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I completed Horizon Zero Dawn’s story several years ago, but I recently returned to it to play it through again and to try to get that sacred Platinum trophy.

On 07 December 2023, Luke Plunkett at Aftermath posted: Assassin’s Creed Mirage Was Juuusssttt Right “I installed it, I met some people, I had an adventure, the story wrapped, I am now free to get on with my life” On 28 December 2023, John Peart shared and

It’s 28th December 2023, and having made the pilgrimage home for Christmas, I’m sat on my own in my parent’s living room with their two dogs.

This is the sixth year I’ve been setting and publicly tracking a set of goals for the year ahead.

Nintendo’s game designers are masters of surprise and delight.

Astro’s Playroom is the pack-in title for the PlayStation 5.

I am a bad cook.

I visited some friends in Dublin this week with Matt.

I saw Jessie Ware at Alexandra Palace tonight as part of the ‘That!

On 04 November 2023, Jonathan posted: Will this trigger a webmention?

On 02 November 2023, starrwulfe posted: Oh this is nice. 👍🏾 I wonder how hard it would be to do this CSS spice to WordPress comments 🤔 On 04 November 2023, John Peart replied @starrwulfe Thanks!

On 31 October 2023, Anthony Ciccarello at Anthony Ciccarello posted: That’s creative!

I recently added support for federated social networking features to my website.

In the first few minutes of Cocoon, I let out an audible “woah”.

This week was the end of my tenth year working in the UK Civil Service.

As the chair of the Civil Service LGBT+ Network, I was invited by the Whitehall & Industry Group to present and facilitate a discussion on LGBT+ inclusion.

One of the very first games I ever played on the PlayStation 2 was Ratchet & Clank.

Since Space Karen1 bought Twitter, I’ve been looking at how I can make my presence on the World Wide Web more decentralised.

I’ve found a new hobby: retro tech.

It’s the most wonderful time of the year!

This year, like many years before it, one of my goals is to save some money.

It’s the most wonderful time of the year!

Since 2018, I’ve been setting myself goals for the year ahead and tracking them publicly.

If you know me, you know I am the antithesis of a fitness junkie.

I was invited to speak at The LGBT+ Inclusion in the Workplace Conference 2022, to talk about how a staff network can do more than the usual round of pride events and socials.

Rejoice!

I have been in Spain, via Gibraltar, for the last week with my family.

I recently spent the weekend away with a bunch of friends in a house none of us would ever be able to afford to buy.

A new year is here.

It’s New Year’s Eve.

LCARS clock is a project I built in 2021 as a gift for my dad for Christmas 2021.

It’s odd that it’s taken a pandemic for me to appreciate my local park.

Mario games have levels and loading screens.

Like a phoenix out of the ashes, the Eurovision Song Contest has risen and is returning to our screens this month.

A couple of years ago, I set myself a New Year’s Resolution to quit Facebook.

2020 might have been a global horror show but it has been a personal triumph.

For the past three years, I’ve been trying to get better at setting goals for myself and sticking to them.

I turned 30 this year during the second national lockdown.

I made this “NES Frame” as a gift for my dad for Christmas.

NES frame is a project I built in November 2020 as a gift for my dad for Christmas 2020.

This is Coco (or as I like to call her, Cocoa).

I almost didn’t spot this heron, perched atop the wall of a bridge in Hyde Park that crossed the serpentine.

A couple of years ago, I started making bots on Twitter for fun.

The Eurovision Song Contest will not take place in 2020.

Many of us are adapting to working exclusively from our homes at the moment.