Patrick Garratt
@patlike.bsky.social
➡️ EIC of Knowledge, the Edge videogame industry newsletter
➡️ Cofounder of VG247
➡️ Writer, author
➡️ https://linktr.ee/patlike
➡️ https://patrickgarratt.com/
➡️ Cofounder of VG247
➡️ Writer, author
➡️ https://linktr.ee/patlike
➡️ https://patrickgarratt.com/
We're holding our first live @edgeknowledge.bsky.social event, a discussion panel on surviving the current climate as part of the videogame industry, on November 20 in London. Get full details and sign up for free right here: bit.ly/knowledgelive
November 10, 2025 at 12:48 PM
We're holding our first live @edgeknowledge.bsky.social event, a discussion panel on surviving the current climate as part of the videogame industry, on November 20 in London. Get full details and sign up for free right here: bit.ly/knowledgelive
If you work in games (or have any kind of professional interest in the industry), then don't miss Knowledge's first live panel debate, taking place in London in November 20. I'm hosting and it's completely free. Sign-up takes less than a minute: bit.ly/knowledgelive
November 6, 2025 at 2:10 PM
If you work in games (or have any kind of professional interest in the industry), then don't miss Knowledge's first live panel debate, taking place in London in November 20. I'm hosting and it's completely free. Sign-up takes less than a minute: bit.ly/knowledgelive
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Comic friends: do you know of any European publishers that tend to pick up / translate indie projects?
All suggestions welcome. Thank you folks :)
All suggestions welcome. Thank you folks :)
November 5, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Comic friends: do you know of any European publishers that tend to pick up / translate indie projects?
All suggestions welcome. Thank you folks :)
All suggestions welcome. Thank you folks :)
I'm going to be hosting @edgeknowledge.bsky.social's first live panel discussion in London on November 20, featuring @newjorg.bsky.social, @itshannahflynn.bsky.social, @jumpovertheage.com and Agostino Simonetta. Sign up here (for free): docs.google.com/forms/d/1EQ7...
Knowledge live panel registration
Date: Thursday, November 20, 2025
Time: Arrive 9:30 for refreshments; panel discussion begins at 10:00
Location: The Royal Horseguards Hotel (Whitehall Suite), 2 Whitehall Court, London SW1A 2EJ
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November 5, 2025 at 2:48 PM
I'm going to be hosting @edgeknowledge.bsky.social's first live panel discussion in London on November 20, featuring @newjorg.bsky.social, @itshannahflynn.bsky.social, @jumpovertheage.com and Agostino Simonetta. Sign up here (for free): docs.google.com/forms/d/1EQ7...
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Come and say hello if you’re at Crash Live next weekend. You can even ask me some questions on Sunday morning if you like.
Whether I can still remember anything from working on the ZX Spectrum nearly 40 years ago is another matter.
Whether I can still remember anything from working on the ZX Spectrum nearly 40 years ago is another matter.
Crash Live 2025 is in 10 days! Here's the guest line up for the whole weekend:-
November 5, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Come and say hello if you’re at Crash Live next weekend. You can even ask me some questions on Sunday morning if you like.
Whether I can still remember anything from working on the ZX Spectrum nearly 40 years ago is another matter.
Whether I can still remember anything from working on the ZX Spectrum nearly 40 years ago is another matter.
At DevGAMM in Fuchal in Madeira. A truly awful location for a game conference.
November 3, 2025 at 6:06 AM
At DevGAMM in Fuchal in Madeira. A truly awful location for a game conference.
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Hi, CEO of I Made It Games LLC, here. We're looking for viral indie games with a cool aesthetic that have a proven gameplay loop, narrative hook, the interest of top 1% streamers, and are 80-90% complete. In exchange for 50% of your profits we'll let you put our name on the Publisher field in Steam.
October 27, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Hi, CEO of I Made It Games LLC, here. We're looking for viral indie games with a cool aesthetic that have a proven gameplay loop, narrative hook, the interest of top 1% streamers, and are 80-90% complete. In exchange for 50% of your profits we'll let you put our name on the Publisher field in Steam.
