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20/12/2023

We're farewelling 2023 by highlighting some of our faves from the second half of the year. After a six-month window packed with enormous AAA contenders it would have been easy to list the expected games and call it a day, but we ended up not doing that!

Gubbins! Sea of Stars! Mario! Others!

15/12/2023

In this week’s issue of Press Any Button you can read all about:
🧱New Fortnite modes
🕹️2023 on Apple Arcade
👻Alice’s games of Christmas Future
🧓Games that are old now
🎮What to play this weekend
Check it all out here:

Plus a look back at a year of Apple Arcade, what to play over the Christmas break, and games that are old now

06/12/2023

It's PAB day! Obviously we have thoughts about GTA, but also you can read about:
🎮 The Lenovo Legion Go
🎟️ Ticket to Ride Legacy
💸 All the stuff hitting the subs this week
💪 80s powerhouse console the PC Engine

Plus the Lenovo Legion Go, Ticket to Ride Legacy and NEC's PC Engine

29/11/2023

Happy PAB day! This week you can read our takes on:
🐱Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
🎮The Game Awards vs Indie pedants
👾Pac-man Lego
👴November game anniversaries
And more! Click here: https://pressanybutton.substack.com/p/how-useful-is-indie-as-a-category

22/11/2023

In this week’s issue of Press Any Button you can read about:
🧑‍💻The games Tim won’t include in his GOTY list (but might have)
🎑Play Gubbins
🦖New Magic The Gathering
🕹️Atari 2600+
🎮Best gaming deals
Read and subscribe here:

Plus what to buy in the sales, Gubbins, Jurassic Park meets Magic The Gathering, and the Atari 2600+

16/11/2023

It’s Press Any Button day!
This week:
🤬What do you do when a save file disappears?
🖥️Gaming on Mac
❤️Finding the love for a hobby
🤴Prince of Persia
🎮What to play this weekend
Read it all here:

Plus gaming on Macs, finding a hobby again, and Prince of Persia

10/11/2023

It's PABtime! This week we're talking about Tim's ideas for the Zelda movie (which he's extremely open to anyone stealing) and Alice's impressions of Fortnite OG. Plus the worst Kong finally comes to Mario Kart 8.

Plus old-school Fortnite, more Mario Kart, and Prince of Persia

01/11/2023

New Press Any Button is up! Here’s what you can read about this week:
🕵️‍♂️ Alan Wake 2
🍌 Fortnite OG
🥟 Steam Up
💿 Game soundtracks
🎮 What to play this weekend
✨PAB’s first competition! Win a 12 month Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription!

Plus a wild competition appears, Fortnite speculation, tiny dumplings, and classic soundtracks

26/10/2023

This week on Press Any Button, we have thoughts about Mario, recommendations for your Halloween weekend gaming, some tabletop previews and our monthly reminder that you're getting old!

Plus Halloween recommendations, tabletop sleuthing and gaming anniversaries

19/10/2023

New Press Any Button is out! This week it’s about:
🏎️ Hot Wheels Unleashed 2
👴🏻 No Sonics for old men
🐶 Animal Crossing Lego
🧟‍♂️ Games Microsoft should revive
👾 What to play this week

Plus new Sonic doesn't care about old people, Animal Crossing Lego is coming, and games Tim thinks Microsoft should resurrect

11/10/2023

Happy PAB day! This week we're talking about a very good new indie you should not miss, especially if you were a fan of Limbo and Inside, plus Forza Motorsport, plain ol' Lego and the Sega Mega Drive. Enjoy, and please subscribe!

Plus Forza, Lego, Sega Mega Drive and more!

04/10/2023

New Press Any Button is up! This week it’s got:
🤬 Epic layoffs
📺 Interactive documentaries
♻️ The problem with recycled bricks
🧓 Game anniversaries
📍 Where to find Alice and Tim at
🎮 What to play this weekend
Read it all here:

Plus PAX, interactive documentaries, Lego ditches recycled plastic bricks, and Tim makes us feel old again

21/09/2023

New PAB is up! This week read our thoughts and the enormous leak of Xbox’s future plans, as well as the nostalgia-fuelled recent Nintendo Direct and State of Play broadcasts. Plus Azul Mini, Zelda’s sickest freak, and more!

Plus Sony and Nintendo's case of RT BIB, tiny Azul and all hail Tingle

14/09/2023

In this week’s issue of Press Any Button you can read all about:
📱 iPhone gaming
🧛🏼 The Xbox Series S’s goth phase
🧑‍🦯 Accessibility in Forza Motorsport
🧝 3D Zelda games
🎮 And everything you should play this weekend
Check it all out (and subscribe) here:

Plus the Xbox Series S has a goth phase, Forza accessibility, and classic 3D Zelda

08/09/2023

This week’s issue of Press Any Button is out just in time for the weekend. Click the link below to read all about
✨Starfield
🧚Magic the Gathering: Wilds of Eldraine
🧝‍♀️Classic Zelda games
🎮What to play this weekend
Read it all (and subscribe) here:

Plus a Magic the Gathering fairy tale, and classic Zelda

31/08/2023

A new PAB is hot out the oven! This week:
🎇 Nintendo's spectacular year
👴 Millenials are too old for the new Fortnite season
🐔 Returning to Stardew Valley
🎮 Games that turned 15 and 30 this month
🌟 Play Sea of Stars!

