Mike Diver
@mikediver.bsky.social
Mostly works in marketing. Mostly.
Author of gaming books inc. From Coin-Ops to Table-Tops, The Console, Indie Games, Retro Gaming. Aliens: The Video Games out in 2026.
Ex-music industry.
Semi-professional tea drinker.
#saintsfc
Author of gaming books inc. From Coin-Ops to Table-Tops, The Console, Indie Games, Retro Gaming. Aliens: The Video Games out in 2026.
Ex-music industry.
Semi-professional tea drinker.
#saintsfc
Was listening to a YT video about the PS2, but the presenter just called the Panasonic Q one of the worst-looking consoles of all time.
November 15, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Was listening to a YT video about the PS2, but the presenter just called the Panasonic Q one of the worst-looking consoles of all time.
On a related PS2 budget game tip... Super Bust-a-Move is another £1 Cex special, and it's fine, obviously, because it's Puzzle Bobble. But just when you thought that cover couldn't do you more damage, you see the spine...
November 15, 2025 at 8:46 PM
On a related PS2 budget game tip... Super Bust-a-Move is another £1 Cex special, and it's fine, obviously, because it's Puzzle Bobble. But just when you thought that cover couldn't do you more damage, you see the spine...
Probably the best quid I've spent in Cex. #randomgamesaturday
November 15, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Probably the best quid I've spent in Cex. #randomgamesaturday
All middle-aged guys have a run like this in the Bs of their alphabetised CD collection. Facts.
November 15, 2025 at 8:03 PM
All middle-aged guys have a run like this in the Bs of their alphabetised CD collection. Facts.
A very amusing comment in a little bbc video on Instagram, about some pub quiz cheaters. 90s hip-hop - who else but the middle-aged is more ideally placed to get questions on that right?
November 15, 2025 at 7:58 PM
A very amusing comment in a little bbc video on Instagram, about some pub quiz cheaters. 90s hip-hop - who else but the middle-aged is more ideally placed to get questions on that right?
Sorry, I suppose this is a bit of a dunk, but it's also illustrative of the importance of checking your work before publishing, or having a second set of eyes on there. See if you can spot the mistake... that runs through the entire article.
November 13, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Sorry, I suppose this is a bit of a dunk, but it's also illustrative of the importance of checking your work before publishing, or having a second set of eyes on there. See if you can spot the mistake... that runs through the entire article.
A poster I drew 13 years ago for a show I put on 13 years ago.
November 13, 2025 at 8:27 AM
A poster I drew 13 years ago for a show I put on 13 years ago.
Unremarkable male Gladiator? Couldn't be the UK.
November 11, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Unremarkable male Gladiator? Couldn't be the UK.
Don't ask me why, but I had to Google Terry Wogan just now.
Google. That's not Terry Wogan.
Google. That's not Terry Wogan.
November 10, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Don't ask me why, but I had to Google Terry Wogan just now.
Google. That's not Terry Wogan.
Google. That's not Terry Wogan.
Stuck in Eastleigh because of train delays and the combo of cheap eats and a cheap sleep just over the road is becoming more and more appealing.
November 9, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Stuck in Eastleigh because of train delays and the combo of cheap eats and a cheap sleep just over the road is becoming more and more appealing.
DS was in direct reference to/celebration of the Game & Watch dual/double screen clamshells, right?
November 7, 2025 at 6:27 PM
DS was in direct reference to/celebration of the Game & Watch dual/double screen clamshells, right?
Post you from a different era.
November 7, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Post you from a different era.
Thrust has arrived, completing my Earthrise seekers/coneheads - and I will absolutely not be doing the set for the new Studio Series 86 mould. Done the classics, done these, that's enough.
November 7, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Thrust has arrived, completing my Earthrise seekers/coneheads - and I will absolutely not be doing the set for the new Studio Series 86 mould. Done the classics, done these, that's enough.
A trillion dollars?
November 7, 2025 at 6:24 AM
A trillion dollars?
The cover of my book, Aliens: The Video Games, as drawn by @sammgreer.bsky.social ... reposted for #xenovember
Preorders for this will open in Feb/Mar 2026. Publication in Aug. There will be an Alien Day discount.
Preorders for this will open in Feb/Mar 2026. Publication in Aug. There will be an Alien Day discount.
November 5, 2025 at 10:47 PM
The cover of my book, Aliens: The Video Games, as drawn by @sammgreer.bsky.social ... reposted for #xenovember
Preorders for this will open in Feb/Mar 2026. Publication in Aug. There will be an Alien Day discount.
Preorders for this will open in Feb/Mar 2026. Publication in Aug. There will be an Alien Day discount.
Went to see fireworks. Missed them all.
November 5, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Went to see fireworks. Missed them all.
Still trying to sell this copy of Pokemon Blue. Tested. Sticker a bit scruffy (it's used, and the best part of 30 years old). After £20. Happy to post anywhere in the UK. Cheeeeeers.
November 4, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Still trying to sell this copy of Pokemon Blue. Tested. Sticker a bit scruffy (it's used, and the best part of 30 years old). After £20. Happy to post anywhere in the UK. Cheeeeeers.
I don't want *wholesome* games, I want a Moonstone Remake.
November 3, 2025 at 11:22 AM
I don't want *wholesome* games, I want a Moonstone Remake.
Worthing FC media team playing a blinder.
November 2, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Worthing FC media team playing a blinder.
Lovely double rainbow over the parents' house, earlier.
November 2, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Lovely double rainbow over the parents' house, earlier.
Watched A House of Dynamite tonight. Thought it was good. Not five stars, but yknow, good. But a 1.7 average here... has it been getting review bombed or...?
November 1, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Watched A House of Dynamite tonight. Thought it was good. Not five stars, but yknow, good. But a 1.7 average here... has it been getting review bombed or...?