Tom Richardson
@tomrjourno.bsky.social
“Gaming-literate journalist” for BBC Newsbeat. Can tell a NES cart from a SNES cart. DMs open, or use tlh.<my surname>@proton.me
My report: Former Build a Rocket Boy devs speak about the studio’s culture, crunch and MindsEye’s disastrous launch
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MindsEye: How ex-Grand Theft Auto boss’s grand vision became a £200m flop
Lesley Benzies was one of the architects behind one of the most successful video games in history.
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October 19, 2025 at 4:27 PM
My report: Former Build a Rocket Boy devs speak about the studio’s culture, crunch and MindsEye’s disastrous launch
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Dream scenario:
The Rock is nominated for an Oscar.
"And the winner is... Timothee Chalamet!"
*Rock rips off Tuxedo, ring entrance music plays...*
The Rock is nominated for an Oscar.
"And the winner is... Timothee Chalamet!"
*Rock rips off Tuxedo, ring entrance music plays...*
September 2, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Dream scenario:
The Rock is nominated for an Oscar.
"And the winner is... Timothee Chalamet!"
*Rock rips off Tuxedo, ring entrance music plays...*
The Rock is nominated for an Oscar.
"And the winner is... Timothee Chalamet!"
*Rock rips off Tuxedo, ring entrance music plays...*
Random DuckDuckGo Easter Egg. Searching for Sonic the Hedgehog creates... an entirely new species of creature?!
WHAT HAVE I DONE?
WHAT HAVE I DONE?
August 7, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Random DuckDuckGo Easter Egg. Searching for Sonic the Hedgehog creates... an entirely new species of creature?!
WHAT HAVE I DONE?
WHAT HAVE I DONE?
The intensity of these messages is quite something. Makes the usual “SKONG!” demands look like one of those flowers that blooms once a decade…
Over 70,000 are watching Nintendo livestream new Mario Kart World gameplay and the chat is getting completely spammed with "drop the price."
Fans Are Spamming Nintendo's Mario Kart World Livestream Begging It To Drop The Price Of The Switch 2
The Nintendo Treehouse livestream is a wall of 'drop the price' text
kotaku.com
April 3, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The intensity of these messages is quite something. Makes the usual “SKONG!” demands look like one of those flowers that blooms once a decade…
SKON-… Err… Skong?
April 2, 2025 at 1:54 PM
SKON-… Err… Skong?
Cross-gen titles, big focus on social play, genuinely valuable upscales of previous gen bangers, “60fps? How about 120?”
This hasn’t blown my socks off yet games-wise but it’s smart
This hasn’t blown my socks off yet games-wise but it’s smart
April 2, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Cross-gen titles, big focus on social play, genuinely valuable upscales of previous gen bangers, “60fps? How about 120?”
This hasn’t blown my socks off yet games-wise but it’s smart
This hasn’t blown my socks off yet games-wise but it’s smart
Some big 2005 Eyetoy energy about these new Switch 2 features so far and I’m not mad about it
April 2, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Some big 2005 Eyetoy energy about these new Switch 2 features so far and I’m not mad about it
“Launches on the same day as Nintendo Switch 2”
An outrageous tease
An outrageous tease
April 2, 2025 at 1:07 PM
“Launches on the same day as Nintendo Switch 2”
An outrageous tease
An outrageous tease
Starting to think they should rename it ‘Not an April Fool’s Disclaimer Day’
April 2, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Starting to think they should rename it ‘Not an April Fool’s Disclaimer Day’
Hellblade II is nominated in 11 out of 14 categories at this year's Bafta Game Awards
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Bafta Game Awards 2025: Hellblade 2 gets most nominations
Astro Bot, Still Wakes the Deep and Thank Goodness You're Here! complete a varied field this year.
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March 4, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Hellblade II is nominated in 11 out of 14 categories at this year's Bafta Game Awards
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Finally finished Red Dead Redemption 2 last night. A glaring gap in my gaming history corrected.
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Tom - 1 Backlog - 256
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Tom - 1 Backlog - 256
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February 27, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Finally finished Red Dead Redemption 2 last night. A glaring gap in my gaming history corrected.
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Tom - 1 Backlog - 256
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Tom - 1 Backlog - 256
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Can’t see that anyone’s picked this up yet. Don’t Nod says it’s reached an agreement with unions and staff on cutbacks first proposed last October.
www.dontnod-bourse.com/en/financial...
