Alec Meer
@bonzrat.bsky.social
Now: lead writer on Saros at Housemarque // games & narrative consultant.
Then: Returnal, Total Warhammer, Trek To Yomi, No Man's Sky, Humankind, more. Ex-journo, inc RockPaperShotgun.
Newsletter about toy robots: millionrobots.beehiiv.com
Brighton, UK
Then: Returnal, Total Warhammer, Trek To Yomi, No Man's Sky, Humankind, more. Ex-journo, inc RockPaperShotgun.
Newsletter about toy robots: millionrobots.beehiiv.com
Brighton, UK
A Million Robots resumes next week
October 31, 2025 at 4:35 PM
A Million Robots resumes next week
'tis Cy-Kill, leader of whatever the baddie Go-Bots were called. Available in little and large flavours
October 10, 2025 at 1:38 PM
'tis Cy-Kill, leader of whatever the baddie Go-Bots were called. Available in little and large flavours
I've waited 39 years...
October 9, 2025 at 12:09 PM
I've waited 39 years...
Bought the cat a docking station
October 9, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Bought the cat a docking station
ICYMI, I'm back on the toy robot newsletters. This time looking at the extreme rarities of vintage Transformer collecting - weird and wonderful recolours. (And, cos I'm me, the psychological downsides of it). millionrobots.beehiiv.com/p/the-shadow...
Pls sub if you like it (free!).
Pls sub if you like it (free!).
October 6, 2025 at 9:12 AM
ICYMI, I'm back on the toy robot newsletters. This time looking at the extreme rarities of vintage Transformer collecting - weird and wonderful recolours. (And, cos I'm me, the psychological downsides of it). millionrobots.beehiiv.com/p/the-shadow...
Pls sub if you like it (free!).
Pls sub if you like it (free!).
Treat myself to a one-minute sit-down in between urgent tasks, but it immediately turns into twenty minutes. Thanks, cat.
September 24, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Treat myself to a one-minute sit-down in between urgent tasks, but it immediately turns into twenty minutes. Thanks, cat.
Hellish deadlines have continued, and robot blogging has therefore been impossible. But soon - and with plenty of new material...
September 23, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Hellish deadlines have continued, and robot blogging has therefore been impossible. But soon - and with plenty of new material...
AM radio is the future
September 23, 2025 at 10:41 AM
AM radio is the future
POV: you are eating eggs
September 6, 2025 at 9:40 AM
POV: you are eating eggs
My conundrum is whether or not to buy the Delta once they do it (and they 100% will, given the buggy)
September 4, 2025 at 11:40 AM
My conundrum is whether or not to buy the Delta once they do it (and they 100% will, given the buggy)
Reunited with the House Animal
August 16, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Reunited with the House Animal
My father's house in Cumbria is worth about the same as my claustrophobic terrace house in Brighton.
This is his view. Mine is a wall.
This is his view. Mine is a wall.
August 11, 2025 at 1:07 PM
My father's house in Cumbria is worth about the same as my claustrophobic terrace house in Brighton.
This is his view. Mine is a wall.
This is his view. Mine is a wall.
The warrior (with bunny ears)
August 8, 2025 at 11:49 AM
The warrior (with bunny ears)
Some pals'n'I were trying to work this out a little while back. Great to have an exact answer at last.
Means we'd all have been reading this issue at the time - but absolutely zero mention of the cartoon in that or the subsequent issue.
Brand synergy wasn't a thing in 85!
Means we'd all have been reading this issue at the time - but absolutely zero mention of the cartoon in that or the subsequent issue.
Brand synergy wasn't a thing in 85!
August 5, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Some pals'n'I were trying to work this out a little while back. Great to have an exact answer at last.
Means we'd all have been reading this issue at the time - but absolutely zero mention of the cartoon in that or the subsequent issue.
Brand synergy wasn't a thing in 85!
Means we'd all have been reading this issue at the time - but absolutely zero mention of the cartoon in that or the subsequent issue.
Brand synergy wasn't a thing in 85!
Big deadline week. Using deskbots to ensure I feel appropriately threatened throughout
August 5, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Big deadline week. Using deskbots to ensure I feel appropriately threatened throughout
New newsletter from me:
Minibots! The smallest, cheapest and weirdest of original Transformers - and also the best?
millionrobots.beehiiv.com/p/for-the-lo...
Please sub if you dig it
Minibots! The smallest, cheapest and weirdest of original Transformers - and also the best?
millionrobots.beehiiv.com/p/for-the-lo...
Please sub if you dig it
August 2, 2025 at 1:31 PM
New newsletter from me:
Minibots! The smallest, cheapest and weirdest of original Transformers - and also the best?
millionrobots.beehiiv.com/p/for-the-lo...
Please sub if you dig it
Minibots! The smallest, cheapest and weirdest of original Transformers - and also the best?
millionrobots.beehiiv.com/p/for-the-lo...
Please sub if you dig it
Startled and delighted by fungi the size of an elephant's ear
July 30, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Startled and delighted by fungi the size of an elephant's ear
New phone = new extreme fuzzy detail
July 26, 2025 at 4:24 PM
New phone = new extreme fuzzy detail
A little bit of insight and storytelling about exactly *why* robots in disguise have had a lifelong hold on me (and a great many like me), where other cheap plastic memories do not.
alecmeer.substack.com/p/why-transf...
alecmeer.substack.com/p/why-transf...
July 26, 2025 at 3:56 PM
A little bit of insight and storytelling about exactly *why* robots in disguise have had a lifelong hold on me (and a great many like me), where other cheap plastic memories do not.
alecmeer.substack.com/p/why-transf...
alecmeer.substack.com/p/why-transf...
6-week school holiday, Day 1, 8.30am: "I'm bored."
July 23, 2025 at 7:41 AM
6-week school holiday, Day 1, 8.30am: "I'm bored."