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Freelance games and media journalist. DMs open. Email: graeme.mason@wizwords.net Sign up to my ZX Spectrum newsletter: onthezxspectrum.eo.page/onthezxspec…

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Indie Horror Gamer @indiehorrorgamer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Woah
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Graeme Mason @wizwords.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I had the pleasure of interviewing two legends of the 8-bit world this week: Geoff Crammond on The Sentinel and The Gollop Brothers for Lords Of Chaos. Features in @retrogamermag.bsky.social soon hopefully!
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Indie Horror Gamer @indiehorrorgamer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Fresh review: The Alighieri Circle: Dante's Bloodline www.indiehorrorgamer.uk/reviews/the-...
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The Alighieri Circle: Dante’s Bloodline — Indie Horror Gamer
Round and round we go.
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Indie Horror Gamer @indiehorrorgamer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
It's Monsters Inc meets anomaly spotting - but is The Door Factory any good? Read the Indie Horror Gamer review:- www.indiehorrorgamer.uk/reviews/the-...
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The Door Factory — Indie Horror Gamer
Run of the mill.
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Graeme Mason @wizwords.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Woah pitchforks at the ready, my making of an xbox 360 game in the latest issue of @retrogamermag.bsky.social. Condemned is 21 years old tbf :-)
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Graeme Mason @wizwords.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Hey @maxrushden.bsky.social, just scored this goal in Match Day 2 and instantly thought of you :-)
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Graeme Mason @wizwords.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Freshly delivered from Fusion Books and author Richard Hewison - memories of Rainbird and Beyond!
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Box Of Greebles @boxofgreebles.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
It's the end of the world, but you're trapped on the Glasgow underground. I chatted with @indiehorrorgamer.bsky.social about our new game. Tokamak! www.indiehorrorgamer.uk/features/we-...
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“We liked the idea that the dangerous environment is above you” - Box Of Greebles’ Thomas Welsh on Tokamak, a new horror game set within Glasgow’s subway system — Indie Horror Gamer
As above and below.
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Graeme Mason @wizwords.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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Coming Soon: Dreadshell — Indie Horror Gamer
Drill chill.
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Indie Horror Gamer @indiehorrorgamer.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This month on Indie Horror Gamer, I caught up with @boxofgreebles.bsky.social's Thomas Welsh on its incoming horror game, Tokamak. It's set inside the Glasgow subway system after something disastrous has happened above. Check out the interview here:- www.indiehorrorgamer.uk/features/we-...
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“We liked the idea that the dangerous environment is above you” - Box Of Greebles’ Thomas Welsh on Tokamak, a new horror game set within Glasgow’s subway system — Indie Horror Gamer
As above and below.
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Indie Horror Gamer @indiehorrorgamer.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Coming soon: Penguin Colony, where The Thing meets March Of The Penguins and HP Lovecraft:- www.indiehorrorgamer.uk/news/coming-...
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Coming Soon: Penguin Colony — Indie Horror Gamer
Flippin’ Hell.
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Indie Horror Gamer @indiehorrorgamer.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Fresh review on Indie Horror Gamer: @orointeractive.bsky.social and Off Black Creations' Mole, an Eighties-set psychological horror set in a deep-bore drilling machine:- www.indiehorrorgamer.uk/reviews/mole
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Mole — Indie Horror Gamer
Down The Rabbit Hole.
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Graeme Mason @wizwords.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
New review on IHG: Dead stop: no vacancy www.indiehorrorgamer.uk/reviews/dead...
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Dead Stop: No Vacancy — Indie Horror Gamer
Motel hell.
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Indie Horror Gamer @indiehorrorgamer.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
90s Nostalgia slasher-zombie thriller Flesh Made Fear review arrives on Indie Horror Gamer:- www.indiehorrorgamer.uk/reviews/fles...
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Flesh Made Fear — Indie Horror Gamer
A ripping yarn.
