Alec Meer is not really here

I'm here, sort of: bonzrat.bsky.social. Not a lot, but a bit. Bye.

Some posts so far: - The bizarre and sinister original Megatron alecmeer.substack.com/p/a-gun-in-eve… - In defence of the worst Transformer alecmeer.substack.com/p/headless-won… - The mystery of white Optimus Prime alecmeer.substack.com/p/the-ghost-in… Please gizza sub if you like.

Briefly resurfacing to say I now do a newsletter about toy robots - the joy, the strangeness, the self-recrimination. Trying to write about a pop culture niche in a way no-one else does. If you miss my RPS-style long form writing, you'll dig it. alecmeer.substack.com

The next target of the govt's war on the vulnerable is kids with Special Educational Needs & Disabilities, inc autism & ADHD. They plan to axe the support that helps SEND kids survive & flourish in a school system that doesn't understand them Sign/share petition.parliament.uk/petitions/7110…

Hi! I'm lead writer on Saros, the next game from Returnal studio Housemarque. Created by a fabulous team and starring the great Rahul Kohli. We announced it today, and you can play it next year. youtu.be/rK4W-hBrSZs?si…

Sumerian Six is out, and seems to be being very well received. I had a whale of a time doing narrative consultancy and script editing on this for the lovely folks at Artificial and Devolver. eurogamer.net/sumerian-six-a… m.youtube.com/watch?v=m6UYpA…

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@kroniksan I'll look 'em up. So far we've tried the (rubbish) Bluey game and that's it

@bonzrat Have you tried "A Little to the left" and "Sticky business"? They might love to play those with you

Life complexities have so rarely afforded me time for games in recent years. I hope this reckless purchase will help.

@bonzrat yeah that should buy you at least 5-10 hours of free time, easy

Small Cat is 3 today. Small Cat is entirely ignorant of this.

@NickRoche I run on a vast deficit of both patience and skill, but I have come to understand that I get far more out of a wretched little project than a new thing in a box. And will do on Big Bird.

@bonzrat Um. Keep me in your Krarky loop. Please?! (I wish I had the patience and skill to get something out of the tinkering side of things, I can imagine it being massively rewarding.)