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Chris Schilling
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Editorial director @lostincult. Author of IMMORTALITY: Design Works, Outer Wilds: Design Works. Critic (games/film). Formerly deputy editor, Edge. chris@lostincult.co.uk. Utility friend par excellence.
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That first digestive biscuit you have in recovery after a colonoscopy
Anton Ego in Ratatouille, eating some delicious food
November 14, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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I actually wrote something about this in a review
For all the appeal of an open world – the freedom and opportunity you feel when gazing across the horizon, as an expansive landscape stretches out before you – sometimes there is nothing more exciting in a videogame than playing a small character standing in front of a giant door, wondering what’s behind it. Ideally, that moment of suspense and expectancy should be drawn out for several seconds, preferably by an elaborate animation that nudges your anticipation still higher.
November 11, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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Looks good!
An image of writer and excellent human Tim Smith’s website, featuring a winter scene, accompanying short story The Rimmingtons Another image from Tim Smith’s website, featuring a crowd watching a football match, illustrating a piece about the entertainment value of winter sports
November 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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The final shot of AFTERSUN: an empty corridor with double doors at the end.
November 9, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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“Oh, you Cheeky Monkey! He’s made me forget”
November 9, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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For some reason the first thing that sprang to mind was The Strokes’ Room On Fire
The Strokes - Room On Fire
November 8, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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November 7, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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Perfect. No notes.
Me: The one good thing about Twitter was that it tempered the impulse to become a scold, whereas on BlueSky it appears to be actively encouraged. Rando replying: Yes, BlueSky is facts-forward. Anything less will be called out. And opinionated- but that's not unique. And also decent and civil Like it or leave it.
November 3, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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"Oh God! Oh Jesus Christ!" from the Wicker Man
October 24, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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Roblox is down and the kids have gone feral
An image from the film WEAPONS, in which a group of young kids run down the street with their arms outstretched
October 20, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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you rn
Adam Sandler saying "this is how I win" in Uncuh Jaaahhms ((c) Julia Fox)
October 16, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Was really looking forward to a delivery today but it's not happening because nothing works properly anymore. Obviously not a huge deal by any stretch of the imagination - just one more example of the thousand little things that are by varying measures worse than they used to be
Your parcel has arrived at our Middleton depot There is currently a 1 day delay in your area due to an unexpected issue*
October 14, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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Never been a big Trophies guy, so I think this is the first time I've gone to the effort to get the Platinum since... Assassin's Creed 2 maybe? Well worth it.
Platinum Trophy for Promise Mascot Agency
October 12, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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Taylor Swift:
and another thing: im not mad. please dont put in the newspaper that i got mad.
October 3, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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Still from the Unlucky Alf parrot sketch from The Fast Show, a masterpiece of comic timing.
October 2, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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Two hours into Consume Me, and
The GOAT, Barry Davies, with one of his most famous pieces of commentary "Oh, you have to say that's magnificent" (originally about Diego Maradona's second goal against England in the Mexico '86 World Cup but here used to praise the video game Consume Me)
September 30, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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Pep Guardiola in a post-match interview, saying: "More than you believe. More than you believe I am tired. I'm so tired, believe me." (In the real interview he said 'happy' instead of 'tired')
September 29, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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Blimey, I'd hate to see what it takes to get two stars
Black Rabbit review – it’s almost impossible to care about Jude Law and Jason Bateman in this TV misery *** The two actors play brothers dragged into danger by gangsters, but are too stupid or poorly sketched for you to sympathise with them. It’s a relentlessly cheerless watch
September 18, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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Not a *terrible* score but I remain utterly aghast that this is classed as ‘rotten’
A Knight’s Tale, which inexplicably has a 59% rating on the Tomatometer, qualifying it as ‘rotten’
September 17, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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Inside you are two ̶w̶o̶l̶v̶e̶s̶ bugs
Queen's Gardens (from Hollow Knight OST) Lace (from Silksong OST)
September 16, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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Ben Affleck, with a face like mine after I fail on my 19th attempt at a Silksong boss
September 16, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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Enjoying the Lego Voyagers reviews
A screenshot of a tweet from Ben Schroder: "I love when a sub-100hr exp releases & every review is like "A Short, But Enjoyable, but Brief, Experience - this short game, though fleeting, packs a punch in its limited runtime. Though slighter than you might expect, you'll remember it after it's over, which is very quickly,"
September 15, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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Our expectations for you were low but HOLY FUCK
September 14, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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Rubicon
September 13, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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the 'worst person you know just made a great point' guy
September 4, 2025 at 9:16 PM