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Ben Meakin

@bnmkn

Freelance Copywriter, plays games, watches sport, does BladesPod and writes WOMEN OF STEEL: http://womenofsteel.substack.com

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Game 36: Sheffield United 1-1 West Brom, Bramall Lane, Championship. Good grief, what a snoozer of a game.

07.03.2026 17:11 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Never bought an Early Access game before but Slay The Spire 2? Heck yes provide me with early access

05.03.2026 09:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Game 35: Sheffield FC 0-0 Knaresborough Town, Coach & Horses, NCEL Premier. Archetypal "how did that finish goalless" match as Sheffield botch multiple close range chances and the visitors hit the bar twice. Decent game.

03.03.2026 22:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ah lovely stuff, a worthy successor to Turner's!

03.03.2026 13:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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friend sent this over from the other place and unfortunately I did laugh

03.03.2026 11:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 2810 ๐Ÿ” 493 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 47 ๐Ÿ“Œ 40

Really enjoyed it. Also add it to the list of beautifully shot horror films in the last decade or so! Longlegs, Strange Darling, Us, Nope, Barbarian, the Substance, X...

02.03.2026 07:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Finally watched Weapons, wowser what a ride

01.03.2026 23:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"played" is probably a more accurate way of putting it

28.02.2026 13:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Was this the game where Bradford booted a clearance straight into the referee's back to put Taylor in on goal?

28.02.2026 08:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

(To say nothing of Will Jacks, of course)

27.02.2026 16:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Rehan Ahmed that is some cameo my son. Spot the point he came to the crease:

27.02.2026 16:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Occam's razor: these people are less intelligent than you'd like to think

27.02.2026 07:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Red Dwarf: Beat the Geek / DVD / BBC / 2006

26.02.2026 22:20 ๐Ÿ‘ 57 ๐Ÿ” 7 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

RIP Rob Grant - Red Dwarf (the show and especially the books, which I've read and re-read countless times basically since I was a kid) will always be one of my all-time favourites.

26.02.2026 21:52 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Bleeeeeak

26.02.2026 17:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Game 34: Sheffield United 1-2 Coventry City, Bramall Lane, Championship. Watchable game, lots of shots from United but not as clinical as the visitors.

25.02.2026 22:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

FINALLY won a run of this with the Order (second faction). Excellent game IMO

24.02.2026 22:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Game 33: Sheffield United 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday. An incredible confluence of circumstances needed to line up today for us to relegate Wednesday, and we bloody did it. This is history.

22.02.2026 18:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 9 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Just win, baby!

22.02.2026 10:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm really into it! It took me a run or two but I'm now pretty hooked.

19.02.2026 21:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The only drawback I've found so far is I can't stop singing "Drop the Duchy on the left hand side" in my head while I play

19.02.2026 09:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Tried Drop Duchy on a whim having never even heard of it before and it's really good! Bit of Tetris, bit of city-building, bit of deck-building. I'm a bit stuck (skill issue) with the second faction but it's a lovely chill game with plenty of depth.

19.02.2026 09:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Year 43:

17.02.2026 11:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I don't know if this is good or bad (it feels fundamentally unfair to me, but I'm not an elite football coach). But I do think that familiarity matters a lot when you're on the fringes. Course it's like the "how can I get experience without you giving me a job" quandary

17.02.2026 11:20 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm not disagreeing here FWIW - but maybe it's simply that she's more of a known quantity within the England setup (u23s etc) = greater visibility to Wiegman etc = next player up as a squad selection? See it with men's squads too, it can be hard to get into that "inner circle" as a fringe player.

17.02.2026 11:20 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Me playing Caves of Qud for the first time last night

We go again later

17.02.2026 10:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Sonic the Hedgehog 1 & 2 are delisting soon on mobile. Currently free to claim:

Sonic 1:
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Android play.google.com/store/apps/d...

Sonic 2:
iOS apps.apple.com/us/app/sonic...
Android play.google.com/store/apps/d...

16.02.2026 21:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 845 ๐Ÿ” 452 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 37 ๐Ÿ“Œ 62
Pancake Day - Maid Marian
Pancake Day - Maid Marian YouTube video by Swimace

I'm ready ๐Ÿฅž

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17.02.2026 07:16 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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