Aaron Potter
@aaronpotter.bsky.social
Writes + talks about games for @mirror.co.uk | Former freelance writer at EDGE, NME, WIRED and more | Indie game book author | ✉️: aaron.potter@reachplc.com
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Aaron Potter
@aaronpotter.bsky.social
· Aug 20
Well, this is it. After two-and-a-half years of work, conducting interviews, playing so many games, and then writing it all up into something legible.
50 Indie Games That Changed the World by me and @bitmapbooks.com is out NOW!
Order your copy here: t.co/MolyUy9L35
50 Indie Games That Changed the World by me and @bitmapbooks.com is out NOW!
Order your copy here: t.co/MolyUy9L35
Kirby Air Riders is bloody brilliant fun (I'm as shocked as you are).
Here's my review:
Here's my review:
Kirby Air Riders review – a chaotic kart racer that dares to be different
Nintendo Switch 2 gets an appropriately off-kilter kart racer that serves as the anti-Mario Kart, further leaning into its own hectic ideas.
www.mirror.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Kirby Air Riders is bloody brilliant fun (I'm as shocked as you are).
Here's my review:
Here's my review:
Morsels, out today, is fucking awesome - and quite possibly my next roguelite addiction.
November 18, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Morsels, out today, is fucking awesome - and quite possibly my next roguelite addiction.
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First day as a backend engineer at #cloudflare today. Found a minor bug and fixed it using ChatGPT. Let's see where the journey takes me.
November 18, 2025 at 12:20 PM
First day as a backend engineer at #cloudflare today. Found a minor bug and fixed it using ChatGPT. Let's see where the journey takes me.
One of the best pre-titles sequences in games, even to this day!
It is a good life we lead...
16 years ago, we stepped into Renaissance Italy and met Ezio Auditore. A Master Assassin was born.
1 Like = 1 Feather collected for Ezio 🪶🦅 #AssassinsCreed
16 years ago, we stepped into Renaissance Italy and met Ezio Auditore. A Master Assassin was born.
1 Like = 1 Feather collected for Ezio 🪶🦅 #AssassinsCreed
November 18, 2025 at 2:14 PM
One of the best pre-titles sequences in games, even to this day!
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The AI bubble may be about to bust.
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
November 17, 2025 at 6:37 AM
The AI bubble may be about to bust.
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
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The Game Awards GOTY nominees leaked:
- ANTONBLAST
- ANTONBLAST
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November 17, 2025 at 4:22 PM
The Game Awards GOTY nominees leaked:
- ANTONBLAST
- ANTONBLAST
- ANTONBLAST
- ANTONBLAST
- ANTONBLAST
- ANTONBLAST
- ANTONBLAST
- ANTONBLAST
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SpongeBob: Titans of the Tide looks and plays like an extended TV episode. It's just a shame there's not more of it.
My review:
My review:
SpongeBob SquarePants Titans of the Tide review – could’ve been more magical
The latest SpongeBob 3D platformer from developer Purple Lamp looks and plays like an extended TV episode. It's just a shame there's not more of it.
www.mirror.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 4:02 PM
SpongeBob: Titans of the Tide looks and plays like an extended TV episode. It's just a shame there's not more of it.
My review:
My review:
Question: why does the Resident Evil Requiem steelbook cover go so harrrrrddd?
November 17, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Question: why does the Resident Evil Requiem steelbook cover go so harrrrrddd?
My beloved Hitman: Absolution launched on Switch earlier this week.
Replaying it now only reinforces IOI's penchant for a more cinematic take on stealth action, well before 007: First Light.
Replaying it now only reinforces IOI's penchant for a more cinematic take on stealth action, well before 007: First Light.
Hitman Absolution is not your typical Hitman game – and that is why I love it
13 years later from when it first released, the Nintendo Switch version of Hitman: Absolution further proves the kind of cinematic spy storytelling IO Interactive is capable of.
www.mirror.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 10:21 AM
My beloved Hitman: Absolution launched on Switch earlier this week.
Replaying it now only reinforces IOI's penchant for a more cinematic take on stealth action, well before 007: First Light.
Replaying it now only reinforces IOI's penchant for a more cinematic take on stealth action, well before 007: First Light.
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Shout out to Nindyki.pl for their review of our book - 50 Indie Games that Changed the World
Read the review: nindyki.pl/50-indies-th...
Grab a copy of the book: www.bitmapbooks.com/collections/...
#bitmapbooks #books #gaming #retrogaming #booksky @pannindyk.nindyki.pl @aaronpotter.bsky.social
Read the review: nindyki.pl/50-indies-th...
Grab a copy of the book: www.bitmapbooks.com/collections/...
#bitmapbooks #books #gaming #retrogaming #booksky @pannindyk.nindyki.pl @aaronpotter.bsky.social
November 15, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Shout out to Nindyki.pl for their review of our book - 50 Indie Games that Changed the World
Read the review: nindyki.pl/50-indies-th...
Grab a copy of the book: www.bitmapbooks.com/collections/...
#bitmapbooks #books #gaming #retrogaming #booksky @pannindyk.nindyki.pl @aaronpotter.bsky.social
Read the review: nindyki.pl/50-indies-th...
Grab a copy of the book: www.bitmapbooks.com/collections/...
#bitmapbooks #books #gaming #retrogaming #booksky @pannindyk.nindyki.pl @aaronpotter.bsky.social
Forgot to mention but I was in Paris earlier this week, and seeing an almost fully restored Notre Dame was wonderful!
Didn't quite manage a Leap of Faith, though.
Didn't quite manage a Leap of Faith, though.
November 15, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Forgot to mention but I was in Paris earlier this week, and seeing an almost fully restored Notre Dame was wonderful!