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Indie Horror Gamer @indiehorrorgamer.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Playing @shiftatmidnight.bsky.social from Bun Muen Games. Review soon!
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Indie Horror Gamer @indiehorrorgamer.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Coming soon: Altered reality horror, Flick www.indiehorrorgamer.uk/news/coming-...
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Coming Soon: Flick — Indie Horror Gamer
Time for lights out.
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Indie Horror Gamer @indiehorrorgamer.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
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Coming Soon: CABA — Indie Horror Gamer
This ain’t the Circle line.
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Indie Horror Gamer @indiehorrorgamer.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
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Coming Soon: Silver Pines — Indie Horror Gamer
Terminal gig.
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Indie Horror Gamer @indiehorrorgamer.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Coming Soon: Anomaly-spotter, The Door Factory www.indiehorrorgamer.uk/news/coming-...
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Coming Soon: The Door Factory — Indie Horror Gamer
Spot The Difference.
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Indie Horror Gamer @indiehorrorgamer.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
The June Indie Horror Gamer roundup is here. Crunching terror ☠️ A cute cat 🐈 Aliens 👽 Zombies 🧟 Shopping 🛒 Fill 'er up ⛽ But which is a strong candidate for our worst game of the year award? www.indiehorrorgamer.uk/reviews/revi...
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Review Round Up June 2026 — Indie Horror Gamer
What else we’ve been playing.
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Indie Horror Gamer @indiehorrorgamer.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Coming Soon from Silent Lamb Studio: Slasher-horror Last Summer www.indiehorrorgamer.uk/news/coming-...
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Coming Soon: Last Summer — Indie Horror Gamer
You’re gonna love this one.
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Hotel Espir @hotelespir.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
What our modeller made vs what he's allow to put in the game 🥲 Thank you Mikkel (smorgilg.artstation.com) your high poly will be missed #indiegamedev #highpolymodel #lopolymodel #horrorhotel @hotelespir.bsky.social @indiehorrorgamer.bsky.social @horrorgameawards.bsky.social
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Keza MacDonald @mackeza.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
... and secondly @wizwords.bsky.social' history of Bond video games, from the terrible to the *less* terrible to the actually good www.theguardian.com/games/2026/j...
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They expect you to die! The history of James Bond video games, from the good to the bad to the downright ugly
Interactive takes on MI6’s globetrotting spy have been around almost as long as the films, but that doesn’t mean all of them were a success. Here’s 007’s chequered past of hits, flops and oddities
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Indie Horror Gamer @indiehorrorgamer.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Out today, review on Indie Horror Gamer:- Vultures - Scavengers Of Death — Indie Horror Gamer share.google/1ctqo8c0IQBT...
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Vultures - Scavengers Of Death — Indie Horror Gamer
Carry On Killing
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Indie Horror Gamer @indiehorrorgamer.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Coming Soon: another dino park gone wrong in the atmospheric Clawed www.indiehorrorgamer.uk/news/coming-...
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Coming Soon: Clawed — Indie Horror Gamer
They Definitely Should.
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Indie Horror Gamer @indiehorrorgamer.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
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How A Horror Game Set In A Slaughterhouse Took Me Back To The Days Of The ZX Spectrum — Indie Horror Gamer
Horror games take on all shapes and sizes, yet not many come smaller than the star of High Room Studio’s Saborus. In an ingenious twist, the player is a chicken, one of the millions of creatures that ...
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Britt Roberts @brittrecluseuk.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
www.gamesfreezer.co.uk/2026/04/zx-d... another beautifully funny book from the master @wizwords.bsky.social @gamesfreezer.co.uk #zx #spectrum #zxspectrum #speccy #indiedev #gaming #retro #fusion #fusionbooks
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ZX Dreams Vol. 2 Review By Britt - Author – Graeme Mason Publisher – Fusion Retro Books 📖 #RetroGaming
Whatever the reason, I recently noticed that a second volume of ZX Dreams had been released, and jumped at the chance to cover it here at GF.
