Remember links? They were cool, weren’t they. So here’s a bunch of them. Check back regularly and there might be more. And if you think you should be here, let me know*!
If you want to follow my site that is more focused specifically on video games, hit up this link.
Video games journalism
https://www.giantbomb.com – Probably needs no introduction, but its rebirth after escaping the clutches of Fandom has made it eminently worth visiting.
https://aftermath.site – One of the best worker-owned video game sites out there, and all the better for eschewing the usual news churn in favour of its authors’ specialisms.
https://digitallydownloaded.net – My pal Matt’s website. Settle in for strong opinions on games as art in particular, as well as non-judgemental exploration of more niche interest titles.
Tech journalism
https://404media.co – One of the best sites on the Web right now. Reporting on — and fighting the good fight — against the enshittification of the Web and tech, plus surveillance and AI.
https://www.wheresyoured.at – Newsletter of Ed Zitron, PR specialist turned tech critic. Vicious, but eminently well-reasoned, criticism of what Silicon Valley has done to the computer.
https://next.content.town/ – A newsletter by Will Smith (not that one) on all the myriad ways that today’s computers are broken and a pain in the arse to use. Pairs well with Ed Zitron’s newsletter.
https://wired.com – One of the most longstanding tech journalism sites online, and still one of the best. Wired has been a particularly strong journalistic presence in the age of Trump.
Retro gaming
https://evercade.co.uk/blog – I get to write stuff about old games and earn a living from doing so here! Yes, it’s to sell you stuff, but you better believe I put the passion in.
https://www.consolemad.co.uk/ – A great place to buy retro games in the UK. Reasonably priced, prompt shipping and friendly, personal customer service.
https://www.atarimania.com/ – The one-stop database for all things Atari 8-bit, ST and much, much more. If you want to find out if something was on an Atari platform, you look here.
https://a8.fandal.cz/stuff.php – You want software for Atari 8-bit, you come here. Includes both stuff from back in the day, and newly patched, fixed and improved versions of many titles.
Podcasts
https://funfactorpod.com/ – A video game podcast about the video game magazines of yesteryear, hosted by Ty Schalter and Aidan Moher.
https://www.betteroffline.com/ – Ed Zitron’s podcast. If you’d rather listen to him rant than read his epic newsletters, this is a great way to stay abreast of the tech sector’s enshittification.
Porn
Sorry, sex is illegal in the UK now, unless you provide Visa and Mastercard with a photograph of your genitals to verify your age. I don’t make the rules.
*Note: if you’re one of those fuckos who sends emails via blog contact forms telling me how much you “love my content” before wanting me to promote some casino scam, without giving any sort of indication that you know what my “content” is, you can eat my entire hairy, sweaty bumhole before I’ll link to you and your “major website featuring big brands”. Go choke on a thousand used needles and roll around in ebola.