Ben Ward
@timegentleman.bsky.social
video game writer & designer || he/him
https://benward.xyz || https://discord.gg/sizefive
avatar by @michaelfirman.bsky.social || header by @2dforever.com
https://benward.xyz || https://discord.gg/sizefive
avatar by @michaelfirman.bsky.social || header by @2dforever.com
Pictured: EA's elite dev team for Jedi 3
October 28, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Pictured: EA's elite dev team for Jedi 3
It may not actually end up meaning much, but here's the single glimpse we got of Batman in Creature Commandoes. It got people fan-casting Alan Ritchson..!
October 19, 2025 at 8:34 PM
It may not actually end up meaning much, but here's the single glimpse we got of Batman in Creature Commandoes. It got people fan-casting Alan Ritchson..!
RIP Drew Struzan, creator of many iconic movie posters, including the one for my favourite movie BTTF. Other fave Struzans include the two other BTTFs, Goonies and Big Trouble In Little China, Revenge Of The Jedi teaser and many more.
October 14, 2025 at 4:38 PM
RIP Drew Struzan, creator of many iconic movie posters, including the one for my favourite movie BTTF. Other fave Struzans include the two other BTTFs, Goonies and Big Trouble In Little China, Revenge Of The Jedi teaser and many more.
Millennials name your mediocre movie VHS bonds. Mine: Big Business, a Bette Midler identical twin farce.
October 11, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Millennials name your mediocre movie VHS bonds. Mine: Big Business, a Bette Midler identical twin farce.
Waiting for the announcement of the new Size Five game at 9am PST / 5pm BST www.pcgamer.com/tokyodirect like
September 28, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Waiting for the announcement of the new Size Five game at 9am PST / 5pm BST www.pcgamer.com/tokyodirect like
"I see. In that case, as I am not some sort of Marty McFly, easily goaded into foolhardy ventures with accusations of chickenhood, I shall simply skip past your advert and not purchase your product."
September 20, 2025 at 1:43 PM
"I see. In that case, as I am not some sort of Marty McFly, easily goaded into foolhardy ventures with accusations of chickenhood, I shall simply skip past your advert and not purchase your product."
When someone goes to the effort of using 👍🏻instead of 👍
September 15, 2025 at 12:52 PM
When someone goes to the effort of using 👍🏻instead of 👍
So now I know who wrote this Bluesky post joke.
August 28, 2025 at 4:45 PM
So now I know who wrote this Bluesky post joke.
Okay, I have now run out of Pretty Woman quotes to entertain/confuse my family with.
July 31, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Okay, I have now run out of Pretty Woman quotes to entertain/confuse my family with.
To combat a quantum of internet misinformation: yes, there is an InGen (Jurassic Park company)-branded medical cabinet in Face/Off. No, it is not in the face-swapping lab. It's in the super-prison electroshock room, unrelated to the face-swapping tech. [1/2]
July 25, 2025 at 11:55 AM
To combat a quantum of internet misinformation: yes, there is an InGen (Jurassic Park company)-branded medical cabinet in Face/Off. No, it is not in the face-swapping lab. It's in the super-prison electroshock room, unrelated to the face-swapping tech. [1/2]
They gender-swapped Zelda from a guy with short blond hair who runs around witrh a sword to a PRINCESS! Keep this woke nonsense out of my video game movie adaptations!
July 16, 2025 at 12:44 PM
They gender-swapped Zelda from a guy with short blond hair who runs around witrh a sword to a PRINCESS! Keep this woke nonsense out of my video game movie adaptations!
Can't believe they're breaking the title pattern like that. The fourth film should be called something like 28 Years And 3 Weeks And 2 Days Later.
July 5, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Can't believe they're breaking the title pattern like that. The fourth film should be called something like 28 Years And 3 Weeks And 2 Days Later.
While I'm here, if any of you have LOTCG on Steam, enjoyed it, and STILL haven't left a review, please take a moment to do so!
It won't be long until I stop bugging you about this and start bugging you to leave a review for the next Size Five game, so it'd be nice to bump the total up before then!
It won't be long until I stop bugging you about this and start bugging you to leave a review for the next Size Five game, so it'd be nice to bump the total up before then!
June 29, 2025 at 3:33 PM
While I'm here, if any of you have LOTCG on Steam, enjoyed it, and STILL haven't left a review, please take a moment to do so!
It won't be long until I stop bugging you about this and start bugging you to leave a review for the next Size Five game, so it'd be nice to bump the total up before then!
It won't be long until I stop bugging you about this and start bugging you to leave a review for the next Size Five game, so it'd be nice to bump the total up before then!
A couple of adventure game ones:
1) this talk animation. Virgin Megastore had a non-interactive demo which was just Bernard and Green talking at each other in a loop and I stood there mesmerised for aaaages. Lovely massive sprites doing Proper Animation talking!
1) this talk animation. Virgin Megastore had a non-interactive demo which was just Bernard and Green talking at each other in a loop and I stood there mesmerised for aaaages. Lovely massive sprites doing Proper Animation talking!
June 13, 2025 at 11:39 AM
A couple of adventure game ones:
1) this talk animation. Virgin Megastore had a non-interactive demo which was just Bernard and Green talking at each other in a loop and I stood there mesmerised for aaaages. Lovely massive sprites doing Proper Animation talking!
1) this talk animation. Virgin Megastore had a non-interactive demo which was just Bernard and Green talking at each other in a loop and I stood there mesmerised for aaaages. Lovely massive sprites doing Proper Animation talking!
Maybe this is going to be like in COVID lockdown when we started getting whales in the Thames, and we'll see a resurgence of well-written factually correct articles!
June 10, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Maybe this is going to be like in COVID lockdown when we started getting whales in the Thames, and we'll see a resurgence of well-written factually correct articles!
Great to see more of the old PC Zone team getting into the Alien franchise! First @batsphinx.bsky.social writes a game, now @misterbrilliant.bsky.social is in the tv show!
June 5, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Great to see more of the old PC Zone team getting into the Alien franchise! First @batsphinx.bsky.social writes a game, now @misterbrilliant.bsky.social is in the tv show!
As a big name BlueSkyer, I have discovered many tricks to "doing big numbers" with my posts.
For example, if you include a Donald Duck picture with your post, you are GUARANTEED a like.
#BlueSkyHacks
For example, if you include a Donald Duck picture with your post, you are GUARANTEED a like.
#BlueSkyHacks
May 30, 2025 at 4:04 PM
As a big name BlueSkyer, I have discovered many tricks to "doing big numbers" with my posts.
For example, if you include a Donald Duck picture with your post, you are GUARANTEED a like.
#BlueSkyHacks
For example, if you include a Donald Duck picture with your post, you are GUARANTEED a like.
#BlueSkyHacks
Now getting very excited that the pope is going to come out as trans and change all the doctrines to be queer-friendly and no one will be able to stop him!
Pope Leo XIV? More like Pope Leo XE/XIR 🌈💪
Pope Leo XIV? More like Pope Leo XE/XIR 🌈💪
May 9, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Now getting very excited that the pope is going to come out as trans and change all the doctrines to be queer-friendly and no one will be able to stop him!
Pope Leo XIV? More like Pope Leo XE/XIR 🌈💪
Pope Leo XIV? More like Pope Leo XE/XIR 🌈💪
Shark's teeth still look fake.
May 6, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Shark's teeth still look fake.
Standard marketing procedure: confirm -> unveil -> reveal. It's like how ape planets rise and then dawn.
April 14, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Standard marketing procedure: confirm -> unveil -> reveal. It's like how ape planets rise and then dawn.