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Bought this single on cassette, back when it wasn't a ridiculous, performative, dumbass thing to do - but merely the best way to get it straight into your Walkman for the bus ride home from sixth-form.

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If you see this, post a vampire that isn't Dracula.

This is Britt from the Transformers Infestation mini series.

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Do I know anyone who is on the r/gamedev subreddit? As I'd like to post my Aliens event there but you need karma or something to do so. I don't use reddit. Ty ty.

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Today is the 15th anniversary of the European release of the excellent(ly difficult) Aliens: Infestation. This Nintendo DS gem is covered in depth, with new interview material, in Aliens: The Video Games. Buy the book: www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Aliens-The-V... Brighton live event: luma.com/p4pjgibd

Aliens: The Video Games, my book, with a copy of Aliens: Infestation for Nintendo DS.

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Did you (dare to) play Alien Trilogy on PlayStation or Saturn? The game's creation is detailed in Aliens: The Video Games, out now via @penandswordbooks.bsky.social / White Owl. If you're in/around Brighton, please consider coming to its local launch event... luma.com/p4pjgibd

Alien Trilogy on Saturn and a copy of Aliens: The Video Games

Alien Trilogy on PlayStation and a copy of Aliens: The Video Games

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Mike Diver @mikediver.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Steve Collett has worked across a wealth of big-name games and series, including LEGO titles, acclaimed racers like Split/Second, and several indie gems. But he cut his sound design teeth on Alien 3. Hear him chat about that experience on Oct 14, at Brighton's Loading Bar. luma.com/p4pjgibd

The cover of Aliens: the Video Games, my new book

A quote from Steve in the book about starting his career with Probe

A quote from Steve in the book about working on Alien 3

Details for the October 14 event. Please click the ticket link in the post if you wanna come along

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Do you ever just think, Rik fucking Mayall, man, and then get a bit sad. He'd be 68 now. (Bottom is 35 years old this month.) Weird how I miss a man who I'd never met as much as I do, but I just think 2026 would be a lot better if he was still about.

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Mike Diver @mikediver.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I have a thousand other games to play, and yet

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered is installed on my PS5

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Mike Diver @mikediver.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It's not in the book because it's not a video game, but as Brighton's Loading Bar is a board game spot as well, I could bring Fate of the Nostromo with me on Oct 14... if folks wanted to play it? (I checked, they don't have a copy.) Tickets for said event: luma.com/p4pjgibd

The Alien: Fate of the Nostromo board game.

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Mike Diver @mikediver.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The enthusiasm to see Youthmovies in Hackney this Saturday, playing a comeback/final London show Vs The £100 or so it'd run me to be there after ticket, trains, drinks, misc Love em but I just can't work with those numbers. Gigs! They are expensive! (When you don't live in that place anymore.)

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Mike Diver @mikediver.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Let's have a look inside this little booklet that came with the Alien: Isolation press pack thingy, way back in 2014. No, I've still not opened up the t-shirt. Come and hear about the making of Alien: Isolation on Oct 14 at Brighton Loading Bar. luma.com/p4pjgibd

Look it's a little (age-bent) book from a box of Alien: Isolation-y stuff.

On this page you can read about the alien.

Here are some tips on how to survive on Sevastopol.

And some lovely concept art and words about Creative Assembly loving the alien.

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Mike Diver @mikediver.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

QTP with a game that has a 10/10 soundtrack. It's Furi. The answer is always Furi. youtu.be/pl4g_r6ryxU?...

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Furi: The Chain / The Jailer Boss Fight #1 (4K 60fps)

YouTube video by Boss Fight Database

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Alien 3 on SNES is one of the best movie licence games of the 16-bit era. The game achieves its exceptional atmosphere through impressive sound design and dynamic music. Steve Collett, who created said soundscape, joins me in conversation on Oct 14 at Brighton's Loading Bar. luma.com/p4pjgibd

Artwork for Alien 3 showing a gestating xenomorph

A screenshot from SNES Alien 3 showing Ripley facing an alien in a dark corridor

Alien 3 for SNES screenshot showing Ripley crossing a molten metal pool while a prisoner is suspended on a level above

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Not started Resonant yet but for it to come out at the same time (day?) as Silent Hill Townfall, a game that is exceptionally marked by the (British, at least) experience of COVID, is certainly something.

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Went to town to hand out some posters; accidentally came home with a bastard. #deskbot

This is Studio Series, The Transformers: The Movie 86 Starscream, or maybe it's technically the 'More Than Meets the Eye' range. I am not sure. He's alright. Lacks the wow factor of the most recent Megs and Prime, but still a good time.

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Here are the cocktails you can pick from (Alien one not listed but will be available). £11.50 each so £12 for your Aliens ticket is preeeeetttttty good value.

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Just spent 30 quid on printer ink so I can put half a dozen posters up in the venue. A racket, I tell you.

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Everyone's doing videos to promote their *stuff* so I've been forced to do the same for Aliens: The Video Games: In Conversation, which is on Oct 14 at Loading Bar, Brighton. Small problem tho. Tickets: luma.com/p4pjgibd

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A Sensi score prediction for tonight? You'd take it. (Scorers may differ.)

