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Dave Bradley @boxdaveb.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Your regular reminder that the animated series Star Trek: Prodigy was top-tier Star Trek TV.

Dave Bradley @boxdaveb.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

My first time hosting the Mobile Games Awards last week. Hope the tux made me look professional. 23 awards, 180 guests and a fun night celebrating the industry. Special congrats to Rising Star Kübra Gündoğan and Mobile Legend María Sayans. All the winners: www.pocketgamer.biz/mga2026/winn...

Two men, one in Lederhosen and one in a dinner suit, chat on stage during the 2026 Mobile Games Awards in Cologne

Six members of the Scopely team pose on stage alongside host Dave Bradley to receive their Company Culture Champion award at the officisl 2026 Mobile Games Awards

CEO of Ustwo Games, Maria Sayans, holds a bottle of champagne and delivers an acceptance speech at a podium

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Dave Bradley @boxdaveb.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Sharing these here because I dug them out for a different purpose and I like them. Views from 'plane windows: 1/ Flying out of Dubrovnik, looking down on the mountains of Croatia, it almost feels like we're in space 2/ Coming into land in Los Angeles at night, with the city spread out beneath us

An aerial view of the mountains of Croatia with the curved horizon glowing and the dark sky above it

An aerial view of Los Angeles at night, city lights spreading into the distance

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Dave Bradley @boxdaveb.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Yesterday I was in London. Could not resist this snap through the window.

Nelson's Column seen in silhouette through a building's curtain

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Dave Bradley @boxdaveb.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

I know people assume that's Victor Von Doom's voiceover. But I think it sounds like Nandor from What We Do In The Shadows

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Dave Bradley @boxdaveb.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

It's coming up to 19 years since this masterpiece and it's ridiculous how often I quote the lyrics from the Still Alive song as I go about my work. "This was a triumph..." #Portal www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6lj...

Amber text on a black screen from the music video to "Still Alive", the theme tune from the Portal game. The text on screen says: "Dear 'Subject Name Here'. I'm not even angry. I'm being so sincere right now."

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Dave Bradley @boxdaveb.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

There are some classics in the #FightingFantasy book series, but my favourite is House of Hell. Is that weird?

A copy of Steve Jackson's House of Hell sitting on a desk

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Dave Bradley @boxdaveb.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Paris? Paris! [Tap tap - is this thing on?] PARIS!!!

A social media post revealing that Emily In Paris has officially started filming Mykonos, Greece

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Dave Bradley @boxdaveb.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Whatever happened to this video game hero? We need more Horace games

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Dave Bradley @boxdaveb.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

May the Fourth be with you - here's a little reminder of that time I was detained by the Empire at an event in 2015

A photo of magazine editor Dave Bradley on his knees surrounded by three Imperial Stormtroopers pointing E-11 blaster rifles at him

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Dave Bradley @boxdaveb.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

The incredible Kelly Vero and I wrote a non-fiction book. Myth-Made Machines: The Stories Behind AI is out Sep 3 (@bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social). Ancient myths to sci-fi, philosophy to games. How humans imagine artificial minds and what that says about us. Voilà: www.bloomsbury.com/us/mythmade-...

The book cover of Myth-Made Machines, a non-fiction book, featuring a blue design with Vitruvian Man on the left and a high-tech outline of a modern human on the right

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Dave Bradley @boxdaveb.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

A little message from Merlin for anybody considering an April Fool's fake news story today

A still from the film Excalibur with Merlin saying, "When a man lies he murders some part of the world"

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Dave Bradley @boxdaveb.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Bath Abbey lit up in the Ukrainian colours tonight

An amateur photo of Bath Abbey (UK) with the tower lit blue on yellow in solidarity with Ukraine

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Dave Bradley @boxdaveb.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Look what I found! Vintage 1983 #CYOA

The front cover of Space Patrol by Julius Goodman, a Choose Your Own Adventure book, with an image of a young girl confronting a figure in a red and gold high-tech space suit, with space ships in the background.

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Dave Bradley @boxdaveb.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Treated myself to a bottle of Linkwood single malt Scotch. Gosh, this is nice.

A table bearing a nearly-full bottle of Signatory Vintage Linkwood 2012 whisky, and a glass with a double Scotch poured into it

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Dave Bradley @boxdaveb.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

The owls were out, around our way! I was up early and heard them hooting. Never actually seen one, but the locals say that little owls (Athene noctua) are common in the woods here.

Dark nighttime photo of a bright full moon shining through the clouds above a woodland in silhouette

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Dave Bradley @boxdaveb.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Congrats to everyone at @sfxmagazine.bsky.social for publishing its 400th issue! Thanks to @ianberriman.bsky.social and the team, I’ve penned an article for this milestone issue (Star Trek-related, back page). Here’s to the next 30 years of top-tier science fiction and fantasy reporting.

The cover of SFX magazine issue 400 featuring a photograph of six members of the Starfleet Academy cast.

