Nick Thorpe

England

Features Editor at Retro Gamer Magazine

Weird misfit loser. Features Editor for @RetroGamer_Mag. "Atheist, degree-clutching lefty." "The one good man in a sea of arseholes." "Fucking mother bastard."

Articles

Austrians hold vigil to mourn 10 victims of school shooting

2 weeks ago | risingnepaldaily.com | Nick Thorpe |Anna Lamche

By Nick Thorpe, Anna Lamche, BBC News, July 11: Thousands of people in Austria have held a candlelight vigil for the victims of a school shooting in which 10 people were killed. Police said the 21-year-old suspect, a former student, took his own life in a school bathroom shortly after the gun attack in Graz on Tuesday - the deadliest in the country's recent history.
Europe's US-backed conservatives hope this is their moment to go mainstream

4 weeks ago | bbc.com | Nick Thorpe

Europe's US-backed conservatives hope this is their moment to go mainstreamNick ThorpeCentral Europe correspondentZOLTAN FISCHER/HUNGARIAN PM HANDOUTHungary's Viktor Orban described President Trump as a "truth serum"It's been a big week in Europe for CPAC, the US Conservative Political Action Conference, with large gatherings in Poland and Hungary.
'I am young and restless...'

1 month ago | nickthorpe.substack.com | Nick Thorpe

The 39 year old leader of the far-right AUR party won 41% of the vote in the first round of the Romanian presidential election on Sunday. He goes into the 2nd round on 18 May with a clear advantage over the second placed, liberal mayor of Bucharest, Nicusor Dan, who got 21%. In this short BBC interview I asked him about Ukraine, Russia, the US, the EU, Hungary, and how he would describe himself. You can find my BBC online report on the election outcome here.
Romania reruns controversial election after earlier vote annulled

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Nick Thorpe

Romanians will try again to elect a new president today, six months after the first attempt ended in scandal and confusion. A radical outsider with mystical leanings, Calin Georgescu, came first on 24 November, but that result was annulled over allegations of campaign fraud and Russian interference.
20 Years of the Nintendo DS: "If someone had told you in 2004 that Nintendo was about to abandon the Game Boy, would you have believed them?"

2 months ago | gamesradar.com | Nick Thorpe

We're going to pose a question to you all, and we want you to answer it honestly. If someone had told you in 2004 that Nintendo was about to abandon the Game Boy, would you have believed them? While each of Nintendo's home consoles to that point had sold less than its predecessor, the Game Boy family of consoles had been the company's golden goose, a reliable set of earners and a brand that had become synonymous with handheld gaming as a whole over its 15-year history.
Hungary's parliament votes to limit rights of dual nationals and LGBTQ+ people

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Nick Thorpe |Tom Bennett

Hungary's parliament has backed a range of constitutional amendments which will limit the rights of LGBTQ+ people and dual nationals. The amendments, which the government says are aimed at protecting children's physical and moral development, will enable it to ban public LGBTQ+ gatherings. Hundreds gathered outside parliament to protest against the move, which rights campaigners have labelled a "key moment in Hungary's shift toward illiberal governance".
"My true love in games is The Legend Of Zelda," says Evanescence's Amy Lee, but making the new track for Devil May Cry was a joy: "I was hooked on it and binging it every night"

2 months ago | gamesradar.com | Nick Thorpe

The Devil May Cry anime series is out now on Netflix, and while the animation is certainly incredible for some of the fight scenes, it's the playlist that often steals the show. The soundtrack is definitely evocative of the era in which the games arrived – you might have heard Limp Bizkit in the title sequence and Papa Roach in the trailer. However, Evanescence went one better by recording the new song 'Afterlife' for it.
In Praise of Mules

Mar 26, 2025 | nickthorpe.substack.com | Nick Thorpe

The beauty of mules, apart from their unquestionable physical beauty, lies in their stamina, wisdom, intelligence, humour, willpower, and last but not least, insatiable hunger. This is the story of 3 mules, Pachi, Muñi and Ninja. They belong to my son Máté and his girlfriend Eleanora, who have been travelling through the Andes with them in Peru for many months.
Romanian far-right presidential hopeful barred from poll rerun

Mar 9, 2025 | yahoo.com | Nick Thorpe |Hafsa Khalil

Romanian far-right populist Calin Georgescu has been barred from participating in May's presidential election rerun by the country's Central Electoral Bureau. In December, Romania's constitutional court annulled the first round of the vote - in which he came first - after intelligence revealed Russia had been involved in 800 TikTok accounts backing him. The bureau rejected his candidacy for what it called "procedural issues", without providing further details.
Romanian far-right presidential hopeful barred from poll rerun

Mar 9, 2025 | bbc.com | Nick Thorpe

Romanian far-right presidential hopeful barred from poll rerunNick ThorpeBBC Central Europe correspondentGetty ImagesRomanian far-right populist Calin Georgescu has been barred from participating in May's presidential election rerun by the country's Central Electoral Bureau. In December, Romania's constitutional court annulled the first round of the vote - in which he came first - after intelligence revealed Russia had been involved in 800 TikTok accounts backing him.