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“Air pollution fell substantially as Paris restricted car traffic and made way for parks, people-streets and bike-lanes.”
Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability and quality of life.
Common sense.
Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.
Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability and quality of life.
Common sense.
Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.
Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change.
Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 28, 2025 at 2:31 AM
“Air pollution fell substantially as Paris restricted car traffic and made way for parks, people-streets and bike-lanes.”
Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability and quality of life.
Common sense.
Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.
Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability and quality of life.
Common sense.
Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.
What I did on me hollybobs.
October 25, 2025 at 9:35 AM
What I did on me hollybobs.
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Emotions are high today. Some of my greatest gaming memories came from Xbox. I’ve loved covering the platform over 20+ years. But I can’t help but feel MS has manipulated their fanbase and quietly ditched their obligations as a platform holder. Xbox fans deserved better, but the graph will go up
October 24, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Emotions are high today. Some of my greatest gaming memories came from Xbox. I’ve loved covering the platform over 20+ years. But I can’t help but feel MS has manipulated their fanbase and quietly ditched their obligations as a platform holder. Xbox fans deserved better, but the graph will go up
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🇩🇿 17 octobre 1961 : quand la République massacrait les Algériens à Paris
Il y a 64 ans, la police parisienne tuait et jetait dans la Seine des centaines d‘Algériens.
Il y a 64 ans, la police parisienne tuait et jetait dans la Seine des centaines d‘Algériens.
17 octobre 1961 : quand la République massacrait les Algériens à Paris
Il y a 64 ans, à quelques mois du cessez-le-feu entre le FLN et l'État colonial français, la police parisienne tuait et jetait dans la Seine des centaines d‘Algériens descendus manifester contre le…
buff.ly
October 17, 2025 at 9:54 AM
🇩🇿 17 octobre 1961 : quand la République massacrait les Algériens à Paris
Il y a 64 ans, la police parisienne tuait et jetait dans la Seine des centaines d‘Algériens.
Il y a 64 ans, la police parisienne tuait et jetait dans la Seine des centaines d‘Algériens.
Loudly, please. Those at the back are a little slow on the uptake.
October 15, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Loudly, please. Those at the back are a little slow on the uptake.
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Next summer @rpgsite.net is twenty, and as we've been planning for various celebratory bits it's been v gratifying going thru the archive. It also makes me feel ancient. It was my 3rd website, so it turning 20 means I'll soon have been at this, hobbyist or pro, for 26 years. Urgg. From age 11!
October 15, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Next summer @rpgsite.net is twenty, and as we've been planning for various celebratory bits it's been v gratifying going thru the archive. It also makes me feel ancient. It was my 3rd website, so it turning 20 means I'll soon have been at this, hobbyist or pro, for 26 years. Urgg. From age 11!
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🎥 À propos de Trump, et des moyens d’utiliser le langage pour faire accepter dans les esprits de la population l’installation d’un régime fasciste ou nazi, je recommande vivement l’émission que j’ai regardée hier sur Mediapart:
October 13, 2025 at 6:10 AM
🎥 À propos de Trump, et des moyens d’utiliser le langage pour faire accepter dans les esprits de la population l’installation d’un régime fasciste ou nazi, je recommande vivement l’émission que j’ai regardée hier sur Mediapart:
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How would your life change if you made $8,241 more per year? Think about the difference it could make for working people living in poverty.
Worker cooperatives distribute thousands in patronage (profit-sharing) to their workers, which is in addition to their wages. It makes a difference.
Worker cooperatives distribute thousands in patronage (profit-sharing) to their workers, which is in addition to their wages. It makes a difference.
October 13, 2025 at 8:57 PM
How would your life change if you made $8,241 more per year? Think about the difference it could make for working people living in poverty.
Worker cooperatives distribute thousands in patronage (profit-sharing) to their workers, which is in addition to their wages. It makes a difference.
