Alex Donaldson
@apzonerunner.com
Video game critic. Owner/Final Boss @RPGSite.net, Editor-at-large @Eurogamer.net, occasional freelancer & consultant.
Into: Arcade cabs, Watches, Dogs, Whisky, fighting games (esp SF), RPGs (esp FF), NFL (Rams), Lego, Poker & Blackjack
www.donaldson.zone
Into: Arcade cabs, Watches, Dogs, Whisky, fighting games (esp SF), RPGs (esp FF), NFL (Rams), Lego, Poker & Blackjack
www.donaldson.zone
they're discussing how they're spending all their earnings.
November 11, 2025 at 3:44 PM
they're discussing how they're spending all their earnings.
Mum just dumped a big bag of stuff of mine from her house in my porch, and there's a blast from the past!
November 4, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Mum just dumped a big bag of stuff of mine from her house in my porch, and there's a blast from the past!
alexander is going through it
October 30, 2025 at 4:15 PM
alexander is going through it
they're still going btw
October 30, 2025 at 3:55 PM
they're still going btw
this is all they need to do with netflix tbh
October 28, 2025 at 6:33 PM
this is all they need to do with netflix tbh
it's a bs term anyway (it is impossible to bake just one slice of a cake, whatever an exec thinks), but this understanding of it is even worse.
image attached: birthday cake "vertical slice" by the parameters people are applying to Halo
image attached: birthday cake "vertical slice" by the parameters people are applying to Halo
October 25, 2025 at 4:17 PM
it's a bs term anyway (it is impossible to bake just one slice of a cake, whatever an exec thinks), but this understanding of it is even worse.
image attached: birthday cake "vertical slice" by the parameters people are applying to Halo
image attached: birthday cake "vertical slice" by the parameters people are applying to Halo
I'm afraid I have been cold added to one of the Extremely Convincing investment whatsapp groups again
October 22, 2025 at 10:57 AM
I'm afraid I have been cold added to one of the Extremely Convincing investment whatsapp groups again
Oh, by the way: I am the host of this on Friday! Please come along for my chat with the cast & director of the FF7Rs. As you'd expect, I can guarantee a level of nerdy deep dive that might not always occur on such panels...
October 21, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Oh, by the way: I am the host of this on Friday! Please come along for my chat with the cast & director of the FF7Rs. As you'd expect, I can guarantee a level of nerdy deep dive that might not always occur on such panels...
RIP to Itagaki, whose poisonous (but totally kayfabe) vendetta against Tekken was a relentlessly entertaining thread out of the early 2000s Japan dev news scene. You knew you were in for a treat if you got an interview with him.
October 16, 2025 at 9:48 AM
RIP to Itagaki, whose poisonous (but totally kayfabe) vendetta against Tekken was a relentlessly entertaining thread out of the early 2000s Japan dev news scene. You knew you were in for a treat if you got an interview with him.
Videogamer's new logo a screaming exclamation mark on the 'support independent games media' argument. Legitimately thought this was someone taking the piss when it was first posted in a discord, but no, it's on the site. You have to laugh (or else you'll cry)
October 15, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Videogamer's new logo a screaming exclamation mark on the 'support independent games media' argument. Legitimately thought this was someone taking the piss when it was first posted in a discord, but no, it's on the site. You have to laugh (or else you'll cry)
the person setting the budgets at gf/tpc
October 13, 2025 at 6:42 PM
the person setting the budgets at gf/tpc
wild thing to see completely out of context
October 13, 2025 at 6:22 PM
wild thing to see completely out of context
I tell a lie, there was just one and it was from, er... Omega? I suppose they're used to doing it every year, and this is their best bet with the films iced for now. Still, this is the first we've /heard/ the new Q, played by the same dude that played Mon Mothma's miserable husband in Andor
October 5, 2025 at 9:04 PM
I tell a lie, there was just one and it was from, er... Omega? I suppose they're used to doing it every year, and this is their best bet with the films iced for now. Still, this is the first we've /heard/ the new Q, played by the same dude that played Mon Mothma's miserable husband in Andor
pov: you pre-ordered from lrg again
September 19, 2025 at 3:46 PM
pov: you pre-ordered from lrg again
the screen is about, idk, 40ft wide. You can shoot stuff right up the other end. All the guns are Zappers or Super Scopes! It's great.
September 18, 2025 at 4:12 PM
the screen is about, idk, 40ft wide. You can shoot stuff right up the other end. All the guns are Zappers or Super Scopes! It's great.
this should be illegal lol
September 9, 2025 at 1:18 PM
this should be illegal lol
Caesars are absolutely losing it. Triple zero is a disgrace in itself, but now these nonsense side bets?? Quick beer mat maths, the house edge on this side bet would be about 23% lol
Absolutely disgusting -- And then they wonder why Vegas numbers are down so bad!
Absolutely disgusting -- And then they wonder why Vegas numbers are down so bad!
September 5, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Caesars are absolutely losing it. Triple zero is a disgrace in itself, but now these nonsense side bets?? Quick beer mat maths, the house edge on this side bet would be about 23% lol
Absolutely disgusting -- And then they wonder why Vegas numbers are down so bad!
Absolutely disgusting -- And then they wonder why Vegas numbers are down so bad!
forced to follow this thread up after opening youtube this morning and finding
September 5, 2025 at 8:27 AM
forced to follow this thread up after opening youtube this morning and finding
Xbox viral marketing for a reboot, or breathtakingly thick British nationalists? Who knows
September 4, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Xbox viral marketing for a reboot, or breathtakingly thick British nationalists? Who knows
Freedom Fighters lives!!!!
September 3, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Freedom Fighters lives!!!!
An extremely fun & imo directorially rich moment in that Bond demo - what appears to be Bond's first on-mission kill being framed like this so it looks like the gun barrel sequence, despite being an in-gameplay, player-in-control moment:
September 3, 2025 at 7:31 PM
An extremely fun & imo directorially rich moment in that Bond demo - what appears to be Bond's first on-mission kill being framed like this so it looks like the gun barrel sequence, despite being an in-gameplay, player-in-control moment: