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Yr Friend, DB @notdavidbaddiel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

SIlent Hill: Townfall one of those games where I can absolutely recognise and agree with most flaws you can level at it but I just don't care. I love what it's doing. I got excited about a shop in the game because it had the words "good quality bric-a-brac" digitally rendered on a white board.

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Yr Friend, DB @notdavidbaddiel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Can't help but notice you've not posted "My 9 Friends".

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Yr Friend, DB @notdavidbaddiel.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

You? Trying to flex on *me*? Haha, don't be silly. Gettin' jiggy wit it.

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Yr Friend, DB @notdavidbaddiel.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Sorry to say but St. Amelia Harbour Trust from Silent Hill: Townfall is not a registered charity with either the Scottish Charity Register or the Charity Commission of England and Wales and any Gift Aid claimed on relevant donations is invalid and you may have inadvertently committed tax avoidance.

A nice noticeboard from Silent Hill Townfall about harbour safety, posted in the game's faction, by St Amelia Harbour Trust, claiming to be a registered charity. Let's put that to the test.

A screenshot of the Scottish Charity Register saying "no results returned" for the charity number from the notice. You can't see the number I searched for but I swear it's that one.

A screenshot of the Charity Commission website, also saying no results were found for that charity number. You can see the number in this one. I'm good for it.

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Yr Friend, DB @notdavidbaddiel.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Imploring Hollywood PR teams and campaign managers to learn that there's more (and dare I say better) styles to ASMR than just whispering closely into a microphone.

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Yr Friend, DB @notdavidbaddiel.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

For all the shit the Ellisons get, are Annapurna the only known-name publisher that understands games as patronising the arts and investing in culture, rather than technology products to generate return on investment?

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Yr Friend, DB @notdavidbaddiel.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Farage claiming he was in a work meeting and wasn't actually listening to what was going on is the first time I've thought "actually, he does represent me". A man of the people.

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Yr Friend, DB @notdavidbaddiel.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

First song in a long time where I've heard it on the radio and gone "hold up, what's this?" Like Broken Social Scene covering the Changing Rooms theme. youtu.be/9s6aLPyQAbE?...

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Blue Earth Sound - Limiter (Official Audio)

YouTube video by DeepMatter Records

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Yr Friend, DB @notdavidbaddiel.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Found your dad's Looking For section on his Tinder profile.

A screenshot of a pack of soft pittas from Tory-donating Warburtons. An attempt has been made to make the focus of the photo “easy to fill” and “white”. The number 4 is also visible but not related. Your dad might be a bigot and sexist but he’s not a paedophile. He Googled Olivia Rodrigo's age just to be sure.

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Yr Friend, DB @notdavidbaddiel.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

In Japan, they're called S-levels.

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Yr Friend, DB @notdavidbaddiel.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Sorry for your loss and I reserve the right to be a hypocrite should circumstances befall me but I'm officially declaring the story of two specific prisoners being released early going into a second week to be A Bit Much.

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Yr Friend, DB @notdavidbaddiel.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Played through Type Help which robs The Incident At Galley House of drama but, as someone a bit skeptical of a text adventure being made into an actual game, the execution is spot on. A proper little radio play whodunit. Lovely production values and attention to detail.

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Yr Friend, DB @notdavidbaddiel.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Part of me is annoyed that someone has dumped a load of DVDs in the book swap on my street, but another part of me is delighted I just got the complete series of Eerie, Indiana. Some cheek calling it a 3-disc special edition though when there's only enough episodes for 3 discs.

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Yr Friend, DB @notdavidbaddiel.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

That Emily Wilson essay would have been better as a 1* Letterboxd review that said "Christopher Nolan is Homerphobic".

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Yr Friend, DB @notdavidbaddiel.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Didn't play Splatoon 3 so suspect I missed a lot of deviant chat about Shiver from Splatoon Raiders.

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Yr Friend, DB @notdavidbaddiel.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Ate half a bowl of cereal before realising it was infested with pantry moths. Wbu?

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Yr Friend, DB @notdavidbaddiel.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Bought a comically oversized Hawaiian shirt for a fancy dress party 15 years ago. Sadly, weight and weather have escalated to such a point that it's the only comfortable top I've worn all week.

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Yr Friend, DB @notdavidbaddiel.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Was minded today of all the "Dept. Heaven" games on PSP that I own and finished and cannot remember a single thing about. A bit like The Last Remnant on the 360. Endless JRPGs which I spent hours playing but have left no mark in my life. Have I wasted my time on this Earth?

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Yr Friend, DB @notdavidbaddiel.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

[Extremely Mac DeMarco voice] REAL SAUSAGES! REAL MASH!

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Yr Friend, DB @notdavidbaddiel.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Hate it, don't use it BUT it is objectively funny when someone tries to use AI to support their (normally right-wing) argument and the response comprehensively disproves what they're saying.

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Yr Friend, DB @notdavidbaddiel.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Only watched the last few series so I'm a newcomer but the one thing I've learned about ardent Taskmaster fans is that they're absolutely miserable about everything.

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Yr Friend, DB @notdavidbaddiel.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

True Head Heads are raising a glass tonight to the original Adam Klaus.

A photo of Anthony Head as the magician Adam Klaus in the pilot episode of Jonathan Creek. I think he got Buffy just after this so had to be recast. Top boy, however you slice it.

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Yr Friend, DB @notdavidbaddiel.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Look, it's nearly bedtime and I don't want to cause you any unnecessary stress which may impact a good sleep so I'll just come out and say it: I'm over the hump in Mina The Hollower.