Sensible Soccer on an Evercade EXP showing the final score of Spain 1, England 2.

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Remains a thrill to have seen Aliens: The Video Games featured, however small, in both Retro Gamer and Edge magazines. More generally, the support for this has been terrific. It's been on VGC, Time Extention, The Mirror, Space, several Alien fan sites, GameSpew and so many more sites + podcasts.

Aliens: The Video Games in Retro Gamer magazine

Aliens: The Video Games in EDGE magazine

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Come and listen to people talk about how they made very different Alien games at very different times of game development. Did license holders 'get' video games in the 90s? What had changed by the 2010s? Enjoy a tasty cocktail with the cost of entry, and play select Alien games. luma.com/p4pjgibd

Join author Mike Diver in conversation with Steve Collett (Alien 3, 1993) and Howard Rayner (Alien: Isolation, 2014), for an insightful chat about making Alien…

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Join author Mike Diver in conversation with Steve Collett (Alien 3, 1993) and Howard Rayner (Alien: Isolation, 2014), for an insightful chat about making Alien…

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What (engages whole chest) the actual fuck?

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Mike Diver @mikediver.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Wrong number my arse, Silent Hill. I wanna speak to Emma Forbes.

I have dialled 081 811 8181, which in 1996 would put you through to the BBC weekend show Live and Kicking, hosted at that time, I think, by Andi Peters and Emma Forbes.

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I can't wait to play Silent Hill: Townfall. And by play, I mean look at all the incredibly early 90s environmental *stuff* in it. All the screens I've seen shared here, incredible. The first time it scares me I will uninstall it, tho.

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Small event update: the venue is open til 11pm. Wanted to also be clear that your ticket gets you a cocktail on arrival, included in the price. It's an Alien cocktail! With an egg in it! Me, speaking with Alien game devs, at Loading Bar Brighton, on October 14. It'll be fun! luma.com/p4pjgibd

Join author Mike Diver in conversation with Steve Collett (Alien 3, 1993) and Howard Rayner (Alien: Isolation, 2014), for an insightful chat about making Alien…

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Serious question, looking for serious answers. Used to be when I promoted gigs, I had a website to push them through. Trying to promote this upcoming event I'm doing, I have here and my very limited other socials and that's about it. Any Brighton-centric industry/dev groups I could post to? TY.

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Aliens event poster just dropped.

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I am (obvs) going to keep surfacing this Alien game dev talk I am hosting in Brighton, on October 14. It's gonna be really interesting (I think!) to hear how working with licensed properties differs between the 90s and now; and to simply learn about adapting something so iconic. luma.com/p4pjgibd

Join author Mike Diver in conversation with Steve Collett (Alien 3, 1993) and Howard Rayner (Alien: Isolation, 2014), for an insightful chat about making Alien…

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Hands On: Aliens: The Video Games Is Every Xenomorph Lover's Dream Book

Mega thanks to @timeextension.com for covering Aliens: The Video Games. www.timeextension.com/news/2026/09... ICYMI (and are local to Brighton) I'm speaking with two of the devs featured in the book, who worked on Alien 3 (SNES) and Alien: Isolation, on Oct 14... deets, here: luma.com/p4pjgibd

timeextension.com

Game over? Not quite

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Mike Diver @mikediver.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

No #deskbot today but a cute lil desk bug has arrived. Waited for a sale on this one (Age of the Primes Venin), but he's a lot of fun.

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Watched Resident Evil. Resident Evil is good. I laughed, a lot (complimentary).

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Mike Diver @mikediver.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

(Taps mic) Testing. I've set up a Luma event for a special Alien-s chat on October 14. I'll be talking Alien games development of the 1990s and now(ish) with two special guests. Please check it out. (Ticket covers a cocktail for you, PA hire and staff wages, that's it.) luma.com/p4pjgibd

Flyer for an event at Loading Bar, Brighton on Oct 14 2026. I will be speaking with Steve Collett who worked on Alien 3 and Howard Rayner who worked on Alien: Isolation, about those very different experiences. Tickets are on sale now and the price basically covers costs and your first drink. Please come?

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Morning. We're having a little do in Brighton. If you are into game development, I hope it's something you'll be interested in. Making an Alien game in the 90s 'vs' making one in the 2010s. The challenges with each, and the solutions found. Also: games to play, drinks to enjoy, books to check out.

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If all goes well ingredients wise, Loading should be able to offer this very on-theme cocktail, come October 14. You get a cocktail with your ticket, so, bear that in mind. (Booze-free alternatives will surely be available.)

Loading Bar's Alien Inebriation cocktail. That's a Kinder Egg in it.

The ingredients for said cocktail: tequila, vanilla vodka, ice, and a Kinder Egg.

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Speaking of the book - reminder that the book is out now, people seem to like it, and if anyone else wants to review it, I can help make that happen. Thanks!

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Reposts on this from anyone in the Brighton game development community are massively appreciated, as I really need to get bums on seats - and I think it's a really interesting thing? Ty, ty.

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