. Is there a more insufferable video game character? Bought a PS5 Slim recently to get FFVII Rebirth finished. He's got cliche, irritating dialogue + voice, and then you're forced to play as him with some of the clumsiest controls and design.
September 7, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Cait Sith. Is there a more insufferable video game character? Bought a PS5 Slim recently to get FFVII Rebirth finished. He's got cliche, irritating dialogue + voice, and then you're forced to play as him with some of the clumsiest controls and design.
Who on earth is 'Beavis and Butthead in Fortnite' for?
September 6, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Who on earth is 'Beavis and Butthead in Fortnite' for?
wtf be with you
September 4, 2025 at 6:13 PM
wtf be with you
I was lucky enough to get a ticket to the Nintendo Museum when visiting Japan in July - and today's addition of an 'art gallery' reminds me what a peculiar place it was. I am still unsure if I adored or despised the place.
September 3, 2025 at 9:01 AM
I was lucky enough to get a ticket to the Nintendo Museum when visiting Japan in July - and today's addition of an 'art gallery' reminds me what a peculiar place it was. I am still unsure if I adored or despised the place.
GDC is on mission to maintain relevance amongst an audience who - according to its State of Industry survey - shows some antipathy to genAI. But it is posting tweets... written by AI.
(If the em dash wasn't a big enough clue then 'Elysia' is a bit of a giveaway!)
(If the em dash wasn't a big enough clue then 'Elysia' is a bit of a giveaway!)
September 2, 2025 at 3:09 PM
GDC is on mission to maintain relevance amongst an audience who - according to its State of Industry survey - shows some antipathy to genAI. But it is posting tweets... written by AI.
(If the em dash wasn't a big enough clue then 'Elysia' is a bit of a giveaway!)
(If the em dash wasn't a big enough clue then 'Elysia' is a bit of a giveaway!)
No one sets out to make a bad movie, so they say. But I've just just watched The Thursday Murder Club and wonder if some people really DO set out to make a bad movie sometimes.
August 31, 2025 at 11:04 PM
No one sets out to make a bad movie, so they say. But I've just just watched The Thursday Murder Club and wonder if some people really DO set out to make a bad movie sometimes.
Watching Star Trek has become a form of self-torture at this point. Strange New Worlds has veered so off course, stunt episode after stunt episode trying to subvert a formula and characters it's spent no time building to start with.
August 29, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Watching Star Trek has become a form of self-torture at this point. Strange New Worlds has veered so off course, stunt episode after stunt episode trying to subvert a formula and characters it's spent no time building to start with.
Horrendous, but the rumour is it opens up and has a fun thing inside. But it better not have that Genesis logo on the non-US box! (The one on the controller is an optional sticker) 🤮
August 23, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Horrendous, but the rumour is it opens up and has a fun thing inside. But it better not have that Genesis logo on the non-US box! (The one on the controller is an optional sticker) 🤮