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Dave Bradley @boxdaveb.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Conversation at London ticket counter yesterday: HIM: It’s peak time. The next off-peak train is in three hours. Travelling sooner will cost you an extra £25 peak upgrade. ME: So it’s a £25 fare add-on now… or three hours in a pub?! HIM: ...I guarantee you will spend more than £25 in a pub here.

Screenshot of a social media post by @ProducerDaveFM in which he mocks the ticket pricing structure of British trains

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Dave Bradley @boxdaveb.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Time to rewatch that heartwarming Christmas classic - Iron Man 3.

A still from Iron Man 3 featuring Robert Downey Jr as Tony Stark in front of a Christmas tree

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Dave Bradley @boxdaveb.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

I’ve got a MacBook, a Windows PC and a little Linux box on my desk, and I use all three pretty happily. There’s one tiny macOS feature I still miss every single time I’m on Windows: selecting a bunch of files and instantly creating a new folder with them inside. How has Microsoft never solved this?

A right-click dialogue box from macOS showing the New Folder with Selection option

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Dave Bradley @boxdaveb.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Flashback! My archaeology continues. The first boxed game I got for my first Windows PC at home. I'd played the original SimCity on the IBM computers at college, but SimCity 2000 was new then (it came out in December 1993) and I became absolutely obsessed with it for years.

A hand holding an old boxed copy of Sim City 2000 for the PC

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Dave Bradley @boxdaveb.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Unearthed a time capsule from 25 years ago. Check out the Iomega Zip Disk in the bottom right: remember when 100MB felt like a huge luxury?

Close up photo of 5 floppy disks and a Zip disk on a desk surface

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Dave Bradley @boxdaveb.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Just back from an incredible few days in Aqaba 🇯🇴 for Pocket Gamer Connects Jordan: 2,000+ attendees, panels in a national monument, and even a historical re-enactment in the desert! www.pgconnects.com/jordan/

Dave Bradley moderates a panel on stage in Aqaba

A group shot of the organisers and volunteers in front of the Pocket Gamer Connects Aqaba stage

The glorious Al-Khazneh "treasury" facade at Petra with a group shot of games industry insiders smiling in front of it in the sun

The exhibition area at Pocket Gamer Connects as seen from above in the open air at the Great Arab Revolt Plaza in Aqaba

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Dave Bradley @boxdaveb.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

This is the amazing room at the Louvre where the theft took place in broad daylight yesterday. I took this photo last year. That’s the Galerie d’Apollon, home to France’s crown jewels and a stunning place

A personal photo from inside the Louvre taken in 2024

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Dave Bradley @boxdaveb.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Look what was waiting for me when I returned from my latest travels! Looking forward to reading this. Congrats @rachaelsmith.bsky.social and @paulcornell.bsky.social #whokillednessie

The cover of Who Killed Nessie, a comic book by Paul Cornell and Rachel Smith

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Dave Bradley @boxdaveb.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

Post an unusual sign if you feel like it

A big metal sign written in Sinhala and English says "Noise may provoke hornet attacks" accompanied by a picture of a man running from giant hornets

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Dave Bradley @boxdaveb.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Waiting for an opportunity to drop this into a Teams meeting

Major Partagaz from Star Wars TV show Andor tells two Imperial underlings, "It's an assignment. Calibrate your enthusiasm."

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Dave Bradley @boxdaveb.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Remember these? Warlock, from 1984! My pal Steve found them in his loft and gave them to me. There are half a dozen of them in total. Issue one is basically the first half of The Warlock Of Firetop Mountain, but they start including news and new stories as they go on. #FightingFantasy

A hand holds four copies of Warlock: The Fighting Fantasy Magazine from 1984, with the price visible (95p).

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Dave Bradley @boxdaveb.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Games pals! Who’ll be in San Francisco during GDC week? Come and join us at Pocket Gamer Connects on March 17-18. It’s a good deal: purchased tickets include access to the San Francisco MeetToMatch all week. And priority access to the Monday night party! www.pgconnects.com/sanfrancisco...

A slideshow of photos from Pocket Gamer Connects San Francisco 2024, including people having meetings and sharing knowledge on stage.

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Dave Bradley @boxdaveb.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Hello? What’s in this beautifully wrapped package that arrived today? Why, it’s the first @starsandsabers.bsky.social anthology featuring 29 top authors.

A rectangular wrapped package with a card addressed to Dave

A rectangular wrapped package with a THANK YOU note in embossed gold

The partially unwrapped package reveals another wrapped package inside, all blue with stars

The finally unwrapped gift is a hardback book entitled Of Shadows Stars And Sabers

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Dave Bradley @boxdaveb.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

The overflow water butt has frozen into one big block of clear ice.

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Dave Bradley @boxdaveb.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Wet and windy here in the south-west. Feels very autumnal.

A collage of four pictures showing a man looking grumpy with rain on his spectacles, a path lined with bare trees, a green valley shrouded in mist, and a country church with brown leaves strewn around the gate.

