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Henry Stenhouse

@hensten.bsky.social

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Senior Editor at www.Restart.run. Loves interviewing enthusiastic people and corralling words afterwards. Got a Physics PhD before games stole me from science. Some board games words on www.goinganalogshow.com

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Henry Stenhouse @hensten.bsky.social · Dec 5

I'm a Fall of Civilizations @fallofcivspod.bsky.social voice actor! In fact, I deliver the first and last readings you'll hear during The Mongols: Terror of the Steppe. I'm unbelievably chuffed to be part of one of my favourite podcasts. Huge thanks to @paulmmcooper.bsky.social for giving me a shot!

The credits to Fall of Civilizations podcast episode 19, with the name Henry Stenhouse highlighted and big text reading "That's me!"

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Henry Stenhouse @hensten.bsky.social · 23h

Our video editor is now sending the @restart.run team Slack out-of-context clips of me. A progression I'm not sure I'm prepared for.

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Henry Stenhouse @hensten.bsky.social · 5d

What's the best horror game monster? I asked the Restart team this week and @higgins.games picked a butler because of course he did
www.restart.run/articles/wha...

Restart.run Asks: What’s the Best Horror Game Monster? | Restart

The battle for the best of the beasts is on, but which video game monsters will the Restart.run team (and you!) pick for our horror hall of fame? Now hold on, is that a butler?

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Restart @restart.run · 6d

Battlefield 6 marks a glorious return to form for the grand-scale shooter and brings some brilliant new additions, but more support is needed to maximize its potential.

Read our full review here: www.restart.run/articles/bat...

Our Battlefield 6 review card. 4/5 stars

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Henry Stenhouse @hensten.bsky.social · 6d

Here's a snippet on the new Escalation mode, which rocks.

Text: Escalation, on the other hand, may be my favorite Battlefield mode yet. The setup begins much like Conquest, with two teams racing to capture and hold control points across a larger map. But instead of reducing ticket counts, these now contribute progress toward a central bar. Fill your team’s side first and you’ll score a point. But crucially, you’ll also change the game’s structure.

As Escalation progresses, control points are steadily removed but vehicles are added. A match might commence with just jeeps and a transport chopper to utilize. Over time, anti-infantry vehicles enter the fray, then tanks, attack helicopters, and jets. The end of each Escalation match is a cacophony of combat.

Choppers, fighter jets, and bombers scorch the skies as an armada of grounded armor rumbles toward a slim handful of remaining control points. Smartly, these tend to be placed indoors. For all the chaos outside, it’s the foot soldiers who truly get to finish the fight. Escalation lives up to its name, and comfortably shows Battlefield 6 at its best.

Henry Stenhouse @hensten.bsky.social · 6d

I reviewed Battlefield 6 for @restart.run! It really feels like a return to form with some great new modes and a focus on making the core elements as gratifying as possible, but it desperately needs more maps that deliver the full-scale experience. www.restart.run/articles/bat...

Battlefield 6 Review: An Excellent Escalation | Restart

Battlefield 6 marks a glorious return to form for the grand-scale shooter and brings some brilliant new additions, but more support is needed to maximize its potential.

www.restart.run

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Henry Stenhouse @hensten.bsky.social · 11d

Utterly baffling response. Police waste time making pointless arrests at peaceful protest, so the logic is to make more peaceful protests an arrestable offence. Going to be abused further, too.
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Police to get broader powers to crack down on repeated protests

The move is not a ban on protests but "about restrictions and conditions", Shabana Mahmood tells the BBC.

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Henry Stenhouse @hensten.bsky.social · 11d

New laptop sticker courtesy of Modish Rugger and Style Of Our Own. Just wish we could've gotten the rugby cult shirt!

A laptop back covered in stickers including resident evil and godzilla. The new sticker is a ghost diving to score a try with a rugby ball

Henry Stenhouse @hensten.bsky.social · 13d

Enjoy! I really fell in love with this one the further I got.

Henry Stenhouse @hensten.bsky.social · 16d

Me but with literally everything I write.

Jesse Vitelli @mamavitelli.bsky.social · 16d

99% of writing a review is figuring out the first paragraph

Henry Stenhouse @hensten.bsky.social · 16d

Congratulations Morgan!

Henry Stenhouse @hensten.bsky.social · 16d

Will check this one out for sure! Had my eye on it but hadn't had recommendations

Henry Stenhouse @hensten.bsky.social · 17d

Vital addition to the house after yesterday's Red Roses win 🤠

Henry Stenhouse @hensten.bsky.social · 20d

Oho! Might have to see if I can stop by this.

Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 21d

Nintendo POP-UP STORE announced for London (Oct 22 - Nov 16) www.nintendo.com/en-gb/News/2...

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Restart @restart.run · 21d

With Supergiant's first direct sequel, Hades 2 manages to capture the magic all over again. Creating another exemplary experience that pushes you for just "one more run"

Read our full review here
www.restart.run/articles/had...

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Henry Stenhouse @hensten.bsky.social · 21d

On Wednesdays we wear pink, even in Silent Hill.

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Henry Stenhouse @hensten.bsky.social · 26d

Big chunky board game feature up on @restart.run from me today! Had the chance to speak with a few designers/devs about converting a board game to digital www.restart.run/articles/are...

Are Digital Board Games the Future? We Asked Designers | Restart

With many major board games now making the jump to digital, we asked the teams behind anticipated upcoming conversions why they took the leap, and if others should be doing the same.

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Henry Stenhouse @hensten.bsky.social · 27d

Im more of a fan of Pokemon Prawn Cocktail

Henry Stenhouse @hensten.bsky.social · 27d

Having that issue with the flipping beastfly at the moment. I get tired/frustrated with the repetition and fumble when it starts summoning the little chargers.

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Henry Stenhouse @hensten.bsky.social · 27d

I know I'm late to this, but while I didn't find these guys tough, they were extremely tedious. The fight doesn't change much materially over its length and outstayed its welcome. Loved most of the other bosses before this one!

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Henry Stenhouse @hensten.bsky.social · 27d

Enjoyed an excuse to go off the deep end with Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave setting speculation this week. www.restart.run/articles/is-... #fireemblem