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DON'T NOD - Press releases
DON'T NOD est un éditeur et développeur français indépendant basé à Paris et Montréal, créateur de jeux narratifs originaux dans les genres aventure (LIFE is STRANGE ™, TELL ME WHY ™, TWIN MIRROR ™), ...
www.dontnod-bourse.com
February 27, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Can’t see that anyone’s picked this up yet. Don’t Nod says it’s reached an agreement with unions and staff on cutbacks first proposed last October.
www.dontnod-bourse.com/en/financial...
www.dontnod-bourse.com/en/financial...
Access is patchy ATOW as I assume it's getting hammered with traffic, but very excited to get stuck into this when things have stabilised a bit
The Video Game History Foundation’s digital library is now publicly available in early access form. The library includes promotional material and more than 1,500 out-of-print magazines.
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January 30, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Access is patchy ATOW as I assume it's getting hammered with traffic, but very excited to get stuck into this when things have stabilised a bit
Super-pleased that we got to cover this year’s @gaconf.bsky.social awards. Congrats to all the winners!
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Assassin's Creed maker Ubisoft praised at accessibility awards
The ceremony honours those working to make the games industry more inclusive for people with disabilities.
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January 29, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Super-pleased that we got to cover this year’s @gaconf.bsky.social awards. Congrats to all the winners!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Awesome that IGN are co-streaming this
🏆 Want to know who won the 2024 GAconf accessibility awards? Find out this Wednesday, streaming on both @ign.com and the IGDA-GASIG YouTube channel!
Full info on all the finalists and why they're finalists is at www.gaconf.com/gaconf-award...
#gamedev #accessibility
Full info on all the finalists and why they're finalists is at www.gaconf.com/gaconf-award...
#gamedev #accessibility
January 26, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Awesome that IGN are co-streaming this
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January 24, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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Bold day for a hardware announcement
(Looks nice though)
(Looks nice though)
PS5’s Midnight Black Collection expands Feb 20, with pre-orders live today: play.st/3PDczlt
▪️ PlayStation Portal
▪️ DualSense Edge controller
▪️ Pulse Elite headset
▪️ Pulse Explore earbuds
▪️ PlayStation Portal
▪️ DualSense Edge controller
▪️ Pulse Elite headset
▪️ Pulse Explore earbuds
January 16, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Bold day for a hardware announcement
(Looks nice though)
(Looks nice though)
Unconfirmed: This extra port will be named ALARMO HOLE
January 16, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Unconfirmed: This extra port will be named ALARMO HOLE
Nintendo totally fell for my reverse-psychology gambit. #Manifesting
I’ll be happy to be wrong on this but that rumoured Thursday Switch 2 announcement… ATOW it’s 18:00 on Wednesday in Japan.
Feels like we’d have heard something by now if it was going to happen tomorrow, no?
Feels like we’d have heard something by now if it was going to happen tomorrow, no?
January 16, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Nintendo totally fell for my reverse-psychology gambit. #Manifesting
I’ll be happy to be wrong on this but that rumoured Thursday Switch 2 announcement… ATOW it’s 18:00 on Wednesday in Japan.
Feels like we’d have heard something by now if it was going to happen tomorrow, no?
Feels like we’d have heard something by now if it was going to happen tomorrow, no?
January 15, 2025 at 9:12 AM
I’ll be happy to be wrong on this but that rumoured Thursday Switch 2 announcement… ATOW it’s 18:00 on Wednesday in Japan.
Feels like we’d have heard something by now if it was going to happen tomorrow, no?
Feels like we’d have heard something by now if it was going to happen tomorrow, no?
Oh piss off, time. 👴
January 14, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Oh piss off, time. 👴
Reposted by Tom Richardson
A busy night at The Game Awards. Here’s what went down from me and @tomrjourno.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The Game Awards 2024: Astro Bot wins Game of the Year
Sony's 3D platformer takes four prizes at the ceremony dubbed
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December 13, 2024 at 12:06 PM
A busy night at The Game Awards. Here’s what went down from me and @tomrjourno.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Give me a single screenshot from a video game that immediately makes you hear the soundtrack in your head.
December 12, 2024 at 1:47 PM
Give me a single screenshot from a video game that immediately makes you hear the soundtrack in your head.
Had a statement through from Funko’s reps on the itch.io downtime.
TL;DR: They say the takedown request didn’t come directly from them, wasn’t meant to take out the whole platform and they’ve contacted itch.
TL;DR: They say the takedown request didn’t come directly from them, wasn’t meant to take out the whole platform and they’ve contacted itch.
December 10, 2024 at 12:16 AM
Had a statement through from Funko’s reps on the itch.io downtime.
TL;DR: They say the takedown request didn’t come directly from them, wasn’t meant to take out the whole platform and they’ve contacted itch.
TL;DR: They say the takedown request didn’t come directly from them, wasn’t meant to take out the whole platform and they’ve contacted itch.