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Graeme Mason @wizwords.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Coming Soon: Loveland — Indie Horror Gamer share.google/flMElL7EszOF...
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Coming Soon: Loveland — Indie Horror Gamer
Ribbit.
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Indie Horror Gamer @indiehorrorgamer.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Another great-looking point-and-click game incoming:- www.indiehorrorgamer.uk/news/coming-...
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Coming Soon: Two Realms: Whispers From The Rift — Indie Horror Gamer
Two Realms takes place in a dark fantasy world. The player is Tobias, the older of two brothers, who discovers a disturbing secret in a cave near the boys’ home. When Tobias pries the crystal from its rocky prison, it sets in motion a series of events that’ll change both his and his brother’s lives
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Indie Horror Gamer @indiehorrorgamer.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
www.indiehorrorgamer.uk/news/coming-... from @kwalee.bsky.social and @malformation.bsky.social Coming soon on Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5 and PC (Steam)
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Coming Soon: Ground Zero — Indie Horror Gamer
There was exciting news yesterday (1st April, but after 12pm so we hope its genuine!), when Leamington Spa publisher Kwalee and developer Malformation Games revealed their upcoming survival horror, Gr...
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Indie Horror Gamer @indiehorrorgamer.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
New Review: @fyregames.bsky.social's Project Songbird, out now:- www.indiehorrorgamer.uk/reviews/proj...
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Project Songbird — Indie Horror Gamer
Creative Differences
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RetrogamerDaz @retrogamerdaz.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
If you like PS Vita, Switch, import PS1, Saturn, SNES & PS2 games and Xbox 360 be sure to visit my stall this Sunday (29) at the Bournemouth Gaming Market. All my PAL prices will be lower than CEX and my import stuff will be less than the going rate too. See you there. bournemouthgamingmarket.com
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NEXT EVENT: SUNDAY 29TH MARCH 2026 Days Hours Minutes Seconds BUY TICKETS OUR LATEST GAMING MARKET FOR 2026… THE UK’S BIGGEST RETRO GAMING MARKET IS COMING TO BOURNEMOUTH THIS MARCH! The Video Game Ma...
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Indie Horror Gamer @indiehorrorgamer.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
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Itch Terror: The Radio Tower — Indie Horror Gamer
Itch developers often release short, sharp shocks, and Zagon Games ( Ruptured Tape ) has scored another winner with this 10-15 minute game set around a supernaturally high radio tower. You’re a maint...
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Indie Horror Gamer @indiehorrorgamer.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Fresh developer interview live on Indie Horror Gamer: www.indiehorrorgamer.uk/features/bat...
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Battered Pizza and a Monster in the Basement: Talking Chip Shop Horror with Developer James Muirhead — Indie Horror Gamer
Indie developers dream of exposure, and few have enjoyed the coverage that James Muirhead and his game, Grease Trap '99, have. Back on the 26th February, BBC Scotland featured a story on James and hi...
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Indie Horror Gamer @indiehorrorgamer.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
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Coming Soon: Drowned Lake — Indie Horror Gamer
This latest horror from publisher Critical Reflex (Mouthwashing, No I’m Not A Human) combines two distinct styles of gameplay, first-person and overhead, as your character explores the sunken town on ...
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Indie Horror Gamer @indiehorrorgamer.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
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Coming Soon: Sleepytime Village — Indie Horror Gamer
Indie Horror Gamer is keen to focus on all aspects of horror, and while Sleepytime Village trots around the outskirts of the genre, we’re big fans of the point-and-click genre, and it’s our website, s...
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Graeme Mason @wizwords.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Steam Next Fest: The Ramen Shop — Indie Horror Gamer share.google/lyvqVBjN3ysZ...
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Steam Next Fest: The Ramen Shop — Indie Horror Gamer
Night service and management horror games are everywhere right now, but this debut from a mysterious developer known only as ‘samuel’ looks to have enough unnerving gameplay to make it worth a look. ...
