Mostly works in marketing. Mostly. Author of gaming books including Aliens: The Video Games, published August 2026 and available to pre-order now. #saintsfchttps://bsky.app/profile/mikediver.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikediver.bsky.social/post/3mm266adths2cArt.17 May 2026 10:37 +0000at://did:plc:hhej5cgsfadhptw55uwritfk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm266adths2chttps://bsky.app/profile/mikediver.bsky.social/post/3mlxz7wlyx22kNow to Hate-Watch the FA Cup Final and hope the universe finds a way for both teams to lose.16 May 2026 14:03 +0000at://did:plc:hhej5cgsfadhptw55uwritfk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlxz7wlyx22khttps://bsky.app/profile/mikediver.bsky.social/post/3mlxwwcuaoc2dCeltic? More like BOO. BOO, I say. BOOOOOO.16 May 2026 13:22 +0000at://did:plc:hhej5cgsfadhptw55uwritfk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlxwwcuaoc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikediver.bsky.social/post/3mlxsae3jcs2gPictured: some gaming. [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 May 2026 11:58 +0000at://did:plc:hhej5cgsfadhptw55uwritfk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlxsae3jcs2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/mikediver.bsky.social/post/3mlwm6neej22rIO Interactive will tell you it's HITMAN, not Hitman. Why is he, of all people, shouting. [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 May 2026 00:37 +0000at://did:plc:hhej5cgsfadhptw55uwritfk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlwm6neej22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikediver.bsky.social/post/3mlwbobs2322gWatching a band called Alien Chicks tear up Brighton and I wish I was 20(+) years younger so I, too, could tear it up. (Complementary)15 May 2026 21:29 +0000at://did:plc:hhej5cgsfadhptw55uwritfk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlwbobs2322ghttps://bsky.app/profile/mikediver.bsky.social/post/3mluymjfloc2gI see NEO GEO Arcade 4. I order NEO GEO Arcade 4. [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 May 2026 09:14 +0000at://did:plc:hhej5cgsfadhptw55uwritfk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mluymjfloc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/mikediver.bsky.social/post/3mltj6yjqmk2pPrime spotting on a Thursday evening.14 May 2026 19:06 +0000at://did:plc:hhej5cgsfadhptw55uwritfk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mltj6yjqmk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/mikediver.bsky.social/post/3mltcswy5tc27Aliens: The Video Games is the first book dedicated to exploring the whole history of interactive xenomorph experiences. Features 20+ exclusive interviews, photos and art, crossover titles, and more. Pre-order now at @penandswordbooks.bsky.social https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Aliens-The-Video-Games-Hardback/p/5821814 May 2026 17:12 +0000at://did:plc:hhej5cgsfadhptw55uwritfk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mltcswy5tc27https://bsky.app/profile/mikediver.bsky.social/post/3mlsqugp6vk2oAs a Sonic CD Liker (JP/PAL OST ONLY), this is Art. [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 May 2026 11:50 +0000at://did:plc:hhej5cgsfadhptw55uwritfk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlsqugp6vk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/mikediver.bsky.social/post/3mlsbwqeits2gWax Heads is mostly cute and a lil cheesy (positively) so far, but yeah, this is a bit too real. (Let me write the album reviews if there's a sequel, yeah?) https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c20d1lxlx3go https://www.radiox.co.uk/features/uk-music-venues-lost-and-closed-over-the-years/14 May 2026 07:23 +0000at://did:plc:hhej5cgsfadhptw55uwritfk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlsbwqeits2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/mikediver.bsky.social/post/3mls4fy7hl22rHave been in a real funk over the whole Southampton 'spying' situation, like this is some low, low shit for football, if proven. But I just watched the VAR decision for Celtic's penalty last night and apparently football can go lower. What absolute nonsense.14 May 2026 05:44 +0000at://did:plc:hhej5cgsfadhptw55uwritfk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mls4fy7hl22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikediver.bsky.social/post/3mlqyixz3tc26I know Real Ones already know but: Aldi own-brand baked beans are the best baked beans* you can buy. Heinz? Too runny. Branston? Posers. Tesco or Sainsbury's? Weak sauce. Lidl? It's close, but it's not right. ASDA? LMAO! (*Not w/ sausages, mind, as those sausages are poor.) [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 May 2026 19:02 +0000at://did:plc:hhej5cgsfadhptw55uwritfk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqyixz3tc26https://bsky.app/profile/mikediver.bsky.social/post/3mlqtzhgdac22It sort of does. And YOU can read all about Dracula House in my book about VFD/LCD games of the 80s, From Coin-Ops to Table-Tops. [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 May 2026 17:41 +0000at://did:plc:hhej5cgsfadhptw55uwritfk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqtzhgdac22https://bsky.app/profile/mikediver.bsky.social/post/3mlq7nqkpe22aLook, sorry, but