Michael Quirke

Strategy Director @LandorGlobal, Ex-@HugoAndCat, @SuperunionHQ, @Interbrand, @MeetConcrete. Games pod @XdriveMegabox

[James Ide @Jimtendo_DS]

My Game of the Year is a hot take, but it's about what I’ve enjoyed the most in 2024 and this game hit differently in 2024.

[Michael Quirke @msdq]

@TheSpaceshipper Canto Bight was cool but the whole Finn / Poe / Holdo B-plot was such an aimless waste of time in what could have been an epic trilogy. Rey - as a whole in those films - deserved better.

[Michael Quirke @msdq]

@TheSpaceshipper Half the film is fantastic. I lament the loss of its ideas and what they could have done to freshen that whole universe. The good half would make it easily the best of the three sequels, if it weren’t dragged down by the other (basically, non-Rey bits).

[Michael Quirke @msdq]

@TCGSco Also no need to call yourself that ❤️

[Michael Quirke @msdq]

@Xenon_177 @TCGSco This

[World Scholar @WorldScholar_]

No. This is not a spaceship going to Mars.

It's the Hallgrimskirkja, in Iceland.

It is only 38 years old but might just be the greatest masterpiece ever built in modern times... 🧵

[Michael Quirke @msdq]

@ChrisHewitt This whole thing has been such a magic journey to witness you on across this year. Glad you got there and enjoyed, happy early Christmas!

[Michael Quirke @msdq]

New @XdriveMegabox episode! 🎮 New look, new sound. Which games stole our hearts in 2024? Did we play any actual new ones? @Jimtendo_DS what does he know of Game Awards, does he know things? Let’s find out - https://t.co/zYBASRgCt5

[James Lucas @JamesLucasIT]

I used Grok's new image generation model to reinterpret Greek myths and epic poems.

The results are stunning - a thread 🧵

1. Aeneas fleeing the burning city of Troy

[Michael Quirke @msdq]

@TCGSco Love it. Of course, there’s only one choice.

[Michael Quirke @msdq]

@empiremagazine Nooooo! Why!

[Michael Quirke @msdq]

@JezCorden Paradise Killer by @KaizenGameWorks

[Michael Quirke @msdq]

@ChrisHewitt Belated yes please to this

[Michael Quirke @msdq]

@davidturners Just saw this. So ridiculous! You’d think they wouldn’t let the same thing win again. Outrage. Hope you guys had a good night anyway.

[Michael Quirke @msdq]

@Jimtendo_DS @NoRollsBarred_ @domjallen @sullivanbeau Cool peeps! ❤️ (also admiring @ElFakidor ‘s lustrous beard)

[Michael Quirke @msdq]

Setting up the Society for the Protection of Unicorns with Human Faces and Spiky Legs, with immediate effect. X

[James Ide @Jimtendo_DS]

A fantastic show from @NoRollsBarred_ thanks to legend @msdq for taking me and letting us fire our "Shame Cannon" with massive "Bone Energy"

[Michael Quirke @msdq]

@sarafischer @pkafka @voxmedia @BusinessInsider Whoop! Great news. Looking forward to having the sultry tones and insight back.

[Michael Quirke @msdq]

@ChrisHewitt Easy peasy!

[Michael Quirke @msdq]

@ChrisHewitt @HelenLOHara Ach! Rats, it’s good fun. Will just have to start a campaign to crowdfund you a sub, alongside the MCU Bluray set. Thx for the Deadpool & Wolverine special!

[Michael Quirke @msdq]

@ChrisHewitt @HelenLOHara Have you guys watched the new Time Bandits on Apple? Think you would enjoy it.

[Michael Quirke @msdq]

@HelenLOHara Stupendous. Though sadly with 100% less Phil Wang and Charlotte Ritchie.