senior editor, UK @polygon / formerly editor-in-chief @eurogamer / games, film, TV / he/him
London
Joined October 2009
- Tweets1.8K
- Following540
- Followers4.4K
- Likes2.5K
Going by the pattern of previous years, the eligibility cutoff date for this year's Game Awards will be Nov. 20, so it will be eligible. But yes, fitting GTA 6 into the voting deadlines will likely be a challenge for the organisers and the jury.
Not that I’m cheering for GTA 6 to auto-win or anything but a game coming out November 19 not being eligible for that year would be impossibly stupid
5
658
Anyone out there that bets or trades on the outcome of The Game Awards? I'd love to talk to you for a piece I'm working on. DMs are open.
9
1
1,636
what does an occasional film critic for a big website have to do to get a screening of Megalopolis in London?
7
4
2,840
Oli Welsh retweeted
[Kate Middleton, 14 Mountain Dews deep into the most crippling World of Warcraft addiction of the 21st Century] just photoshop me into the picture, I'm in the middle of a raid
A game dropped completely unexpectedly in my inbox last night and it has made me so happy. Perfect Sunday afternoon fare
4
7
3,260
I’m out of the habit of sharing stuff I’ve written, but I want to encourage everyone to watch this beautiful film. If you’re in the UK it’s available to stream on Mubi or rent from the usual places. polygon.com/24067567/how-to-…
I wrote about Dolly, and got to spend work hours browsing Getty Images for photos of her in the 1970s, which was time very well spent polygon.com/24044036/dolly-p…
2
859
I made a playlist of my favourite music, and musical moments, from the movies of 2023 open.spotify.com/playlist/28…
815
If you want to learn something about the art of film editing, try finding natural break points in a Schoonmaker/Scorsese joint
Spoilers: you can't, really, but I hope this guide to how to break up Killers of the Flower Moon is useful to you anyway polygon.com/24034190/killers…
1
2
795
DON’T THINK. JUST RANK.
This was my last job of 2023 and it was very fun. polygon.com/zelda/24012081/b…
1
6
1,100
And my movies of the year (by UK release date). Was going to hold this back until I’d seen The Boy and the Heron but no one wants to look at one of these lists on Jan 5, and there’s always one that got away. Just a brilliant year at the movies, no notes.
929
My TV of the year! Patchy year to be honest, but a good one for comedies that could be both bracing and sweet, and saved by some late discoveries on Netflix (the fantastic Blue Eye Samurai and the perfect elevated binge trash of The Diplomat)
2
4
860
My games of the year. A late entry for Pikmin 4, a perfect Christmas game. And a banner year for Switch.
1
12
1,901
Oli Welsh retweeted
Follow Polygon on:
💬 WhatsApp (and turn on 🔔) bit.ly/polygon-whatsapp
🧵 Threads threads.net/@polygondotcom
📨 Newsletter polygon.com/pages/newsletter
▶️ YouTube youtube.com/polygon
🎵 TikTok tiktok.com/@polygon
📸 Insta instagram.com/polygondotcom