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Tom O

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Former Editorial Director @eurogamer @vg247, USGamer managing editor, @vg247 Editor-in-chief, founder of VideoGamer.com. GOAT (He/him) tom dot orry at gmail dot com

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Who knows about newsletters? Substack is popular but disliked? But why? And is it? Ghost seems to be upcoming. Are they really all the same, essentially?

12.03.2026 10:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Watched War Machine on Netflix. Passable, occasionally great (with a few too many limbs gratuitously blown off), but I'm still thinking about the awful dialogue and character actions in the opening. It could have been so much better with the smallest of tweaks.

11.03.2026 22:35 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
I think you could be the Adrian Chiles of gaming newsletters

I think you could be the Adrian Chiles of gaming newsletters

I think @jimtrinca.bsky.social has written my future

11.03.2026 13:53 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ”΄LIVE WEDS 5PM GMT!πŸ”΄ It's been years since @johnnyohnny.bsky.social, @chrisbratt.bsky.social and I caused chaos on the battlegrounds but thanks to one small redundancy the cinematic team is BACK for a PUBGUNION tour! Watch here: youtube.com/live/W0x0h-A12Yc?feature=share or on twitch.tv/platform32

10.03.2026 08:33 πŸ‘ 171 πŸ” 23 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 6

Think I'm about three days away from watching the entire Fast & Furious series back to back.

11.03.2026 11:35 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Bring back Ange #COYS

10.03.2026 23:20 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Why Tottenham? What Tottenham? Football?

10.03.2026 20:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Best Games for Old People to play? (30+)

Best Games for Old People to play? (30+)

This has ended me

06.03.2026 22:05 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Might be getting close to believing the world is against me. I put my recycling bin out this morning, and the bins of my two neighbours. Guess which bin wasn't emptied? I'm raging! Conspiracy!

06.03.2026 15:44 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Hanging outside the library waiting for it to open because I thought it opened at 9am #unemployedlife

06.03.2026 09:28 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

There's an option to play like a dog? I'm in!

06.03.2026 07:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

In solidarity with the Spurs fans who were at the stadium I'm walking out of my house in disgust. Can't believe my eyes.

05.03.2026 20:59 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Is that a threat, mate?

05.03.2026 12:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

With me? I've got the time if you want to start something.

05.03.2026 11:50 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Sure, it's miserable in there anyway.

05.03.2026 11:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I simply refuse to be unemployed while Arsenal win the league and Spurs are relegated. Someone offer me a job to prevent the apocalypse!

05.03.2026 11:06 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I went paintballing with Gianfranco Zola

05.03.2026 10:08 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Dad's a lion tamer in the circus.

05.03.2026 08:53 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The football gods seem desperate for Spurs to get relegated, but to be fair so do most of our players.

04.03.2026 21:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Hello everyone. I come with the sad news that as you are no doubt already aware, we're saying goodbye to several of our friends and colleagues here at Eurogamer. Leaving us are Tom Orry, our editorial director; our video team of Ian Higton, Zoe Delahunty-Light, and Alix Attenborough; Alex Donaldson, our editor-at-large; and Will Judd, who worked across Digital Foundry, hardware and deals.

I'll start with Tom, who over the past year-plus had made himself a hugely valuable source of advice, expertise, desert-dry humour and world class poker faces (I think we just about made him laugh once, for a moment, on his final day). 

Tom initially began the role when Tom Phillips was our editor-in-chief here, mostly working away diligently in the background in a two-Tom-tandem doing editorial director things, before taking on a more prominent role on the site itself over the past 11 or 12 months, gracing us with some signature console nostalgia and unjustifiably intense Project Gotham Racing enthusiasm. Tom, Dom, Alex and I, along with the rest of the team, worked together closely on what a 'new Eurogamer' might look like last year, and his experience in running multiple games media sites was consistently our rock to lean on. 

While he may have initially seemed an outsider of sorts compared to Eurogamer chiefs of old - at least to some on the surface, coming from his 20-plus years across our sister sites VG247 and USGamer, and before that the cult-favourite site he founded in our once-rival VideoGamer - I can't stress enough how much Tom 'got' Eurogamer. His goal was for us to be at the heart of the big stories that mattered most to our readers with original, diligent reporting and on-the-button commentary, and that will absolutely continue.