Didn't quite manage a Leap of Faith, though.
Didn't quite manage a Leap of Faith, though.
Simpsons Fortnite got me gooooood.
November 14, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Simpsons Fortnite got me gooooood.
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And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:16 AM
And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.
Red Dead Redemption, Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds, Assassin's Creed: Shadows.
Why is every Switch 2 upgrade launching December 2?
Why is every Switch 2 upgrade launching December 2?
November 13, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Red Dead Redemption, Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds, Assassin's Creed: Shadows.
Why is every Switch 2 upgrade launching December 2?
Why is every Switch 2 upgrade launching December 2?
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I'm so tired of study after study that shows clear economic growth and stability for everyone (UBI, 4 day work week, universal healthcare, etc) but because the richest people in the country get rich faster without them, we all just suffer instead.
And this over the top of already obscene wealth...
And this over the top of already obscene wealth...
November 12, 2025 at 8:49 PM
I'm so tired of study after study that shows clear economic growth and stability for everyone (UBI, 4 day work week, universal healthcare, etc) but because the richest people in the country get rich faster without them, we all just suffer instead.
And this over the top of already obscene wealth...
And this over the top of already obscene wealth...
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It’s the final day to back the #NESBOOK, with the Kickstarter ending at 9pm tonight. Love the #NES? Love reading? Love coffee table books?Then you’ll love this.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/nin...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/nin...
November 13, 2025 at 10:05 AM
It’s the final day to back the #NESBOOK, with the Kickstarter ending at 9pm tonight. Love the #NES? Love reading? Love coffee table books?Then you’ll love this.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/nin...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/nin...
As a sucker for good games criticism, how could I possibly resist?
November 13, 2025 at 9:55 AM
As a sucker for good games criticism, how could I possibly resist?
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November 12, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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It's never about protecting the kids, it is about control.
It's never about protecting the kids, it is about control.
It's never about protecting the kids, it is about control.
It's never about protecting the kids, it is about control.
Contact your MP and push back on shit like this while we can.
It's never about protecting the kids, it is about control.
It's never about protecting the kids, it is about control.
It's never about protecting the kids, it is about control.
Contact your MP and push back on shit like this while we can.
The British government admits it is now monitoring VPNs use by UK residents. Regulator Ofcom has contracted with an AI-powered surveillance service to detect the number of citizens using VPNs to evade the Online Safety Act.
The UK tech minister has said a VPN ban is on the table.
The UK tech minister has said a VPN ban is on the table.
Exclusive: Ofcom is monitoring VPNs following Online Safety Act. Here's how
Ignoring VPNs risks creating ineffective laws, but tracking them threatens people's privacy
www.techradar.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:34 AM
It's never about protecting the kids, it is about control.
It's never about protecting the kids, it is about control.
It's never about protecting the kids, it is about control.
It's never about protecting the kids, it is about control.
Contact your MP and push back on shit like this while we can.
It's never about protecting the kids, it is about control.
It's never about protecting the kids, it is about control.
It's never about protecting the kids, it is about control.
Contact your MP and push back on shit like this while we can.
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In 2006 a high school English teacher asked students to write to a famous author & ask for advice.
KURT VONNEGUT - born 103yrs ago today - was the only one to respond.
His reply was a doozy.
KURT VONNEGUT - born 103yrs ago today - was the only one to respond.
His reply was a doozy.
November 11, 2025 at 10:39 AM
In 2006 a high school English teacher asked students to write to a famous author & ask for advice.
KURT VONNEGUT - born 103yrs ago today - was the only one to respond.
His reply was a doozy.
KURT VONNEGUT - born 103yrs ago today - was the only one to respond.
His reply was a doozy.
While perhaps not as revolutionary as Tetris Effect before it, Lumines Arise is still an exquisitely made puzzler.
My review:
My review:
Lumines Arise review – synth-infused explosion of block-dropping and good vibes
Developer Enhance follows up its stellar work on Tetris Effect with yet another psychedelic puzzler that’s part visual concept album and part moreish block dropper.
www.mirror.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 2:10 PM
While perhaps not as revolutionary as Tetris Effect before it, Lumines Arise is still an exquisitely made puzzler.
My review:
My review:
In the good timeline, we'd be on the second sequel of this series by now.
Immortals Fenyx Rising will be free on Ubisoft Connect (PC) starting November 13th, to celebrate Ubisoft Connect's 5th anniversary news.ubisoft.com/en-us/articl...
November 11, 2025 at 4:07 AM
In the good timeline, we'd be on the second sequel of this series by now.
Easily the best of the modern trilogy. 10 years? My god, what a banger.
I'd die for Jonah, too.
I'd die for Jonah, too.
Ten years ago, Lara Croft set out into the Siberian wilderness to embark on a Tomb Raiding expedition in Rise of the Tomb Raider. 🏔️
Celebrate the 10th anniversary. Play TODAY: tombraider.com/products/games/rise-of-the-tomb-raider-20-year-celebration
#TombRaider
Celebrate the 10th anniversary. Play TODAY: tombraider.com/products/games/rise-of-the-tomb-raider-20-year-celebration
#TombRaider
November 10, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Easily the best of the modern trilogy. 10 years? My god, what a banger.
I'd die for Jonah, too.
I'd die for Jonah, too.
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sort of incredible to read a review that doesn't just made a vague nod at AI being bad, but actively reckons with the ways in which falling obsessively to AI usage actively obliterates the artistic intent and integrity of the work you've made.
November 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
sort of incredible to read a review that doesn't just made a vague nod at AI being bad, but actively reckons with the ways in which falling obsessively to AI usage actively obliterates the artistic intent and integrity of the work you've made.