Matt Tate
@mattwtate.bsky.social
Recent transfer from The Bad Place and still working out how active I'm going to be / Experienced writer and sayer of words stuff / Favoured topics: tech, telly, silly little cartoons, video games, Spurs, pasta
Important everyone knows that The Bad Guys 2 is also out this week. I have not yet decided where my popcorn is going at the weekend.
July 24, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Important everyone knows that The Bad Guys 2 is also out this week. I have not yet decided where my popcorn is going at the weekend.
Bananza, Death Stranding 2 and Tony Hawk’s 3+4 are, as expected, making for an absolute dream of a summer trio for me right now. Only downside being that every time I turn one of them on, I’m hearing the call of the other two. But yeah, eating good.
July 19, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Bananza, Death Stranding 2 and Tony Hawk’s 3+4 are, as expected, making for an absolute dream of a summer trio for me right now. Only downside being that every time I turn one of them on, I’m hearing the call of the other two. But yeah, eating good.
Having a great time with Tony Hawk’s 3+4 but underestimated how much the music thing detracts from pretty much the whole vibe. It really is such a letdown. There are probably no other circumstances under which 2025 me would listen to Less Than Jake and I’ve been denied this reunion.
July 12, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Having a great time with Tony Hawk’s 3+4 but underestimated how much the music thing detracts from pretty much the whole vibe. It really is such a letdown. There are probably no other circumstances under which 2025 me would listen to Less Than Jake and I’ve been denied this reunion.
Hideo Kojima is currently sat in a dark room about to commence a Mad Max movie marathon with no breaks in an attempt to cheer himself up after learning that everyone thinks he made another banger
June 23, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Hideo Kojima is currently sat in a dark room about to commence a Mad Max movie marathon with no breaks in an attempt to cheer himself up after learning that everyone thinks he made another banger
Big week for staying indoors.
June 23, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Big week for staying indoors.
If someone takes a flawless - and I really mean that if I see so much as a single fleck under there then we’re finished - screen protector application concept to Dragons’ Den then I’m telling you now it will leave Reggae Reggae Sauce in the dust.
June 12, 2025 at 8:17 PM
If someone takes a flawless - and I really mean that if I see so much as a single fleck under there then we’re finished - screen protector application concept to Dragons’ Den then I’m telling you now it will leave Reggae Reggae Sauce in the dust.
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RIP to Brian Wilson, who gave us many perfect albums but also the perfect interview
June 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
RIP to Brian Wilson, who gave us many perfect albums but also the perfect interview
Lots of music is great but it’s vanishingly rare that a song fades out and you think to yourself “that is the one of the most incredible things I’ve ever heard.” Unless you’re listening to The Beach Boys.
June 11, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Lots of music is great but it’s vanishingly rare that a song fades out and you think to yourself “that is the one of the most incredible things I’ve ever heard.” Unless you’re listening to The Beach Boys.
Off to Prima. If Charli XCX doesn’t play her weird corporate Nintendo World song during her Switch 2 launch day set then what are we even doing here.
June 4, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Off to Prima. If Charli XCX doesn’t play her weird corporate Nintendo World song during her Switch 2 launch day set then what are we even doing here.
Remarkable that my affection for the Mission Impossible franchise dissipated at the precise moment Rebecca Ferguson was no longer on my screen.
June 2, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Remarkable that my affection for the Mission Impossible franchise dissipated at the precise moment Rebecca Ferguson was no longer on my screen.
Very much looking forward to the Super Cup playoff tonight.
May 31, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Very much looking forward to the Super Cup playoff tonight.
Apologies to @lizardcube.bsky.social for being five years late, but Streets of Rage 4 has the honour of being the final game I’ve finished on the original Nintendo Switch. What a game. What a console. What an era.
May 31, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Apologies to @lizardcube.bsky.social for being five years late, but Streets of Rage 4 has the honour of being the final game I’ve finished on the original Nintendo Switch. What a game. What a console. What an era.
Trying to replay The Witcher 3 in an era where you have about four Apple devices constantly listening out for a certain wake word is deeply irritating.
May 26, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Trying to replay The Witcher 3 in an era where you have about four Apple devices constantly listening out for a certain wake word is deeply irritating.
Is the final episode of Andor the most low-key prestige tv finale ever? Not meant as a criticism at all. Entirely earned. And it makes sense that it feels more like an exhale before Rogue One than the end of a story. Just can’t remember anything like it. Anyway, what a show. Astoundingly good stuff.
May 18, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Is the final episode of Andor the most low-key prestige tv finale ever? Not meant as a criticism at all. Entirely earned. And it makes sense that it feels more like an exhale before Rogue One than the end of a story. Just can’t remember anything like it. Anyway, what a show. Astoundingly good stuff.
That is one Metal Gear-looking strand-type game right there.
Edge 411 is out today, featuring Death Stranding 2: On The Beach. For our 16-page cover story, Simon Parkin visits Kojima Productions to play the studio’s most ambitious game to date and discuss its creation with Hideo Kojima, who explains why it is more Aliens than Alien.
May 15, 2025 at 10:04 AM
That is one Metal Gear-looking strand-type game right there.
Bottling it just as you're onto something good? You couldn't fit in more if you tried.
Met a girl online, went on a few dates, we get on great and there's chemistry between us but she mentioned her family all support Spurs and now I going to end it, don't think I can allow that type of misery in my life.
May 15, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Bottling it just as you're onto something good? You couldn't fit in more if you tried.
His greatest stunt of all.
I cannot tell you how much of an irritant it is to me that Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One is not being followed by Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part Two, but instead by Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning. An entire Part One without a Part Two, like a lone parenthesis.
May 15, 2025 at 9:43 AM
His greatest stunt of all.
@jasonschreier.bsky.social I agree with every single one of your Clair Obscur issues and at time I’ve felt like I’m going bad reading so much breathless praise that seems to overlook all of them. So glad that it’s doing as well as it is but for every great moment I have in it, something irritates me
May 8, 2025 at 5:07 PM
@jasonschreier.bsky.social I agree with every single one of your Clair Obscur issues and at time I’ve felt like I’m going bad reading so much breathless praise that seems to overlook all of them. So glad that it’s doing as well as it is but for every great moment I have in it, something irritates me
That’s all I needed to hear.
Hideo Kojima isn’t simply pushing combat with Death Stranding 2, saying “the game is still fundamentally about cargo delivery.”
Read our full interview here:
Read our full interview here:
Hideo Kojima Talks Death Stranding 2: On the Beach: 'I’m Just Really Happy We Can Finish Making the Game'
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May 8, 2025 at 7:57 AM
That’s all I needed to hear.
Really enjoying Clair Obscur but the lack of a minimap is frequently rage-inducing when most areas are like mazes and I don’t think I’ve ever played game in which levelling up happens so often that it actually becomes a bit of a chore. Spend as much time in boring menus as I do doing cool dodging.
May 6, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Really enjoying Clair Obscur but the lack of a minimap is frequently rage-inducing when most areas are like mazes and I don’t think I’ve ever played game in which levelling up happens so often that it actually becomes a bit of a chore. Spend as much time in boring menus as I do doing cool dodging.
Glad I waited until Star Wars Day to watch the hardest ending to any tv episode ever (Andor S2 E6).
May 4, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Glad I waited until Star Wars Day to watch the hardest ending to any tv episode ever (Andor S2 E6).
Genuinely thought this chap in Andor was wearing a Fred Perry jumper.
May 2, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Genuinely thought this chap in Andor was wearing a Fred Perry jumper.
Donkey Kong smells that GOTY.
May 2, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Donkey Kong smells that GOTY.