Aaron Potter
@aaronpotter.bsky.social
Writes + talks about games for @mirror.co.uk | Former freelance writer at EDGE, NME, WIRED and more | Indie game book author | ✉️: [email protected]
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Aaron Potter
@aaronpotter.bsky.social
· Aug 20
Well, this is it. After two-and-a-half years of work, conducting interviews, playing so many games, and then writing it all up into something legible.
50 Indie Games That Changed the World by me and @bitmapbooks.com is out NOW!
Order your copy here: t.co/MolyUy9L35
50 Indie Games That Changed the World by me and @bitmapbooks.com is out NOW!
Order your copy here: t.co/MolyUy9L35
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I don’t get it, why does making art become unsatisfying when you remove the part where your brain works and is rewarded with a sense of accomplishment
November 28, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I don’t get it, why does making art become unsatisfying when you remove the part where your brain works and is rewarded with a sense of accomplishment
Here's my full, unedited interview with Rebel Wolves CEO Konrad Tomaszkiewicz.
I wasn't sure whether The Blood of Dawnwalker could go head-to-head with Witcher before, but now I'm starting to believe.
I wasn't sure whether The Blood of Dawnwalker could go head-to-head with Witcher before, but now I'm starting to believe.
‘The continuation of what we started’ – Dawnwalker director on evolving Witcher
Following his work on The Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077, Rebel Wolves founder Konrad Tomaszkiewicz discusses The Blood of Dawnwalker, his new vampire-fuelled fantasy RPG.
www.mirror.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Here's my full, unedited interview with Rebel Wolves CEO Konrad Tomaszkiewicz.
I wasn't sure whether The Blood of Dawnwalker could go head-to-head with Witcher before, but now I'm starting to believe.
I wasn't sure whether The Blood of Dawnwalker could go head-to-head with Witcher before, but now I'm starting to believe.
That's it. This is the weekend I *finally* finish Dispatch.
a man in a suit and tie with a pig mask on his head
ALT: a man in a suit and tie with a pig mask on his head
media.tenor.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:54 AM
That's it. This is the weekend I *finally* finish Dispatch.
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What a great headline
November 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
What a great headline
Only went and met one of my heroes earlier this week.
November 28, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Only went and met one of my heroes earlier this week.
Fuck yeah! Now THAT'S a magazine cover.
If you’re picking up the new edition of Edge today, head for your local store's VHS section. For issue 418, we meet the Saber Interactive team behind John Carpenter’s Toxic Commando, and bundle in a 2026 art calendar to celebrate the forthcoming 40th anniversary of The Legend Of Zelda.
November 27, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Fuck yeah! Now THAT'S a magazine cover.
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I'm old.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
November 27, 2025 at 4:21 AM
I'm old.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
Let's be honest, we all know Ubisoft is (allegedly) remaking the wrong Assassin's Creed...
November 27, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Let's be honest, we all know Ubisoft is (allegedly) remaking the wrong Assassin's Creed...
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thank you for putting a wide variety of $600+ items on your holiday gift guides. I never know how to spend my gift budget of $600+ per person
November 26, 2025 at 4:35 PM
thank you for putting a wide variety of $600+ items on your holiday gift guides. I never know how to spend my gift budget of $600+ per person
They still make these?? Cool.
November 26, 2025 at 2:59 PM
They still make these?? Cool.
- Absolum
- Ball x Pit
- Morsels
- Hades 2
2025 has been a banner year for indie roguelite games that haven't stopped eating up my time. Gimme a break!
- Ball x Pit
- Morsels
- Hades 2
2025 has been a banner year for indie roguelite games that haven't stopped eating up my time. Gimme a break!
November 25, 2025 at 4:49 PM
- Absolum
- Ball x Pit
- Morsels
- Hades 2
2025 has been a banner year for indie roguelite games that haven't stopped eating up my time. Gimme a break!
- Ball x Pit
- Morsels
- Hades 2
2025 has been a banner year for indie roguelite games that haven't stopped eating up my time. Gimme a break!
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It's weird to not only have lived through an information revolution but also now living through its undoing, all within less than a generation.
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 12:19 PM
It's weird to not only have lived through an information revolution but also now living through its undoing, all within less than a generation.