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Dave Bradley @boxdaveb.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Exactly a week ago, we wrapped up an unforgettable games event: PG Connects Jordan at the Dead Sea. Looks like it was our second biggest conference after London (we welcomed 2,500+ attendees) to talk games, esports, tech, business and more. We'll be back in Jordan next November - in Aqaba.

A montage of official photos from the stage and setting of a business conference held beside the Dead Sea in Jordan.

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Dave Bradley @boxdaveb.bsky.social · 20/10/2024

It would be great if shops listed their specific relevance to me instead of having names 😅

A shop window, stacked high with nerdy things like Funko figures, and a sign above saying "Comics, Games & Coffee".

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Dave Bradley @boxdaveb.bsky.social · 16/10/2024

My buddy went to Japan and brought me back this awesome Spider-Man collectable Tomy gacha figurine. He's eating pizza.

A miniature Spider-Man sitting on the edge of a desk. The figure is a Super Real Plus figurine from a Tomy gacha collectible set.

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Dave Bradley @boxdaveb.bsky.social · 11/10/2024

Seriously, you just open one desk drawer looking for tape, and the cat is straight in there.

A collage of three pictures of a tabby-and-white cat clambering into a desk drawer next to a roll of Sellotape.

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Dave Bradley @boxdaveb.bsky.social · 02/10/2024

What's this? Revealed TODAY in Helsinki, it's the official PocketGamer.biz Top 50 Mobile Game Makers list 2024. Is your #gamedev studio on it? www.pocketgamer.biz/the-top-50-m...

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Dave Bradley @boxdaveb.bsky.social · 29/09/2024

Hosting a conference or convention? Please check that your dates and location are clearly visible. I know you know when and where it's taking place, but if we have to click through two menu items and then scroll to find what weekend you're talking about, this might explain why your signups are slow.

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Dave Bradley @boxdaveb.bsky.social · 19/09/2024

A year has passed since we did this fun feature about Agatha Christie-themed cocktails on CrimeFictionLover. Ever wonder what an Orient Espresso Martini tastes like? Revisit our “Agatha Whiskey” review: crimefictionlover.com/2023/09/tast...

A man sits in a dimly lit speakeasy with a sidecar cocktail and a book. Photo by Rhian Drinkwater.

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Dave Bradley @boxdaveb.bsky.social · 17/09/2024

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #110,418!

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Dave Bradley @boxdaveb.bsky.social · 09/09/2024

Had a blast at Fighting Fantasy Fest at the weekend. Saw a couple of old friends. Enjoyed Deathtrap Dungeon live with Sir Ian Livingstone and John Robertson. This was the fifth since 2014, and it's always a fun day in London for brave adventurers/dice-rolling geeks.

A panel plays Deathtrap Dungeon live at Fighting Fantasy Fest in London in 2024. Inset: the convention's programme cover.

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Dave Bradley @boxdaveb.bsky.social · 04/09/2024

Can confirm I am still expected to do this decades after leaving home.

A photo of a young man texting on his phone at an airport, with a big caption reading "29-year-old me texting my mom when I arrived at the airport, when I got on the plane, when I landed, and when I got to the hotel safely"

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Dave Bradley @boxdaveb.bsky.social · 01/09/2024

Thanks, Facebook! I was gutted about not seeing ads when trying to moderate my page before.

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Dave Bradley @boxdaveb.bsky.social · 27/08/2024

I skipped a couple of instalments but Civilization VII has excited me about the franchise again. At Gamescom, I spoke with creative director Ed Beach about the new Ages system, streamlining reinforcements and more. Read our interview about how Civ is evolving: www.pcgamesinsider.biz/interviews-a...

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Dave Bradley @boxdaveb.bsky.social · 04/08/2024

Finished watching #StarTrekProdigy on Netflix. Highly recommended. Though it may be pitched at kids, it features a complex time-travel plot, and it's a thematic sequel to Voyager, with great nods to past characters and storylines. Excellent voice cast.

Three characters from Star Trek Prodigy, with the Doctor exlaiming, "I've been betrayed by my own brilliant storylines."

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Dave Bradley @boxdaveb.bsky.social · 22/07/2024

Which of my #gamedev pals will attend Gamescom next month? Pocket Gamer has a booth! We're running a prize draw! We're hosting the Mobile Games Awards! We're throwing a party! Plenty of opportunities for us to meet and say hello. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pocket-gam...

A promotional banner with a black and white drawing of Köln cathedral and an invitation to meet Pocket Gamer Connects staff in Hall 2.2 Stand B042 at Gamescom this August.

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Dave Bradley @boxdaveb.bsky.social · 11/07/2024

Drop a ship not from Star Wars or Star Trek

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Dave Bradley @boxdaveb.bsky.social · 04/07/2024

Don't be jealous, but I just set up a new uninterruptible power supply for my PC 💪🖥️

The meme of Willem Dafoe as Norman Osborn, defaced so that he's claiming to be a Tech God instead of a Scientist.

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