Mike Gorrie

Chronically-online story enthusiast (films & TV, games, literature), livestreamer, filmmaker, musician and writer. I talk a lot about media and AuDHD.

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2026

  • Finished reading: Sourcery by Terry Pratchett 📚. Not strictly spoiler-free, if that concerns you. …

  • Spent an entire day just going around trying to get professional advice on a hearing issue I’m …

  • 🎮 When you’ve been having ‘(a) guest(s)’ around and you finally talk to the …

  • When you agree with OP, but the comments don’t pass the vibe check: #PokemonFRLG

  • Guy who understands modern politics but not consequences: Finally, a solution to global warming! …

  • Hyrule Warriors has got me back in my “sad fight music” era.

  • My therapist: Can Opener Beer isn’t real, it can’t hurt you. Can Opener Beer:

  • Some things are manipulative in the same way that deodorant is manipulative. Some things are …

  • Thursday has become Coverage Day in the routine. I don’t hate this.

  • My PC upgrade goal for this year is/was(?) to approximately double my processing power and RAM, in …

  • Sesame Street if it were slightly more English: Muppet: Where’s my tea? Where did I put my …

  • Good news: Skylight Social now works on my phone. I’m not sure what changed!

  • It’s been a big week! Lots of reading, writing, talking about reading and writing, and …

  • Something about my most recent post broke my Posts page. So that’s fun?

  • 2026: February My January EOM update. It’s a long one, because it’s the first one and there’s a …

  • Gamedev dressed normally: Whoo, first day of sales! 🎉 Creepy guy with knife: We’re gonna make …

  • Dispatch (2025, AdHoc Studio) In short: Dispatch is already a masterclass in the intersection between TV and gaming as …

  • 🎮 Dinocop (2025, Pieces Games) A brief review of Dinocop (2025, Pieces Games), a genuine banger with some minor technical flaws. …

  • 🎮 I was not expecting Bastila Shan to show up. Context: Early in the Jedi Consular story (Star Wars: …

  • Life can come at you fast, and often right when you’re trying to settle into a sustainable …

  • Found embedded in a tree stump.

  • 📷 That’s the best shot of the Aurora Australis that I’m likely to get from here.

  • Ok, internet’s fixed. Now to catch up on everything I missed.

  • Found a bull ant in my room, then another, right before bed. Got out the surface bugspray …

  • No internet connection at home for a few days, and while I get phone signal here it’s pretty …

  • That’s Episode 1 done, and that’ll do it for tonight. The storytelling’s tight so …

  • Oh man, even in the tutorial you have to be conservative with who you send out and for what. I …

  • This is a cool system. Strategic, chaotic, and story-driven all at once. I’ve never seen any …

  • On at least two levels, I was not ready for Phenomaman to call them “subscribers”. …

  • The animation in #DispatchGame slaps harder than it has any right to. 🎮

  • Opening scenes go hard and fast. Feels similar to the opening of the Telltale Batman series. …

  • And so it begins. #DispatchGame 🎮

  • 📷 Bro, same.

  • Anyway, who up poking their mans 🎮

  • So we lost the coolstore, which will affect nearly every local business that produces food or drink. …

  • “They’ve given you the juiciest steak and the butteriest lobster, and here’s you …

  • C’mon, guys. Obviously Sandilands was legally obligated to do this as part of his community …

  • Man. I’ll be making it a point to get out there and buy a Harcourt juice or cider this week if …

  • All I Can Do A short contemplation on disasters that are at once far away and too close to home.

  • Bromine — The element of your mate taking the shenanigans too far.

  • Bye, money. 🎮 It was nice seeing you. Nintendo Switch 2 - Joy-Con 2 Light Purple (L) / Light Green …

  • This show’s proper fucked. Keep ‘em coming, boys. Watched: Aunty Donna’s Coffee …

  • "The Nuclear Family", first draft COMPLETE I finished the first draft of “The Nuclear Family”, a spec script I’d started …

  • I love the ‘pre-2010s internet’ vibe the Fediverse gives off, but I’m frustrated …

  • Happy Piplup Day to those who celebrate! 🎮

  • CTV+ is finally coming to Smart TVs Australia-wide, bringing all 6 episodes of my sitcom (The …

  • View this post on Instagram A post shared by ABC News (@abcnews_au) In games like Mass …

  • 🎮Hades, and some of my favourite builds I’ve been playing Hades a lot lately. Here’re some errant thoughts about that, and some …

  • 260101 It’s 2026. So, what am I getting up to this year? A six-project slate, a portfolio, some …

2025

  • Mario Kart World’s photo mode is pretty great actually. 🎮📷

  • Good news: Mario Kart World’s knockout mode absolutely slaps. 🎮

  • Cavort I cannot stress enough how much Create, Consume, Cavort, Commune has been improving my life as a …

  • Weather at home: 8°c in the morning, and again around the time you come home Weather in Melbourne, …

  • Who is Mike Gorrie? Hi! I’m Mike Gorrie, and I feel the need to explain myself. Constantly. I’m writing a …

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