Newsletter
Hello! Hit Points has been a bit quiet of late; my humble apologies for that. I am finally emerging, bedraggled and frayed, from the busiest few weeks of all my years in game consulting. There has simply been no time for newsletters. There has been very little time for anything,
A newsletter about video games and the game industry, from writer, consultant and former Edge editor Nathan Brown
Dispatches from 30-odd hours in Slay The Spire 2.
Microsoft fires the starting gun on next gen (sorta).
The Playlist, Feb '26.
Xbox's new boss hits the interview circuit. Sort of.
On Phil Spencer's sudden, yet overdue, retirement.
And there goes Bluepoint.
This newsletter is best enjoyed from a distance of two to three inches.
Thoughts on (grits teeth) a very good book.
Valve admits it's a bad time to launch a console. Is anyone at Microsoft listening?
The Playlist, January 2026.
Larian's boss takes aim at dissenting voices, with predictable results.
Papa's gun.
