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Politics JOE – 2025 Year in Review with Ian Hislop

19 Dec 202519 Dec 2025

Alongside the usual Spotify playlists and Reddit stats, one of the sharpest annual roundups comes from PoliticsJOE. Each December, they sit down with Private Eye editor Ian Hislop to pick…

Private Eye – The Year In Review 2025

December always brings a blizzard of “year in review” content. Spotify tells you what you’ve been looping, Reddit reminds you of your strangest obsessions, and YouTube floods you with “best…

Film Review: Civil War

14 Dec 202514 Dec 2025

Alex Garland’s 2024 film, Civil War, is not a comfortable film. It’s not meant to be. From its opening frames, it drags the audience into a near-future America fractured by…

Radio/Audiobook Review: 5 Days in May

17 May 20257 May 2025

Five Days in May is a radio drama created by Matthew Solon. It was originally aired on BBC Radio 4 back in late 2010, but has been re-released on Audible…

Film Review: Conclave

Released in 2024 and directed by Edward Berger, Conclave is a political thriller based on the 2016 novel of the same name, by Robert Harris. The film stars Ralph Fiennes,…

Bundle of Holding: Punch Nazis

In tabletop roleplaying games, storytelling often delves into realms of heroism, struggle, and the fight against oppressive forces. There's a special kind of thrill in embodying a character who takes…

Book Review: Nuclear War: A Scenario by Annie Jacobsen

27 Dec 202427 Dec 2024

Nuclear War: A Scenario is a non-fiction book by Annie Jacobsen. It was first published in March 2024 by Dutton. The paperback is due out in July 2025. This review is…

Private Eye – The Year In Review 2024 (Plus JOE)

15 Dec 202414 Dec 2024

Something I love about this year is the annual roundups in various places. You get your Spotify summary, your Reddit one (apparently my three top subjects are board games, Europe,…

Magic Monday: Some Fun Cards for Multiplayer Politics in Commander

9 Sep 20241 Sep 2024

One of our local group members has been playing the Bloomburrow Peace Offering Commander deck. The deck is considered a 'group hug' deck. This is a fun archetype designed to…

Book Review: 2040: A Silicon Valley Satire by Pedro Domingos

3 Aug 20246 Aug 2024

2040 is a science/speculative fiction and political satire novel by Pedro Domingos. It is due to be published on the 20th of August 2024 by BookBaby. A review copy of…

My Current Favourite Podcasts (April 2024)

3 Apr 20243 Apr 2024

As much as I spend a lot of of time thinking about games, playing games, talking about games, and writing about games, I'm not currently listening to any podcasts about…

More Thoughts on Fiasco: The Death of Stalin

Yesterday, in the context of the Coronation of King Charles III, I posted some thoughts on the game, Fiasco, and how the situation could be applied to a Fiasco Playset.…