Mike Diver
@mikediver.bsky.social
Mostly works in marketing. Mostly.
Author of gaming books inc. From Coin-Ops to Table-Tops, The Console, Indie Games, Retro Gaming. Aliens: The Video Games out August 2026.
Ex-music industry
Ex-games media and PR
#saintsfc
Author of gaming books inc. From Coin-Ops to Table-Tops, The Console, Indie Games, Retro Gaming. Aliens: The Video Games out August 2026.
Ex-music industry
Ex-games media and PR
#saintsfc
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Mike Diver
@mikediver.bsky.social
· Jan 6
The story of every official Alien series game.
Chapters on every Alien vs Predator game.
Details on fan games, unlicensed and cancelled games.
20+ new and exclusive interviews conducted with developers from the 1980s to the 2020s.
Concept art, renders, promo art and drawings.
30th August 2026.
Chapters on every Alien vs Predator game.
Details on fan games, unlicensed and cancelled games.
20+ new and exclusive interviews conducted with developers from the 1980s to the 2020s.
Concept art, renders, promo art and drawings.
30th August 2026.
In the excitement of seeing #saintsfc mount a winning second-half comeback last night, I missed that Eastleigh managed the same, albeit a goal less, away to Solihull. What a night for the SO postcode havers.
February 11, 2026 at 9:26 AM
In the excitement of seeing #saintsfc mount a winning second-half comeback last night, I missed that Eastleigh managed the same, albeit a goal less, away to Solihull. What a night for the SO postcode havers.
7.8 is a Perfect Suda Game tho.
February 11, 2026 at 7:15 AM
7.8 is a Perfect Suda Game tho.
Leicester 3 - 4 Southampton Extended Highlights
February 11, 2026 at 7:15 AM
Leicester 3 - 4 Southampton Extended Highlights
Age verification?
I used to spend these.
I used to spend these.
February 10, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Age verification?
I used to spend these.
I used to spend these.
Football is ridiculous.
February 10, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Football is ridiculous.
Reposted by Mike Diver
If your review average is a 7 because everybody gave you a 7, that's one thing. If your average is a 7 because it's half 10s and half 4s, that is how you know it's The Good Stuff
ROMEO IS A DEAD MAN | Reviews
9 - PSU
9 - CGM
9 - Console Creatures
8 - VGC
8 - Slant
8 - Gameliner
8 - TechRadar
8 - Noisy Pixel
8 - GameReactor
7 - IGN
7 - TheSixthAxis
6.5 - GamingTrend
6 - PSX Brasil
6 - WellPlayed
6 - Push Square
5.5 - ZTGD
5 - Gamespot
4 - MonsterVine
MC: 74
OC: 71
9 - PSU
9 - CGM
9 - Console Creatures
8 - VGC
8 - Slant
8 - Gameliner
8 - TechRadar
8 - Noisy Pixel
8 - GameReactor
7 - IGN
7 - TheSixthAxis
6.5 - GamingTrend
6 - PSX Brasil
6 - WellPlayed
6 - Push Square
5.5 - ZTGD
5 - Gamespot
4 - MonsterVine
MC: 74
OC: 71
February 10, 2026 at 9:27 PM
If your review average is a 7 because everybody gave you a 7, that's one thing. If your average is a 7 because it's half 10s and half 4s, that is how you know it's The Good Stuff
Physically buzzing to play this.
Is it Romeo Is a Dead Man day already?
Romeo is a Dead Man - Launch Trailer | PS5 Games
YouTube video by PlayStation
youtu.be
February 10, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Physically buzzing to play this.
Also the first New Order I bought.
February 10, 2026 at 8:39 AM
Also the first New Order I bought.
Too-regularly forget that I had a whole other career before games.
February 10, 2026 at 8:11 AM
Too-regularly forget that I had a whole other career before games.
(Should add: 6 Music just played it.)
February 10, 2026 at 8:08 AM
(Should add: 6 Music just played it.)
Hearing Foals' 'Cassius' really does snap me back to a place and time. The place being my office, the time being when that band was in town seeing various interested record labels. Saw that band a lot early doors. Happy it worked out for them - and how I wish my body still felt like it did at 27.
