Five of the Best

An image - it could be a photograph - a vintage TV sit sat on a surface in the dark, emitting a snowy static glow.

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Supporters | Five of the Best: TVs

LED it be known.

Nov. 13, 2024 Robert Purchese

A stock image of a colourful fireworks display. Reds and blues and golds and myriad other popping rockets fill the sky. It's very bright.

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Supporters | Five of the Best: Fireworks

Bangers.

Nov. 7, 2024 Robert Purchese

A photograph of a classic person-wearing-a-sheet ghost, but the sheet is almost black and the eyes are shining.

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Supporters | Five of the Best: Ghosts

Ooh do they think they are?

Oct. 31, 2024 Robert Purchese

Resident Evil 2's Mr X - a huge, broad shouldered figure clad in black trench coat, black leather gloves, black fedora, black rollneck - black everything. He's reminscent of wrestling's Undertaker, come to think of it, only without the long hair.

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Supporters | Five of the Best: Coats or Jackets

Zip it.

Oct. 9, 2024 Robert Purchese

An Animal Crossing: New Horizon screenshot. A small toy-like Animal Crossing character stands in a golden yellow and orange wooded area outside a dinky little house. Autumn is here.

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Supporters | Five of the Best: Autumns

Fall, guys.

Oct. 2, 2024 Robert Purchese

A screenshot from The Curse of Monkey Island showing hero Guybrush Threepwood presenting a gigantic diamond ring to the camera - to Elaine. He is all smiles and blonde hair. Little does he know that the ring is cursed.

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Supporters | Five of the Best: Rings

A weekly Gollum.

Sept. 25, 2024 Robert Purchese

A screenshot from a dialogue moment in Baldur's Gate 3, in which the old and heavily armoured villain Ketheric Thorm points at lithe and more scantily clad villain Orin, whose back is turned, revealing her long, plaited hair.

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Supporters | Five of the Best: Hair

Follicle suggestions, plus one.

Sept. 18, 2024 Robert Purchese

A black and white illustration showing many grasping zombie hands reaching up. They are black and silhouetted against a white background.

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Supporters | Five of the Best: Hordes

There's lots of them.

Sept. 11, 2024 Robert Purchese

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Supporters | Five of the Best: Websites

Inside games.

Sept. 4, 2024 Robert Purchese

A dark image simple but scary 3D character holding a club aloft in a dark room. They are Granny, the eponymous monster in a mobile game. They're coming to get you.

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Supporters | Five of the Best: Scary grannies

Oh dear.

Aug. 21, 2024 Robert Purchese

A masculine-looking character, viewed from behind, hunched over a computer in a dark, grey office.

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Supporters | Five of the Best: Offices

Lift off.

Aug. 14, 2024 Robert Purchese

A screenshot of the legendary browser-based sprinting game QWOP. It's a game where the keyboard keys Q W O and P control individual thighs and calves. It's bastardly hard to coordinate your limbs and moving forward with purpose.

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Supporters | Five of the Best: Sprints

Get set, go.

Aug. 7, 2024 Robert Purchese

A masculine character bobs in blue water with a floating jar nearby. We see the character from the back and they are topless. The jar has a baby in. It's Death Stranding.

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Supporters | Five of the Best: Places to swim

Splish, splash, splosh.

July 31, 2024 Robert Purchese

The El Presidente protagonist character from the Tropico series of games. They're white-skinned with fairly bushy black beard, and they have aviator sunglasses and a military dress suit and hat on. Behind them, a tropical paradise has skyscrapers and power plants on.

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Supporters | Five of the Best: Presidents

The make-believe kind.

July 24, 2024 Robert Purchese

A close-up photograph of a black leather saddle and silver metal stirrup.

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Supporters | Five of the Best: Mounts

Stirrup the discourse.

July 17, 2024 Robert Purchese

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Supporters | Five of the Best: Kicks

Re: boot.

July 10, 2024 Robert Purchese

KOTOR protagonist Darth Revan holding a red Lightsaber glowing in the dark

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Supporters | Five of the Best: Helmets

Our bucket list.

July 3, 2024 Robert Purchese

A photograph of an old tree with thick, twisted branches spidering out in every direction. It would be a perfect tree to climb.

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Supporters | Five of the Best: Trees

Won't get sycamore of these.

June 26, 2024 Robert Purchese

A close-up of the frightening hag Auntie Ethel in Baldur's Gate 3. Her oversized head has a very pointy nose and sharp teeth. She has green leathery skin. She's rather monstrous.

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Supporters | Five of the Best: Side quests

You complete me.

June 19, 2024 Robert Purchese

Key art showing the iconic Solid Snake character from Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater. He's younger, fuller of face and grizzled.

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Supporters | Five of the Best: Spies

Solid.

June 12, 2024 Robert Purchese

Helldivers 2 header image showing a Helldiver posing with a flag in hand and one knee standing on the head of a fallen bot

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Supporters | Five of the Best: Capes

That's a wrap.

June 5, 2024 Robert Purchese

A vibrant illustration from Hades of the Greek god Hermes, who's running with his cloak and toga flowing.

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Supporters | Five of the Best: Dashes

Without a Tracer regret.

May 29, 2024 Robert Purchese

A head and shoulders cinematic screenshot of a white-haired vampire elf throwing their head back with a look of strong emotion. The top of their bare chest is visible, as are the fangs in their mouth. It's Astarion, and he's speckled with blood.

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Supporters | Five of the Best: Vampires

Nights in amoré.

May 23, 2024 Robert Purchese

God of War's Kratos having a little yell.

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Supporters | Five of the Best: Gods

Oh Lordy.

May 8, 2024 Robert Purchese

A render of the infamous G-man from the Half-Life universe, from the series' most recent outing, Half-Life Alyx. A slim white male with neat cropped hair, wearing a suit, stares ominously at the camera. He has an unhealthy pallor, as if he's smoked for far too long.

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Supporters | Five of the Best: Minor characters

Let's dig in.

May 2, 2024 Robert Purchese