Rick Lane

Freelance journalist, critic and consultant. Bylines at The Guardian, EDGE, PC Gamer, NME, Eurogamer and more. Immersive sim geek. Contact: [email protected]

[Rick Lane @Rick_Lane]

Hi folks! For Steam Next Fest, Demo Disc will be posting shorter newsletters every day this week. To get ahead of the game[s], the first one's out right frickin' now. Subscribe for free below: https://t.co/DIFhRJaXPi

[Rick Lane @Rick_Lane]

New from me on NYE: A big fat feature on the history of Dungeon Keeper, with input from Peter Molyneux, DK2 producer Nick Goldsworthy, and DK1 artist Mark Healey. Come for Mark's hitherto unseen concept sketches, stay for Peter's special chili recipe. https://t.co/BHNk0oSXnn

[Rick Lane @Rick_Lane]

Hi folks, just a heads up that I'm not really posting here any longer. If you want to stay notified about my work, Demo Disc, or my terrible jokes, you can find me on the other place at https://t.co/WWp5HG6vXD

[Rick Lane @Rick_Lane]

New Demo Disc is out, and it's a bit of a gnarly one, featuring Indonesian street fighting, Pikmin blood rites, and some rather unpleasant (and literal) paper cuts. https://t.co/YbVVAwhxbF

[Jonas Kyratzes @JonasKyratzes]

Taking a long-term historical view of events is a healthy antidote to the misanthropic notion that people vote for bad governments because they're evil. Every Western country is currently stuck in the same dangerous pattern, produced by material conditions, not individuals.

[Katherine Bayford 🍐 @kebayf]

Maybe because every children’s book on sale in the UK is called FAT NAN’S MASSIVE CHRISTMAS FART: BOTTOM’S UP

[Rick Lane @Rick_Lane]

Here's my full review of STRAFTAT, the best FPS this year. https://t.co/u3o8qxe0Ck

[Quite Interesting @qikipedia]

Phrase of the Day: ANTE-JENTACULAR CIRCUMGYRATION — a walk before breakfast; coined by the philosopher Jeremy Bentham.

[Rick Lane @Rick_Lane]

Please enjoy my Planet Coaster 2 review and its accompanying feet pic. https://t.co/75cJ97a1yG

[Eurogamer @eurogamer]

Halloween is a perfect day to ask: which are the best ghosts in games? https://t.co/njz4d2njmz

[Rick Lane @Rick_Lane]

This week's Demo Disc is a Hallowe'en special, featuring five spooky demos including @DUSKdev's Butcher's Creek, @alamodegames's Sorry We're Closed, and the handiest deckbuilder you'll ever play. Want more free demo recs? Subscribe through the link: https://t.co/WKXAKjzz5P

[Rick Lane @Rick_Lane]

@NightmareModeGo Dunno how relevant it is in the days of password generators but I've used this technique for years and it hasn't steered me wrong so far. https://t.co/Dtj19z1rAk

[𝒮𝒪𝒩𝒩𝒴 𝒮𝐸𝐻𝑅𝒜 ੴ @sonnysehra]

an irish pharmacist looking through the national archives in dublin accidentally unearthed a forgotten and lost short story by bram stoker, author of DRACULA. unknown even to scholars, it’s being published for the first time in a century. first new mozart, now new bram stoker

[Gemma Hanson @MancunianScot]

@NinjaKitchenUK Hi. Other than literage & price, what is the difference between the OP350UK and the OP500UK?

[Rick Lane @Rick_Lane]

This week's Demo Disc newsletter features legally distinct podracing, gratuitous goblin slaughter, and the best walk cycle in a video game this year. Subscribe for free through the link: https://t.co/CM2QRPNXhB

[Rick Lane @Rick_Lane]

Hello. I reviewed Factorio: Space Age and I am dead now. Enjoy! https://t.co/lIKpX19XY2

[Jake Tucker @_JakeTucker]

Wrote about Straftat for this week's newsletter. It's very good and out tomorrow. https://t.co/MtyrhCfabc

[Rick Lane @Rick_Lane]

Demo Disc's last Next Fest newsletter is up now, featuring probably my favourite demo of the event. I hope you've enjoyed these daily roundups, and the newsletter will be back next Friday in its usual five-game format. Shares and subs hugely appreciated. https://t.co/WHV5uDxSST

[Nour Naim| نُور @NourNaim88]

🚨Breaking; The Israeli army has killed Palestinian artist and cartoonist Mohassen Al-Khatib in a massacre in northern #Gaza.

Her final artwork, completed just hours before her killing , illustrated Israel burning the tents of displaced families and killing them.

[Rick Lane @Rick_Lane]

Demo Disc's last Next Fest newsletter is up now, featuring probably my favourite demo of the event. I hope you've enjoyed these daily roundups, and the newsletter will be back next Friday in its usual five-game format. Shares and subs hugely appreciated. https://t.co/WHV5uDxSST

[Rick Lane @Rick_Lane]

@rachel_wattts @GamesRadar Yasss spread the Wormhole love (I regret this phrase already). Amazing list. Great to see Scarlet Deer Inn on there. Literally just featured that today. Not at all what I expected from the intro, but in the best way.