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Indie Horror Gamer @indiehorrorgamer.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Open world science-gone-wrong horror Inky Blinky Bob is Indie Horror Gamer's latest Steam Next Fest highlight www.indiehorrorgamer.uk/news/steam-n...
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Steam Next Fest: Inky Blinky Bob — Indie Horror Gamer
This open-world game is a curious affair, and one that’s tickled Indie Horror Gamer, despite a few initially frustrating control issues. You’re a pilot, flying in to a remote set of islands. In the s...
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Indie Horror Gamer @indiehorrorgamer.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
A fright at the museum - Museum Guard: Exhibit Unknown on Steam Next Fest www.indiehorrorgamer.uk/news/steam-n...
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Steam Next Fest: Museum Guard: Exhibit Unknown — Indie Horror Gamer
Hidden anomaly games are still proving popular in horror gaming, and Museum Guard: Exhibit Unknown transports the genre to a spooky building redolent of London’s Natural History Museum. Inevitably y...
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Indie Horror Gamer @indiehorrorgamer.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Mortanis Prisoners Xbox Series X Review on Indie Horror Gamer: www.indiehorrorgamer.uk/reviews/mort...
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Mortanis Prisoners — Indie Horror Gamer
Developer: Alexey Bulgakov & Vladimir Zlobin Publisher: Honor Games Released on: Xbox Series S/X (reviewed), PlayStation 5 While there have been a few horror games set during World War II, this...
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Graeme Mason @wizwords.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
This week I spoke with blogger Sander Mebus about Indie Horror Gamer:- www.bloggersander.nl/2026/03/inte...
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Interview with Graeme Mason, editor-in-chief and founder of indiehorrorgamer.uk
Interview with Graeme Mason, editor-in-chief and founder of indiehorrorgamer.uk.
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Indie Horror Gamer @indiehorrorgamer.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Mere Routine: They Left Us Here on Steam Next Fest www.indiehorrorgamer.uk/news/steam-n...
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Steam Next Fest: They Left Us Here — Indie Horror Gamer
You awake on a deserted space station, with no memory and no idea of why you’re there. It’s a familiar set up, but going by the demo, They Left Us Here looks to be a slick sci-fi horror with more tha...
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Graeme Mason @wizwords.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
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The Run’s Paul Raschid on Bandersnatch, Interactive Movies and Glorious Northern Italy — Indie Horror Gamer
Having written and directed two 'conventional' movies and written another, filmmaker Paul Raschid branched out into the interactive genre following the success of Netflix's Bandersnatch in 2018. The R...
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Graeme Mason @wizwords.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Two more Kickstarter books have arrived at wizwords towers!
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CRASH magazine @crashonlineuk.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
News Input www.crashonline.org.uk/14/news.htm "Chaos by Julian Gollup is a game of spell casting for up to eight wizards in any combination against the computer. Each wizard is allocated some spells to begin with and then appears as a character on screen along with the others."
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After Band-Aid, comes Soft Aid, brainchild of Rod Cousens of Quicksilva. The project has already won the seal of Bob Geldof’s approval and is being supported by quite a few of the major names in the s...
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Indie Horror Gamer @indiehorrorgamer.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Something a bit different today (well not that different) - an alien abduction horror
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Indie Horror Gamer @indiehorrorgamer.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
She Was 98, in the first Indie Horror Gamer, out soon! Sub link in my profile
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Indie Horror Gamer @indiehorrorgamer.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Indie Horror Gamer has a Steam group! Join here steamcommunity.com/groups/indie...
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Steam Community :: Group :: Indie Horror Gamer
The Indie Horror Gamer Group is part of the Indie Horror Gamer network, including a newsletter and website (coming soon!).
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Graeme Mason @wizwords.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Eek
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Graeme Mason @wizwords.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
On The ZX Spectrum Nextra number 13 is primed and ready to go out at 5pm today! Want yours? Sign up for free, link in bio!
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