Plus Nolan Chance in Fortnite, return to Stardew, and happy birthday Secret of Mana

23/08/2023

The brand new issue of Press Any Button is up!
This week you can read all about:
🪦The death of the collector’s edition console
👨🏻‍🔧Charles Martinet is retiring
🧱Lego doesn’t think you’re VIP anymore
💫Phantasy Star
🎮What to play this weekend
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Plus Mario voice actor retires, Lego doesn’t think you’re a VIP anymore, and Phantasy Star

17/08/2023

A new PAB is now live! This week we are talking about:
🧝‍♀️ Baldur’s Gate and character creators
🥽 VR for non-games
🐝 Adorable Lego insects
🩸 Quake II is back and better than ever!

Plus Lego insects, film festival VR and Quake II returns

10/08/2023

This week on Press Any Button you can read all about
🏁 The Gran Turismo movie
👴 Has the nostalgia for Pokemon worn off?
💸 There are new Lego sets out
🕹️ Remembering the Sega Master System
🎮 What to play this weekend
Read about it all here:

Plus growing out of Pokemon, new Sonic the Hedgehog Lego, and the Sega Master System

03/08/2023

New PAB is here! This week we’re talking:
🐭 Mickey and his Illusion Island
🐴 Raising horses in The Sims
😴 Lego Dreamzzz
🧊 Tim’s unhealthy GameCube addiction
Check it out below! And don’t forget to subscribe.

Plus Gamecube, The Sims 4 horses and Lego Dreamzzz

27/07/2023

This week on Press Any Button we have the following for your delectation and delight:
🧑‍🌾 Stardew Valley Plus
🎛️ Will the Nintendo Switch successor be backwards compatible?
🕹️ Video game Lego
🧓 These games are old now
🎮 What to play this week

Read it all here:

Plus the Nintendo Switch successor, video game Lego and video games that are old now

20/07/2023

New PAB day! This week we're talking about:
🎮Game Pass Core
🎣Dozens of good games on the subs
⚔️The Witcher board game
⚽️Lego women's soccer goodness
🕹️The cutest console turns 40

Plus Witcher board game, Lego soccer, and Famicom turns 40!

12/07/2023

This week’s issue of Press Any Button is all about Alice and Tim’s GOTFHOTY (games of the first half of the year).
🧝‍♀️ Will Zelda Tears of the Kingdom make the list?
🎲 How many board games can Alice fit in a list of video games?
Read it all here:

It’s been a banger year for games of all flavours.

28/06/2023

It's PAB time! Today's new issue covers:
⚔️Why Final Fantasy XVI demands your attention
♟️Legacy board games
🐻Banjo Kazooie is a quarter century old
⛏️Fortnite has a story mode? And it's good?

Plus legacy board games, Fortnite Save the World and Dragon's Lair turns 40

22/06/2023

A new issue of Press Any Button is out!
This week it’s about:
🦖Fortnite’s new season is wild
🌀The new Sonic Orgins Plus
🧙‍♂️Magic The Gathering releasing the one card to rule them all
💽 Retro Sonic games
🎮 What to play
Read it all here:

Plus, the new season of Fortnite, Lord of the Rings meets Magic The Gathering, and Tim talks old old Sonic.

14/06/2023

A new issue of Press Any Button is out!
This week it’s about:
😴 Everything game companies announced in the middle of the night this week
🥽 What the Apple Vision Pro and other WWDC announcements mean for gaming
💪 Duke Nukem, for some reason
🎮 What to play this weekend
Read it all here:

Plus, we went hands on with the Apple Vision Pro, Tim has fond memories of Duke Nukem, and what to play this weekend

07/06/2023

Happy Wednesday! And happy US Pride Month, which is by default global pride month. In this PAB:

🏳️‍🌈MS and Sony's inclusion efforts
🏳️‍⚧️Q***r games to play
🎮Why are there so many enormous games
🤖The AI in digital board games is wild
⚧️Best q***r retro characters

Plus the big releases won't stop coming, and AI difficulty in digital board games

24/05/2023

A new issue of Press Any Button is up now!
🎮 Hands on with the Asus ROG Ally
👷‍♂️ Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
🎂 What to play at a board game birthday party
🤺 Final Fantasy
🧑‍💻 What to play this weekend
Read it all at the link below:

Plus early impressions of the Asus ROG Ally, what to play at a board game birthday party, and Final Fantamay

11/05/2023

A new issue of Press Any Button is out! Here’s what’s in this week’s newsletter:
👾 There are 20 new Apple Arcade games
🐁 Playing PC games on Steam Deck
🦝 Racoon Tycoon
🏞️ Final Fantamay continues
🎮 What to play this weekend

You can read it all on our Substack: https://pressanybutton.substack.com/p/apple-arcade-avalanche?sd=pf

26/04/2023

A new issue of Press Any Button is out now!
In this week’s newsletter:
🏳️‍🌈 New Horizon Forbidden West DLC
🔗 Theories about the Links in Legends of Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom
✈️ Planechase is back in MtG
👴🏻 Tim makes us feel old
🎮 Recommendations for what to play this weekend
Read it all here:

Plus The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, chasing Planes once more, and Tim makes us feel old again