Daniel Crocker

We accidentally went to Poland. But we found nuggetsy, so it’s ok 😊

One of the coolest things (in my opinion) about print media, is that some pretty obscure games (and some bigger ones) are permanently recorded in history. Even if they don’t eventually get released. Debug is in local and national libraries, museums, archives, and thousands of private collections!

Nick’s in a world of his own

The older I get, the more I understand why MySpace Tom just straight up went full time retired / travel photographer after selling MySpace

Sorry guys, @edgemagazine.bsky.social can only release about 6 more issues before my shelf is completely full… And that’s with the special issues and coverage variants living in the cupboards

Had a fantastic time at @gameanglia.bsky.social last night. Sadly couldn’t make it to the main event today, because magazine deadlines, but had lots of great, insightful discussions! And no, that isn’t Keir Starmer

I remember as a kid, someone told me that Dr Robotnik was a guy named Nick, who was a robot. Dr Robot Nick. It made sense at the time.

This is what I’ve been up to the last few weeks

I accidentally got enough sleep last night. Sorry, I won’t let it happen again.

The next FOUR covers for @debugmag.com have been confirmed, designed, and finalised. The fifth one is going to blow minds. We’ve had a stressful first half of the year, but it looks like things are falling into place for Q4 🥰

I just bought my second Switch 2 game of the year. Orbitals. With my own money. Will be reviewing it for the October issue of @debugmag.com with a special focus on the art direction. It looks amazing! One of the huge benefits of print media is the ability to show off high quality visuals 🥰

I’ve finally found enough Red Bull to get the next couple of @debugmag.com issues finished.

“What do you mean the trains from gamescom to Düsseldorf aren’t running?” - Nick

I’ve just seen that someone who’s game I quite liked has blocked us because we didn’t cover it… yet… We were going to, when the time was right 😭

Today I will mostly be tidying my magazine room

Another fantastic reason to grab a physical copy of @debugmag.com #16 Featuring art by @jokov.bsky.social

Bargain

We finally did a Bisexual Lighting issue of @debugmag.com - Apparently that’s a thing. I’m ok with it.

We were half way through doing a story about a game, and the entire team have just been laid off. I wish I could say this was an uncommon situation, but it’s happened a few times lately!

So, that emergency alert… I can’t help but wonder if it outed any vulnerable folks’ hidden phones. Given how it ignores volume / silent mode.

Does anyone know who took photos for the features in early EDGE issues? Presumably it was multiple people, but they were never credited back then.

This BBC article was nice to wake up to this morning! All photos were taken at our recent Indie Showcase (part of NottsVGE) in Nottingham, and @debugmag.com events manager Alex Hunt is quoted about the importance of championing indies. I truly love that we can continue to host these showcases 🥰

No, I don’t want literally everything to be hot honey actually

Even though it can be tiring, I am so grateful that I am able to travel around the world with my brother Nick, talking to game developers about their work for @debugmag.com There aren’t many people who can claim such fulfilment in their work, and I don’t take it for granted! Next month: Germany

This is basically my life from now onwards, isn’t it?

I truly feel it’s time for disruption, and I’d like to be disruptive with you

We made a Limited Edition “Liquid Debug” magazine to celebrate our 3rd birthday There were a total of 50 produced, they’re individually numbered, and every penny goes towards our free indie game showcases Here’s the details: teamdebug.com/issue/15se

Who’s up for coding a game for this thing?

You know how Develop:Brighton is a big conference with a small showcase… What if you, ya know, flipped that around? That could be interesting to see

I don’t want to get too ahead of myself, but the cover of Debug #17 is quite possibly the coolest thing ever 🤩 I’m super excited about what we’ve got planned over the next twelve months!

If you’re in Brighton for Develop, do not let yourself miss BITs!

Doesn’t MVP stand for Minimum Viable Product? 👀

It’s a really unique form of sadness when someone who made something you really enjoyed as a kid turns out to be a terrible person

Preparing some arcade games for a thing. Only real hardware allowed!

Might have to rethink putting this table here