February 10, 2026 at 8:08 AM
Hearing Foals' 'Cassius' really does snap me back to a place and time. The place being my office, the time being when that band was in town seeing various interested record labels. Saw that band a lot early doors. Happy it worked out for them - and how I wish my body still felt like it did at 27.
Tfw yr dad is in the YT comments.
February 10, 2026 at 7:40 AM
Tfw yr dad is in the YT comments.
Wrote an 'ultimate guide' to the game for Retro Gamer a couple of years ago. But even with that, the lock-on piece, a Vice video and so many more pieces behind me, I always think of new things to write about Snatcher. A book! One day.
youtu.be/002T9eKIZps?...
youtu.be/002T9eKIZps?...
February 10, 2026 at 7:37 AM
Wrote an 'ultimate guide' to the game for Retro Gamer a couple of years ago. But even with that, the lock-on piece, a Vice video and so many more pieces behind me, I always think of new things to write about Snatcher. A book! One day.
youtu.be/002T9eKIZps?...
youtu.be/002T9eKIZps?...
Anyway. Play it. It's weird and janky and you'll go around in circles sometimes until you knock the same door four times and now something happens. It casts you as a deeply flawed jerk and he undertakes his mission in a deeply flawed manner. It's funny and warm and gross. It feels like nothing else.
February 10, 2026 at 7:28 AM
Anyway. Play it. It's weird and janky and you'll go around in circles sometimes until you knock the same door four times and now something happens. It casts you as a deeply flawed jerk and he undertakes his mission in a deeply flawed manner. It's funny and warm and gross. It feels like nothing else.
Iirc the brother of a classmate wanted 35 quid for it. I passed - that was a lot for me, for a game, in the mid-90s. I own a few copies of it now, across various platforms, but not an original, legit Mega-CD one. Thankfully, life finds a way, cos I may love the game but I'll never pay these prices.
February 10, 2026 at 7:23 AM
Iirc the brother of a classmate wanted 35 quid for it. I passed - that was a lot for me, for a game, in the mid-90s. I own a few copies of it now, across various platforms, but not an original, legit Mega-CD one. Thankfully, life finds a way, cos I may love the game but I'll never pay these prices.
Snatcher has many problems. But it's completely fascinating. One of those games that, from the first time I saw screens in Sega Power, I was: yes, this is my game. Didn't have a Mega-CD at the time, quickly acquired one and borrowed a copy of the game a few times before declining to buy it. Uh.
February 10, 2026 at 7:20 AM
Snatcher has many problems. But it's completely fascinating. One of those games that, from the first time I saw screens in Sega Power, I was: yes, this is my game. Didn't have a Mega-CD at the time, quickly acquired one and borrowed a copy of the game a few times before declining to buy it. Uh.
The game. A while back I wrote a lot of words about its setting for a future issue of lock-on so, maybe, that'll come out in, like, 2028? In time for the game's 40th anniversary.
Also, someone should let me write the book on this one. For the audience of eight folks who'd buy it. Go on.
Also, someone should let me write the book on this one. For the audience of eight folks who'd buy it. Go on.
snatcher, magazine screenshot (1993) archive.org/details/Msx-...
February 10, 2026 at 7:09 AM
The game. A while back I wrote a lot of words about its setting for a future issue of lock-on so, maybe, that'll come out in, like, 2028? In time for the game's 40th anniversary.
Also, someone should let me write the book on this one. For the audience of eight folks who'd buy it. Go on.
Also, someone should let me write the book on this one. For the audience of eight folks who'd buy it. Go on.
Reposted by Mike Diver
dracula the undead, intro sequence, lynx (1992) www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6tp...
December 20, 2024 at 12:32 PM
dracula the undead, intro sequence, lynx (1992) www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6tp...
Ty for reminding me this has started.
February 10, 2026 at 7:01 AM
Ty for reminding me this has started.
Reposted by Mike Diver
print ad, imagery (1999) archive.org/details/Comp...
May 10, 2025 at 5:42 AM
print ad, imagery (1999) archive.org/details/Comp...
Yeah there was (is) a red cassette player Transformer, called Blaster. Like Soundwave, the original toy mould has been reissued several times, see attached for the latest one.
February 9, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Yeah there was (is) a red cassette player Transformer, called Blaster. Like Soundwave, the original toy mould has been reissued several times, see attached for the latest one.