who are you, if you're a Teenage Music Lover who *isn't* into bops from the last 20, 30 years? If we had a game set today and the protag was waxing lyrical about Illmatic or 36 Chambers, or The Bends or Jilted Generation, would you ponder hmmm, why aren't they bigging up Stray Kids?13 May 2026 11:37 +0000at://did:plc:hhej5cgsfadhptw55uwritfk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlq7nqkpe22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/mikediver.bsky.social/post/3mlq4vvbre22uFuck sake you guys.13 May 2026 10:48 +0000at://did:plc:hhej5cgsfadhptw55uwritfk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlq4vvbre22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikediver.bsky.social/post/3mlpohpuyms2oEvery Southampton fan this morning.13 May 2026 06:29 +0000at://did:plc:hhej5cgsfadhptw55uwritfk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlpohpuyms2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/mikediver.bsky.social/post/3mlplinfdtk2lAgreed. [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 May 2026 05:36 +0000at://did:plc:hhej5cgsfadhptw55uwritfk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlplinfdtk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikediver.bsky.social/post/3mlosfe6h7k26What a picture.12 May 2026 22:07 +0000at://did:plc:hhej5cgsfadhptw55uwritfk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlosfe6h7k26https://bsky.app/profile/mikediver.bsky.social/post/3mlorv2vozs2jFootball. Honestly.12 May 2026 21:58 +0000at://did:plc:hhej5cgsfadhptw55uwritfk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlorv2vozs2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikediver.bsky.social/post/3mloav3pytk2hStarting to feel it. The nerves. Brrr. #saintsfc12 May 2026 16:54 +0000at://did:plc:hhej5cgsfadhptw55uwritfk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mloav3pytk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikediver.bsky.social/post/3mlnwxgsixc2tSeconded. [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 May 2026 13:56 +0000at://did:plc:hhej5cgsfadhptw55uwritfk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlnwxgsixc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/mikediver.bsky.social/post/3mlndvcmxzk2vWaxheads in Being My Jam shocker.12 May 2026 08:15 +0000at://did:plc:hhej5cgsfadhptw55uwritfk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlndvcmxzk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikediver.bsky.social/post/3mlc3ykndic22"If the player has nothing to fear, what's the point in playing the game? It shouldn't be a breeze." Designer Mark Eyles discusses Aliens: The Computer Game (UK Version, 1987) in my book, Aliens: The Video Games. Pre-order: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Aliens-The-Video-Games-Hardback/p/5821807 May 2026 20:54 +0000at://did:plc:hhej5cgsfadhptw55uwritfk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlc3ykndic22https://bsky.app/profile/mikediver.bsky.social/post/3mllyolw4bs23👀 @evercade.co.uk 👀 [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 May 2026 19:21 +0000at://did:plc:hhej5cgsfadhptw55uwritfk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mllyolw4bs23https://bsky.app/profile/mikediver.bsky.social/post/3mllathk7ds2jCould be Spygate, could be Mixtape, could be politics, truly the meme for all seasons. https://static.klipy.com/ii/d7aec6f6f171607374b2065c836f92f4/bf/ac/wrme8wpq.gif?hh=280&ww=498&mp4=xGQytRb24gJHDH&webm=o45aIxbmIaNHnE11 May 2026 12:15 +0000at://did:plc:hhej5cgsfadhptw55uwritfk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mllathk7ds2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikediver.bsky.social/post/3mlkx6uz7ss2bSlightly increase a band Ten and a half Grand (Ten Grand ruled btw) https://youtu.be/zOYj_WrQPZ4?si=sA8FrQ9a0NEqzeHz [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 May 2026 09:22 +0000at://did:plc:hhej5cgsfadhptw55uwritfk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlkx6uz7ss2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikediver.bsky.social/post/3mlkqzdtk322bOkay. One Mixtape take. Not a *take* but an observation based on lived experience that I'm not sure any review picked out. Stacy is autistic. To me, clearly. In her need to organise in advance. In her need to know everything about A Certain Thing. How the slightest derailing of plans = disaster...11 May 2026 07:32 +0000at://did:plc:hhej5cgsfadhptw55uwritfk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlkqzdtk322bhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikediver.bsky.social/post/3mlkn2bfyik26 [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 May 2026 06:21 +0000at://did:plc:hhej5cgsfadhptw55uwritfk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlkn2bfyik26https://bsky.app/profile/mikediver.bsky.social/post/3mljprxys622mHas anyone been to Porto? Tell me about Porto. Places to stay. Food to eat. Sights to see. I know nothing about it, yet here we are thinking: maybe we should long-weekend it in Porto this autumn, as an anniversary treat. Why Porto? Why not. Never been. So yeah, any tips, very welcomed! Ty.10 May 2026 21:37 +0000at://did:plc:hhej5cgsfadhptw55uwritfk/app.bsky.feed.post/3mljprxys622m