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Mike Diver
@mikediver.bsky.social
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Mostly works in marketing. Mostly.

Author of gaming books inc. From Coin-Ops to Table-Tops, The Console, Indie Games, Retro Gaming. Aliens: The Video Games out in 2026.

Ex-music industry.
Semi-professional tea drinker.
#saintsfc
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Mike Diver @mikediver.bsky.social · Apr 26
It's #alienday.
And Independent Bookstore Day.
So here's a thing.

Aliens: The Video Games.

Games old and new, licensed and unofficial, crossovers, fan projects, unreleased titles.

Loads of new interviews covering games from the 1980s to the 2020s.

Cover by @sammgreer.bsky.social

Out in 2026.
The cover to Aliens: The Video Games. Features a character playing a game with an alien-like silhouette behind them.
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Just a bit of a win against the team that's top of the league...
A scoreboard showing Worthing (football club) 5, Hornchurch 0. Nil. Five nil.
November 29, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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12 years ago, I was promoting a little do with @danlesac.bandcamp.com ... hadn't met him before, but what a lovely, lovely dude. Every time one of these posters comes up in Memories I get whiplash from what I did then to what I do now... haven't DJed in *years*.
A poster for my old dj night, Dive Slow, held at Brighton's Sticky Mike's Frog Bar. This particular night has Dan le Sac as a guest DJ with me. December 13, 2013. Feels like forever ago. Wouldn't list Kanye on a poster these days, huh.
November 28, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen...

Radiohead
Beach House
Run the Jewels
Mogwai
Frank Ocean
julie.radiantarray.io julie muncy @julie.radiantarray.io · 1d
introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen

the Mountain Goats
the National
Jeff Mangum
Against Me!
Jenny Lewis circa The Voyager
ayshaufarah.bsky.social Aysha @ayshaufarah.bsky.social · 1d
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen

The Mountain Goats
Marina and the Diamonds
Muse
My Chemical Romance
The Japanese House
November 27, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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Promoting our books, are we?

From Coin-Ops to Table-Tops: The Essential Electronic Games Guide is just £13.43 on Amazon, as part of Black Friday. A great one for the Xennial Gamers in your life.

Cc @numskullgames.bsky.social

www.amazon.co.uk/Coin-Ops-Tab...
From Coin-Ops to Table-Tops: The Essential Electronic Games book
Buy From Coin-Ops to Table-Tops: The Essential Electronic Games book by Mike Diver (ISBN: 9781739093303) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
www.amazon.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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1000xRESIST does this.
thesaintoftous.bsky.social Toussaint Egan @thesaintoftous.bsky.social · 3d
There should be more games inspired by avant-garde stage design.
Luca Ronconi's production of Niccolò Jommelli's opera "Fetonte" Set design by Mauro Pagano (1951-1988) Tennessee Williams’s Suddenly Last Summer in 1998. Set design by Ralph Koltai (1924-2018) Jean-Christophe Maillot's production of Faust. Set design by Rolf Sachs (b. 1955) Simon Armitage's production of the Odyssey. Set design by Robert Wilson (1941-2025)
November 26, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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Full-on Yotei Brained right now, looking at lampshades like: I'd wear that hat.
November 25, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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My latest YouTube video is now live for everyone so take a peak if you're interested in SEGA arcade games that have never been ported: youtu.be/khhkGH60SAc?...
More SEGA Arcade Games That Have Never Been Ported
YouTube video by SEGADriven.com
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November 24, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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£13.43 for a big hardback full of amazing photographs, covering a rarely-mentioned chapter of video gaming history, from Sega arcade conversions to mechanical soccerball. Have at it. If you wanna.
mikediver.bsky.social Mike Diver @mikediver.bsky.social · 8d
My books are enjoying some Black Friday Amazon deals.

From Coin-Ops to Table-Tops (hardback) is £13.99.

The Console (kindle) is £2.99.

www.amazon.co.uk/Coin-Ops-Tab...

www.amazon.co.uk/CON50LE-Year...
From Coin-Ops to Table-Tops: The Essential Electronic Games Guide... all about battery powered lcd/vfd games from the 1970s and 80s. The Console, covering home video game consoles history 1972-2022.
November 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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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! 😎
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
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This bill also omits At the Drive-In playing on (and packing out) the smallest stage.
lordarse.com Lord Arse! 🕹️ @lordarse.com · 5d
What a line-up!
List of bands performing at Reading 2000.
November 24, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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I still have it... albeit the Mega CD version. Obviously the best way to play. Obviously.
Some games on a shelf including Eye of the Beholder on Mega CD
November 23, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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An afternoon on the mini arcades calls for the special controllers...
Control pads for the SEGA Astro City Mini and the Taito Egret II Mini. Yeah we've been playing some Rayforce and Rad Mobile.
November 23, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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Appreciate that most football likers don't pay attention to the National League South, but my local team Worthing is absolutely flying atm.
Worthing are third in the table having won six games in a row (nine including cup games) A corner flag at Worthing, and the seated stand, taken by me a while ago.
November 23, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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Four classic albums from the S section... but which are you playing first?
Four CD albums: Goo by Sonic Youth, Superunknown by Soundgarden, Pygmalion by Slowdive, Spiderland by Slint
November 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Do music journalists still get watermarked cds or are they fully done with in our digital-everything era?
A promo copy of Foals' Holy Fire album watermarked to me.
November 22, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Hi, it's me, the guy still buying three CDs for £1.30 at the charity shop.
CDs that I just got at the charity shop: four-track Bjork 'Army of Me' single, Guns N' Roses greatest hits (might already have this, but oh well), Foals' What Went Down album. Three for a quid thirty? Silliness.
November 22, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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It's so #saintsfc to be 1-5 up at half time and think yep, a solid 45 mins to fuck this up, lads.
November 22, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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hey, i'm looking for work! full-time or freelance 💜