Worker cooperatives distribute thousands in patronage (profit-sharing) to their workers, which is in addition to their wages. It makes a difference.
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"One of the most compelling messages from her last interviews is that while we’re the most “intellectual animals” to ever walk the planet, “we’re not intelligent,” said Goodall, who’s an expert in animal behavior. “Because intelligent creatures don’t destroy their only home.”"
RIP Jane Goodall
RIP Jane Goodall
Jane Goodall, one of the most influential environmental figures in human history, has died at 91 while touring the country to deliver an urgent message about nature and human existence.
“We’re destroying the planet,” she said last week during the Forbes Sustainability Leaders Summit in NYC.
“We’re destroying the planet,” she said last week during the Forbes Sustainability Leaders Summit in NYC.
Listen to Jane Goodall’s final — and urgent — message
Her final interviews are essential listening for everyone.
www.vox.com
October 1, 2025 at 9:54 PM
"One of the most compelling messages from her last interviews is that while we’re the most “intellectual animals” to ever walk the planet, “we’re not intelligent,” said Goodall, who’s an expert in animal behavior. “Because intelligent creatures don’t destroy their only home.”"
RIP Jane Goodall
RIP Jane Goodall
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- De mon temps, on emmerdait le Front national.
October 1, 2025 at 7:04 PM
- De mon temps, on emmerdait le Front national.
Lorks.
"Battlefield" maker Electronic Arts inks $55 billion go-private deal with PIF, Silver Lake
Videogame publisher Electronic Arts said on Monday it has agreed to be taken private by a consortium in a $55 billion deal, marking one of the biggest acquisitions in the sector.
www.reuters.com
September 29, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Lorks.
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Emergent genre, "trauma-indie".
September 29, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Emergent genre, "trauma-indie".
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There seems to be some *confusion*
among Reform supporters over Nathan Gill being one of them
“But, but, Reform didn’t exist when he took his Russian bribes”
“But, but he was in UKIP”
“But, but it has nothing to do with Farage, he barely knew the guy”
So here’s a little history lesson 👍🏼🧵
1/14
among Reform supporters over Nathan Gill being one of them
“But, but, Reform didn’t exist when he took his Russian bribes”
“But, but he was in UKIP”
“But, but it has nothing to do with Farage, he barely knew the guy”
So here’s a little history lesson 👍🏼🧵
1/14
September 27, 2025 at 1:43 PM
There seems to be some *confusion*
among Reform supporters over Nathan Gill being one of them
“But, but, Reform didn’t exist when he took his Russian bribes”
“But, but he was in UKIP”
“But, but it has nothing to do with Farage, he barely knew the guy”
So here’s a little history lesson 👍🏼🧵
1/14
among Reform supporters over Nathan Gill being one of them
“But, but, Reform didn’t exist when he took his Russian bribes”
“But, but he was in UKIP”
“But, but it has nothing to do with Farage, he barely knew the guy”
So here’s a little history lesson 👍🏼🧵
1/14
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I'm going to shout about this one.
I'm artist in residence at the University of Chester for the next academic year.
Kiss my face.
I'm artist in residence at the University of Chester for the next academic year.
Kiss my face.
September 25, 2025 at 7:02 AM
I'm going to shout about this one.
I'm artist in residence at the University of Chester for the next academic year.
Kiss my face.
I'm artist in residence at the University of Chester for the next academic year.
Kiss my face.
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Here's a link to my featured translation from the German of Bernd Pickert's provocative commentary on Charlie Kirk's memorial service:
watchingamerica.com/2025/09/24/c...
watchingamerica.com/2025/09/24/c...
Charlie Kirk’s Memorial Service: Propaganda and Kitsch | Watching America
watchingamerica.com
September 25, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Here's a link to my featured translation from the German of Bernd Pickert's provocative commentary on Charlie Kirk's memorial service:
watchingamerica.com/2025/09/24/c...
watchingamerica.com/2025/09/24/c...