Just played BLOPS 7's opening mission. *God* this is bad.
November 23, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Just played BLOPS 7's opening mission. *God* this is bad.
"Mario style" you say?
Actually... Nah, you're alright.
Actually... Nah, you're alright.
November 23, 2025 at 2:33 PM
"Mario style" you say?
Actually... Nah, you're alright.
Actually... Nah, you're alright.
Happy Doctor Who day. I mean, I guess.
November 23, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Happy Doctor Who day. I mean, I guess.
Sorry games journalism, decided to become a professional baker instead. 🎂
November 22, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Sorry games journalism, decided to become a professional baker instead. 🎂
You had to be there.
November 22, 2025 at 8:23 AM
You had to be there.
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Nintendo Life is seeking a new video producer to join our team.
All the details are here: apply.workable.com/hookshot/j/9...
Any questions, please ask! 😎
All the details are here: apply.workable.com/hookshot/j/9...
Any questions, please ask! 😎
Video Producer, Nintendo Life - Hookshot Media
Hey, Listen! Hookshot Media is looking for a Video Producer to join our video team on our Nintendo Life YouTube channel.Nintendo Life is the largest Nintendo-focused news and reviews website in the wo...
apply.workable.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Nintendo Life is seeking a new video producer to join our team.
All the details are here: apply.workable.com/hookshot/j/9...
Any questions, please ask! 😎
All the details are here: apply.workable.com/hookshot/j/9...
Any questions, please ask! 😎
Went to Paris last week to play FOUR HOURS!? of Nioh 3. It's definitely the most accessible entry yet, but it still has that challenging soulslike edge.
My hands-on preview:
My hands-on preview:
Nioh 3’s ninja style and ‘open-field’ design gives a great Soulslike added depth
With the addition of time travel and a totally new style of combat, after four hours of play it's plaint to see Nioh 3 wants to be the best, most varied series entry yet.
www.mirror.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Went to Paris last week to play FOUR HOURS!? of Nioh 3. It's definitely the most accessible entry yet, but it still has that challenging soulslike edge.
My hands-on preview:
My hands-on preview:
Replaying Tomb Raider (2013) via the glorious new Switch 2 version, and you know the industry is fucking up by not giving us a new one of these every 2 to 3 years.
November 21, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Replaying Tomb Raider (2013) via the glorious new Switch 2 version, and you know the industry is fucking up by not giving us a new one of these every 2 to 3 years.
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It’s fun to think about the surgeon who will botch your surgery 20 years from now and what he’s doing at this moment. He just ran all his homework through ChatGPT. He just read that article about vaccines and autism at the CDC website. He just watched an Instagram video about the moon landing hoax.
November 21, 2025 at 4:27 AM
It’s fun to think about the surgeon who will botch your surgery 20 years from now and what he’s doing at this moment. He just ran all his homework through ChatGPT. He just read that article about vaccines and autism at the CDC website. He just watched an Instagram video about the moon landing hoax.
Woke up to the news that we're getting the third Kill Bill movie in the form of a Fortnite event. We've officially jumped the shark!
November 20, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Woke up to the news that we're getting the third Kill Bill movie in the form of a Fortnite event. We've officially jumped the shark!
Kirby Air Riders is bloody brilliant fun (I'm as shocked as you are).
Here's my review:
Here's my review:
Kirby Air Riders review – a chaotic kart racer that dares to be different
Nintendo Switch 2 gets an appropriately off-kilter kart racer that serves as the anti-Mario Kart, further leaning into its own hectic ideas.
www.mirror.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Kirby Air Riders is bloody brilliant fun (I'm as shocked as you are).
Here's my review:
Here's my review:
Morsels, out today, is fucking awesome - and quite possibly my next roguelite addiction.
November 18, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Morsels, out today, is fucking awesome - and quite possibly my next roguelite addiction.
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First day as a backend engineer at #cloudflare today. Found a minor bug and fixed it using ChatGPT. Let's see where the journey takes me.
November 18, 2025 at 12:20 PM
First day as a backend engineer at #cloudflare today. Found a minor bug and fixed it using ChatGPT. Let's see where the journey takes me.