journalist, critic, author
proficient in features, criticism, reporting, reviews, previews, news, guides

words at lost in cult, RPS, VGC, unwinnable, gamesradar+, polygon, EDGE, PLAY

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[email protected]
'Few games capture the spirit of indie game development quite like VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action. What initially started out as a short game for a Cyberpunk Game Jam back in 2014, soon became a standout indie hit. VA-11 Hall-A delivers a heartfelt story of happiness in the depths of disaster, draped in a unique cyberpunk aesthetic and set to a distinctive synthwave soundtrack to match. It’s a truly remarkable visual novel, and the perfect choice for our Design Works range. Produced in collaboration with Sukeban Games and Ysbryd, VA-11 Hall-A: Design Works explores the corrupt metropolis of Glitch City, its culture, and the people who frequent the game’s beloved hole in the wall, VA-11 Hall-A. Written by talented journalist and author Ashley Schofield (Polygon, EDGE, Unwinnable and VGC), you’ll hear how this world came to be and the cyberpunk touchstones that inspired it — all the while lending insight into the history of Venezuela, where the team is located, and the unique challenges of developing a game there. VA-11 Hall-A: Design Works will be a celebration of this beautiful indie masterpiece, and the people that made it all possible. Alongside contemporary interviews with writer/programmer Fernando Damas and artist/designer Christopher Ortiz conducted exclusively for VA-11 Hall-A: Design Works, the book also features a collection of highlights from the ‘Daily VA-11 Hall-A’ blog posts directly from Sukeban.moe. You can also expect deep dives into the development of the game’s prototype and prologue; the bartending mechanics that put you in the shoes of disaster bisexual bartender Jill Stingray, and interviews exploring its iconic synthwave soundtrack/jukebox with composer Michael Kelly. VA-11 Hall-A: Design Works features detailed insight into the game’s early concepts and development, an exploration of Glitch City itself, and a deep dive into the programming, art and soundtrack — an unmissable read for any fan.' A magazine cover of Unwinnable Monthly #191, with the feature being my essay 'I Don't Want To Be This Kind of Animal Anymore' and art by Shafer Brown. An excerpt reads: In the dark times, should the stars also go out? 'Revachol is still. Silent. Decades of unrest, corruption and capital gain have reduced it to a shell of a city. And yet, under these sullen skies, a miracle is happening. The limbed and headed machine of pain and undignified suffering is firing up again.' My review of Hollow Knight: Silksong for Video Games Chronicle. 'Hollow Knight: Silksong review: A game that intends to make you suffer, even to its own detriment. Team Cherry’s sequel has a clear mission statement, but doesn’t seem to consider the consequences. 3/5 stars.' My review of Demonschool for Rock Paper Shotgun, included in RPS' Bestest Bests category. 'Demonschool review Saturday morning carcasses.'
November 22, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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Er what is going on... #saintsfc
November 22, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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November 22, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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My books are enjoying some Black Friday Amazon deals.

From Coin-Ops to Table-Tops (hardback) is £13.99.

The Console (kindle) is £2.99.

www.amazon.co.uk/Coin-Ops-Tab...

www.amazon.co.uk/CON50LE-Year...
From Coin-Ops to Table-Tops: The Essential Electronic Games Guide... all about battery powered lcd/vfd games from the 1970s and 80s. The Console, covering home video game consoles history 1972-2022.
November 21, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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Some Friday feels, for you.
The games Ico and Shadow of the Colossus across a few releases for PlayStation 2 and 3. (Yes I've the PS4 version of SotC but it's upstairs and I'm downstairs, I don't plan these things.)
November 21, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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My first console. Sold it all in the 90s. Have steadily reacquired consoles, games and accessories in the last few years. This control stick. Honestly.
November 20, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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There was a Deftones/PinkPanthress collab in my dream last night, its video set in an office. Sorta shoegazey. Sorta sharp. Make that happen, universe.
November 20, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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Niche.

What's your favourite drum sound of the year?

Me: this. Mmm, such snap.

youtu.be/1It9EeIH7A8?...
See Unit - Quade
YouTube video by AD 93
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November 18, 2025 at 11:35 AM