Matt Thrower
@mattthr.bsky.social
Board game writer. Words on IGN, GamesRadar, Senet and many others. There will be puns.
Interesting but no surprises
November 27, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Interesting but no surprises
This is one of the best error messages I've ever seen
November 25, 2025 at 2:24 PM
This is one of the best error messages I've ever seen
This is discrimination, Microsoft
November 25, 2025 at 2:04 PM
This is discrimination, Microsoft
No. Fuck off and stop nagging me.
November 25, 2025 at 11:12 AM
No. Fuck off and stop nagging me.
But is it balanced?
November 25, 2025 at 9:22 AM
But is it balanced?
TIL that Royal Mail, a £3.3bn company, can't even put up a custom error page when things blow up
November 24, 2025 at 12:00 PM
TIL that Royal Mail, a £3.3bn company, can't even put up a custom error page when things blow up
This is becoming an absolute fucking curse. So many companies have replaced customer service staff with completely useless chatbots and there's just no way through, no way to fix things when you hit issues. I have just sworn off my first supplier bc of this: it won't be the last.
November 24, 2025 at 9:34 AM
This is becoming an absolute fucking curse. So many companies have replaced customer service staff with completely useless chatbots and there's just no way through, no way to fix things when you hit issues. I have just sworn off my first supplier bc of this: it won't be the last.
Thanks, Twickets, but no thanks
November 23, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Thanks, Twickets, but no thanks
So I'm watching the Fantastic Four First Steps and I don't understand how you can spend $200 million and have CGI this bad
November 22, 2025 at 7:58 PM
So I'm watching the Fantastic Four First Steps and I don't understand how you can spend $200 million and have CGI this bad
Feels like traffic is finally getting back to pre -covid levels. Ten minute trips into town are a thing of the past :(
November 22, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Feels like traffic is finally getting back to pre -covid levels. Ten minute trips into town are a thing of the past :(
I don't particularly care whether Farage was a racist schoolboy because the important thing is that he's a racist now.
November 22, 2025 at 5:41 PM
I don't particularly care whether Farage was a racist schoolboy because the important thing is that he's a racist now.
Yes, let's take random graphs from an article that clearly states, and I quote "many authors of the latest IPCC climate science report are anxious about the future and expect to see catastrophic changes in their lifetime" and post them without context. Great way to make an argument.
November 22, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Yes, let's take random graphs from an article that clearly states, and I quote "many authors of the latest IPCC climate science report are anxious about the future and expect to see catastrophic changes in their lifetime" and post them without context. Great way to make an argument.
Was going to try and learn Galactic Cruise but tripped before I'd even seen a single rule
November 22, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Was going to try and learn Galactic Cruise but tripped before I'd even seen a single rule
Dire Wolf board game adaptations do seem a bit pricey compared to the competition. I've got their games for myself, but I'd like to send some as gifts to friends to play with, but that's going to get expensive, fast :(
November 22, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Dire Wolf board game adaptations do seem a bit pricey compared to the competition. I've got their games for myself, but I'd like to send some as gifts to friends to play with, but that's going to get expensive, fast :(
I keep an indecent amount of games that I don't really play just because they look good. The deluxe edition of Arboretum. Canvas. Lacuna. Adventure Mart. And many others.
November 21, 2025 at 9:48 AM
I keep an indecent amount of games that I don't really play just because they look good. The deluxe edition of Arboretum. Canvas. Lacuna. Adventure Mart. And many others.
Several lines of coke and a Lacerda
November 19, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Several lines of coke and a Lacerda
I wrote a poem about it
November 18, 2025 at 5:11 PM
I wrote a poem about it
It's in several parts. I am not making this up. A couple of people have QT'd me after going to see it
November 18, 2025 at 4:20 PM
It's in several parts. I am not making this up. A couple of people have QT'd me after going to see it
The more you look, the worse it gets
November 18, 2025 at 10:28 AM
The more you look, the worse it gets