In immaculately on-brand, limelight-dodging Orry style, Tom opted to sneak his farewell into this past weekend's What We've Been Playing column, but I'll be damned if he gets away with it that easily. Sorry Tom. Here's what he had to say…

Hello everyone. I come with the sad news that as you are no doubt already aware, we're saying goodbye to several of our friends and colleagues here at Eurogamer. Leaving us are Tom Orry, our editorial director; our video team of Ian Higton, Zoe Delahunty-Light, and Alix Attenborough; Alex Donaldson, our editor-at-large; and Will Judd, who worked across Digital Foundry, hardware and deals. I'll start with Tom, who over the past year-plus had made himself a hugely valuable source of advice, expertise, desert-dry humour and world class poker faces (I think we just about made him laugh once, for a moment, on his final day). Tom initially began the role when Tom Phillips was our editor-in-chief here, mostly working away diligently in the background in a two-Tom-tandem doing editorial director things, before taking on a more prominent role on the site itself over the past 11 or 12 months, gracing us with some signature console nostalgia and unjustifiably intense Project Gotham Racing enthusiasm. Tom, Dom, Alex and I, along with the rest of the team, worked together closely on what a 'new Eurogamer' might look like last year, and his experience in running multiple games media sites was consistently our rock to lean on. While he may have initially seemed an outsider of sorts compared to Eurogamer chiefs of old - at least to some on the surface, coming from his 20-plus years across our sister sites VG247 and USGamer, and before that the cult-favourite site he founded in our once-rival VideoGamer - I can't stress enough how much Tom 'got' Eurogamer. His goal was for us to be at the heart of the big stories that mattered most to our readers with original, diligent reporting and on-the-button commentary, and that will absolutely continue. In immaculately on-brand, limelight-dodging Orry style, Tom opted to sneak his farewell into this past weekend's What We've Been Playing column, but I'll be damned if he gets away with it that easily. Sorry Tom. Here's what he had to say…

From myself and the whole team at @eurogamer.bsky.social, a very fond farewell and huge thank you to our friends and colleagues (thread).πŸ’™

04.03.2026 16:30 πŸ‘ 461 πŸ” 107 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 16

This is brilliant news! Congrats @wsjudd.bsky.social and the DF team.

04.03.2026 14:36 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Happy Birthday mate! Hope you got all the Funkos you were hoping for.

04.03.2026 09:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Watched Together. An OK film, but a truly inspired song to end on.

03.03.2026 14:44 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Are you a big shot at a company who is looking to make the best hire of your career? That person probably isn't available, but I am and ready to step into a role that blends video game knowledge, management, and creativity.

03.03.2026 14:01 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Do you need a full time podcast guest? My appearance fee is high but worth it.

02.03.2026 15:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Zoe Delahunty-Light videogame lore addict, writer, flesh vessel. lesbian.

Sadly my role as Video Producer on Eurogamer's YouTube channel has been made redundant. After 7 years it's a heart-breaking goodbye, but I'm thrilled to announce that I'll be continuing to create the deepest of dives into videogame lore on my own YouTube channel! πŸ”

YouTube.com/ZoeDels

02.03.2026 13:53 πŸ‘ 214 πŸ” 43 πŸ’¬ 29 πŸ“Œ 2
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The Grapples of Wrath: The BRAND NEW funny, spooky cosy crime mystery for 2026 (Grave Expectations Book 3) The Grapples of Wrath: The BRAND NEW funny, spooky cosy crime mystery for 2026 (Grave Expectations Book 3) eBook : Bell, Alice: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

THE GRAPPLES OF WRATH by Alice Bell (@abeewords.bsky.social) is a #kindledeal this month in the UK - only Β£2.19!

www.amazon.co.uk/Grapples-Wra...

Published by Corvus/@atlanticbooks.bsky.social.

01.03.2026 15:21 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2

Already feels strange cut off from work. I don't like it. Please get in touch if you have any opportunities.

02.03.2026 11:30 πŸ‘ 27 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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PERSONAL NEWS: After 13 years working as a (legendary) video producer for @eurogamer.bsky.social I have been made redundant in the recent Gamer Network cuts. I loved that job so much (probably too much) and I will miss the people and the opportunities it gave me, but I'm not ready to give up yet!

02.03.2026 10:24 πŸ‘ 585 πŸ” 71 πŸ’¬ 74 πŸ“Œ 17

Amazing how Arsenal's amazing new successful set-piece tactic is simply to be allowed to commit fouls.

01.03.2026 18:13 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0