Nick Thorpe

Looks like I'm finally going to see Babymetal for the first time.

Health at Electric Brixton, with Gost and Zetra supporting. Health just went all-in on the music with minimal talking in between, and I got to hear favourite songs like Ashamed, DSM-V and Hateful, so I was well happy. Never heard Gost before, they were real good too. https://t.co/nwDxYg41rZ

I’ve written a Sonic cover feature again. Retro Gamer issue 265 is in stores on Thursday. With your support, I can keep on getting away with this.

Darran Jones @RetroGamer_Daz

It’s super battered but the new issue of @RetroGamer_Mag just dropped 👍🏻 https://t.co/DKMiWzrS8n

I got a lovely message about changes to blocking here. Wholly unrelated, don't you just love the soundtrack to Daytona USA? "Blue, blue skies / Blue, blue skies, I see" I could listen to Takenobu Mitsuyoshi sing all day. https://t.co/7eSR38XMww

Mental health is generally seen as something that people deal with at home. If you are in hospital for it, you are likely in for a very good reason. For the government to suggest sending the stress of the job centre to any patient’s bedside is sick. https://t.co/xNaXHJmDDO

25 years since the European launch of the Dreamcast. It was a particularly important console for PAL gamers, as the first to offer the choice to play the majority of games at 60Hz, delivering full-screen, full-speed gameplay on par with the consoles released in NTSC territories. https://t.co/QyOe709Hva

Not saying my mum accidentally made the gravy too thick, but she’s just asked if I can bring a steak knife in to cut it.

Shadow Of The Ninja Reborn is really, really good and there's still time to enter this giveaway, so you should best be doing that.

SuperSisi @supersisi_

NEW GIVEAWAY! Win Natsume’s new Shadow of the Ninja: Reborn for Switch ❤️ I have 1 EU code to give away (And any switch can set up EU shop!) To play: - Like & Retweet - And give this awesome retro gamergirl a follow! I will draw a winner on Friday 11th! Look down👇🏻 #switch https://t.co/ORvLKjdRyH

Hima: "Okey-dokey!" My mouth: *Opens* My brain: "This person has never even seen the show you're about to reference. There are thousands of appropriate ways you could respond, and this is not one of them. Do not do it. Stop." My mouth, defiantly: https://t.co/sBhc07uAeM

It seemed so ridiculous at the time…

Games Of 1998 @GamesOf1998

HOT RUMOUR! Sega games on PlayStation 2!? Rumour printed in Hyper Magazine #81 from July 2000. https://t.co/JUlZZSwMW7

It's time for EA to bring Polterguy back in a new Haunting game. Do it, you cowards. https://t.co/zfgKAEBJgG

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jocelyn romo @theeroamer

people on discogs will straight up spend $1000 on a late 80s private press album that sounds like this. https://t.co/gf3iJgAGw9

See a lovely post on the timeline, urging people to support print, using RG as an example. See a reply to said post, explaining how it’s a mag written by people who just get paid to write about games, and don’t know or care about games. I sure do love Twitter.

Well now, this should be fun to mess around with. https://t.co/WeUBRtH31Q

Pop Will Eat Itself at the Islington Assembly Hall. First time for both the band and the venue. They did a good long stretch of songs from Dos Dedos Mis Amigos for the 30th anniversary of the album, and that’s my favourite of the bunch so I was well happy. Great night! https://t.co/I4icpIs5Or

Had a lovely evening at the premiere of The Rubber-Keyed Wonder, a new documentary about the ZX Spectrum. Who knew assembling a computer from kit form could stir up such interesting feelings? https://t.co/DOtFWtK6x6

It's gutting to see the end of a magazine legacy that stretches back almost 30 years. What's more, Future started publishing console-specific gaming mags in 1989 with S: The Sega Magazine, and Play's closure brings that era to an end. Best wishes to my colleagues on the mag.

PLAY Magazine @PLAYgamingmag

With a heavy heart, we have to let you know that the next issue of PLAY will be the magazine's final one. For current subscribers, the subs team will reach out before long with next steps. More details here: https://t.co/gpG2rlNs9v