#357: Backseat drivers
The Playlist, January 2026.
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#356: Critical hits
Larian's boss takes aim at dissenting voices, with predictable results.
#355: Light fantastic
Papa's gun.
#354: Les incompétents
Ubisoft goes from very bad to somehow even worse.
#353: Pile of joy
2026: the year of the backlog (kinda).
#352: Dark night
VR's endgame nears as Meta pulls the plug.
#351: The song remains the same
2025's most popular games are the same as 2024's. Should we be worried? (Yes! But not about that!)
#350: The Hit Points Reader Awards 2025
You've been!
#349: Games Of The Year 2025
He's been!
#348: Friday night takeaway
What we learned about the game industry in 2025.
#347: Belle époque
I stayed up late to watch The Game Awards. Why? I don't know!
#346: Degrees of motion
360: 20.
Free Reads
#345: From the ashes
Went looking for a decent cricket game. Absolutely failed to find one.
Newsletter
#344: The audience
Valve has built it. Will they come?
#343: Old money
Follow me down, deep down where Marge lives.
#342: Surrender
Microsoft, and the US government, lay Halo to rest.
Newsletter
#341: Itagaki mass
A brief tribute to a true action master.
#340: Coward's way
More fun/misery from the house of Assassin's Creed.
#339: Objection!
Or, if you prefer: morality bytes.
Newsletter
#338: The weight
A newsletter rich in nutrition (I hope).
#337: In it for the money
Nintendo wants your money. Is that okay?
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#336: Boss battles
The worst man in videogames is At It Again.
#335: Lightning rods
Hot new game; same old arguments.
#334: The dark place
Microsoft, against all the odds, does it again.