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Yr Friend, DB @notdavidbaddiel.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

A bit annoying how everyone's got their own Discord forum now so if you just want to download some ray tracing mod for a decade old game, you have to join one with a general chat populated with people like this:

A screenshot of a Discord message posted by someone called "rapi" which reads: I used to be "THE RAPIST" until discord temp banned me xd. Why are people like this?

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Yr Friend, DB @notdavidbaddiel.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Was likely in the pit of a mighty depression during some of it but - amongst my 1000 hours in Destiny 2 - I'll remember working out how to play music through proximity chat and then blasting Let Me Show You by Camisra on repeat in the Tower while doing a DJ emote. It was all good fun.

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Yr Friend, DB @notdavidbaddiel.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Quite upsetting that young people have parasocial relationships with elite footballers or platinum-selling musicians or queer-baiting film stars and my parasocial relationships are all with balding men in their 30s and 40s who host podcasts.

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Yr Friend, DB @notdavidbaddiel.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Arteta's Rattling Reds have taken their final scalp on the TL.

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Yr Friend, DB @notdavidbaddiel.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Absolute irony of posting this but staggered folk are still doing miserable cunt gimmicks in 2026.

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Yr Friend, DB @notdavidbaddiel.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Last night I watched the 2002 Sly Stallone thriller D-Tox (a very generous 3*) and finished Aliens Infestation (2.5*) on the DS and the HD version of Arkham Origins Blackgate (2.5*). An aggressively mediocre Friday night.

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Yr Friend, DB @notdavidbaddiel.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Having to watch the bulk of Jean Rollin's The Night of the Hunted at 1pm on a Sunday afternoon because I keep trying to watch it at night when everyone else has gone to bed and falling asleep after about 5 minutes. Well I guess this is growing up.

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Yr Friend, DB @notdavidbaddiel.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Reposting this feels a bit like grandstanding but here we are again.

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Yr Friend, DB @notdavidbaddiel.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

There's a lassie on Virgin Island who's conventionally attractive and is there for religious/medical reasons, and I've seen her described as "smurfing in low elo" and I can't share how funny that is with anyone I actually know.

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Yr Friend, DB @notdavidbaddiel.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

IT WAS RELEASED 15 YEARS AGO, MATE

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Yr Friend, DB @notdavidbaddiel.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Is PONPONPON by Kyary Pamyu Pamyu still part of the broader cultural diet?

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Yr Friend, DB @notdavidbaddiel.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

There's a recurring musical motif in the 1993 erotic thriller Snapdragon, featuring Pamela Anderson, that uses the same notes as the end of the verses to Fall On Me by REM. You don't get that kind of insight in snarky Letterboxd reviews.

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Yr Friend, DB @notdavidbaddiel.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

I've probably given more money to Charles Cecil over my lifetime than any member of my own family.

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Yr Friend, DB @notdavidbaddiel.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Only for one stage, mind. He might be some sort of psychic paedophile? Hard to tell but I enjoyed it. It's a decently good game, I'm telling you.

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Yr Friend, DB @notdavidbaddiel.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

No-one told me so it was a fun surprise but there's no chance you're thinking of playing High On Life 2 so I'll just ruin it for you now: Joe Pera is in it.

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Yr Friend, DB @notdavidbaddiel.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Easy Delivery Co. on Game Pass worth a couple of hours of your bank holiday weekend. A Short Hike meets Euro Truck Simulator. Seen some folk mention an undercurrent of Silent Hill but not for me, Clive. Could have stood to do with more game to it but it's enough to keep away the real world.

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Yr Friend, DB @notdavidbaddiel.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Had the "how the fuck is it 2am?!" jump scare.

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Yr Friend, DB @notdavidbaddiel.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Delighted that this was actually recognised by the game as a relevant plot point. Both the Paranormasight games are subtly so clever.

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Yr Friend, DB @notdavidbaddiel.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Going to do a live talks over of the fake live stream of that lad who killed his girlfriend. (Actually wild that you can just go and watch it on YouTube right now but I suppose it itself is not a crime. Fascinatingly grim)

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Yr Friend, DB @notdavidbaddiel.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Didn't happen after the Manchester synagogue attack during Yom Kippur. Or after the Bondi Beach shooting during Hanukkah. Or today after the most obvious display of antisemitism on a simple Monday. But I still hold out hope that I will eventually see some support for the Jewish community On Here.

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Yr Friend, DB @notdavidbaddiel.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Becoming the world's first and only Tilly Norwood stan.

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Yr Friend, DB @notdavidbaddiel.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Played the Steam demo of Shutter Story and really liked it: store.steampowered.com/app/3798860/... Didn't shit me up but gave me the willies. Something quite chilling about being tasked with looking at photos and purposefully *trying* to see horrible things.

store.steampowered.com

Shutter Story on Steam

Examine a family's photo album to reveal signs of the paranormal, as the horror unfolds in the house around you. Their fate is in your hands.

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Yr Friend, DB @notdavidbaddiel.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Getting so pissed off at Drilbur saying his habitat isn't dark enough when it's basically a cave. Nearly 40.

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Yr Friend, DB @notdavidbaddiel.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Thought of this and had to get it out of my system. Sorry, thanks.

An image of the LP cover for 50,000,000 Elvis fans can't be wrong, except it's been crudely photoshopped to feature Dr Victor Gideon from Resident Evil Requiem in Elvis' place. Any text saying Elvis has been replaced with Elpis. I've not yet reached the point in the game where it has any context so it currently remains a funny word that sounds like piss.

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