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Alex Olney
@alexolney.co.uk
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Senior male video hostess for Nintendo Life.
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Since getting a Switch 2
A still from The Simpsons wherein Kearny and his son are sat on a school bus, but Kearny has been replaced with an image of me, and the son has been replaced with a photo of my Switch OLED. The Switch OLED declares 'I sleep in a drawer'.
November 13, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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Hurk
a still from a recent official Nintendo video showing Pokopia as an example of a Switch 2 Game Key-Card.
November 11, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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Join me and @felixsandwichez.com or else.
November 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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I'm not saying I want this, and I'm not saying I believe this will be the case...

But I think it would be very funny if GTA 6 was just 'alright'.

Not good, not bad, just 'alright'.
GTA 6 key art
November 7, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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I thought it would be higher.
A screenshot showing the play activity for Pikmin Short Movies HD for the Wii U. The total play time is listed as '1hr or more'.
November 5, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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I love Reside▯▮2vil
November 3, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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Nice time pie
A large pie for four sits atop a hob. Its crust has swirls from somewhat improper egg wash application.
October 28, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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Still holding out for Nintendo Store Swindon 🤞

www.nintendolife.com/features/gal...

Image by @dreamlandgem.bsky.social
A triptych of sorts showing three separate photos of what is available at Nintendo's London pop-up store.
October 22, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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There's apparently a new game by Double Fine out now and why the hell is this the first I've heard of it? What the hell is going on at Microsoft?
Key art for the game 'Keeper'. A shadowy landscape bears a lighthouse, bent backwards and spewing forth a green light that appears to contain another landscape or world within it.
October 19, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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The comments section can be a contentious bunch.
Two stills from The Simpsons that parody The Fugitive. Mulhouse is being held at gunpoint on a dam, however Mulhouse has been replaced by the YouTube logo, and the gunman by Alex (the handsome one who posted this). In the first panel, the YouTube logo exclaims "I'm telling you, it's pronounced 'zee eyy', and in the second panel Alex responds "I don't care". This is referring to regional differences in the pronunciation of the letter 'z', and how that applies to Pokémon Legends Z-A.
October 15, 2025 at 5:42 AM
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I forgot I was in the Yooka-Laylee credits.
A screen grab of the extensive Yooka-Laylee credits, showing the names 'Alex of Rivia', 'Alex Olney' (who is me), and 'Alex Oswalt'.
October 8, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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Going to tell my grandchildren that these were the original Mario brothers.
A publicity shot of Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry, for the TV adaptation of PG Wodehouse's Jeeves and Wooster.
October 7, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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Unusually good @playtonicgames.com jelly beans.
A small box of jelly beans with the Playtonic logo.
October 2, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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I'm still in a dream
A Silkeater from Hollow Knight: Silksong
September 30, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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It's been an absolute privilege to work alongside this man, as kind as he is skilled.

I'm not saying goodbye, though. He know is already, but he can't get shake me off that easily.

Good luck for the future, my friend, you're going to do exceptional stuff!
A photo of three men. From left to right, Jim Norman, Zion Grassl, Alex Olney (me).
September 30, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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Post cats for no other reason than it's good for the soul.
A small, black and white cat called Cobweb sits in my wife's arms staring at the camera with heavily dilated pupils. Very cute, 10/10.
September 22, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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September 19, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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A still from The Simpsons with Principal Skinner and Superintendent Chalmers. Offscreen, Skinner's mother yells 'Seymour, the Far Fields are on fire!'. A still from The Simpsons with Principal Skinner and Superintendent Chalmers. Skinner responds 'No, Mother, it's just the Fourth Chorus.'
September 16, 2025 at 6:36 AM
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A still from The Simpsons wherein the fictitious cat Scratchy holds a newspaper informing him that he needs Hollow Knight: Silksong to live.
September 8, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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A screenshot from The Simpsons in which Ned Flander's house has been destroyed. Kristy the Clown muses upon a remark made by Flanders about 'a case of Mallomars', but in this image his original dialogue 'Mallomars. Oh, that's going in the act.' has been replaced with 'Malamar. Oh, that's going in the act'.
September 5, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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Everyone on the eShop right now
A screen grab from A Close Shave, where Wallace is atop a ladder on a motorbike's sidecar full of sheep. 'Get yourselves organised down there!' he exclaims.
September 4, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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If a game doesn't fit on a standard Nintendo Switch 2 game card it should come on two or more Nintendo Switch 2 game cards.
The icon for Nintendo Switch 2 Game Key Cards (bad).
September 3, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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Why pay for a car wash when you can just wait six months for it to rain?
August 27, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Silksong is so cool, she's my favourite Hollow Knight character.
Key art of Hornet from Hollow Knight.
August 26, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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Silksong? Played it six years ago mate.

Twice.
Key art for Hollow Knight: Silksong
August 20, 2025 at 8:06 AM