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GRRM has so many projects on the go. I really get the feeling that he sees finishing The Winds of Winter as a chore rather than something he's keen to do.

But I thought Hamilton couldn't win races if he wasn't in the fastest car.

That was certainly something.

This has been a bit of a strange tournament. I enjoyed it.

The Fallout games don't have it automatically enabled because it lowers the resolution slightly.

How does Octopath look on a screen bigger than the one on the Switch? The art style is fantastic, but does it lose anything when it's on a bigger display?

How grindy is Octopath? I'd like to play it, but I don't want to mindlessly slog away for hours.

Genesis Noir is also out on Game Pass today. It's been quite well received by critics.

He was. I'm hoping he'll be of a similar ilk. His first interview seemed reasonably promising because he spoke about developing an approach based on statistical data. The club owners run Football Radar, a company that collects such information on players, and whose findings inform club signings, so it looks on paper to be a sensible match. I do feel for Ardley on a human level, though. I've only ever heard positive things about him as a person from journalists who've spoken to him, and he clearly put his all into managing the club. Leigh Curtis of the Nottingham Post said that, after he had heart surgery, Ardley offered him lifts home after matches if he ever felt incapable of driving. Honestly, I don't see him as a future great in the management field, but he ought to get a job elsewhere sooner rather than later. To deal with all the off-field nonsense under the Alan Hardy regime and still maintain a good team spirit shows that he's the kind of stabilising influence that a few lower league/ non-league clubs could benefit from right now.

The replacement is Ian Burchnall, a 38-year-old whose previous roles have been in Scandinavia. He seems to have a decent reputation and was popular at his previous clubs. I hope he can settle into the National League landscape quickly.

I can't see either of them qualifying, sadly. There are some very good players in the qualifiers this year.

Neal Ardley has been sacked by Notts County. My feelings are mixed because he always seemed like a nice person who was well respected by everyone at the club. However, with the squad he's had, I think he's underachieved. The club already has his replacement lined up, so I hope it's someone better. Otherwise, there's no point.

Monster Hunter Rise is getting positive reviews.

Now that's a grandstand finish.

England are back to being rubbish.

There's a free demo you could try before making that decision.

I'm reading that some new console stock is coming today in the USA. Might be worth looking into for those interested.

Strikers might be too much to ask as it's such a recent release, but I'd be all over it. I'm less bothered about Persona 5 because I already have it, but having it available for more people is never a bad thing.

It's coming to both Xbox and PC today.

Dillain Whyte and Alexander Povetkin are featured on some new Gibraltarian coins. The bad news is that they look like this:

EA Play finally comes to Game Pass for PC tomorrow. Star Wars: Squadrons will be on there, as will over sixty other games. I think I'm most interested in the Command and Conquer games because they're not on Xbox.

It's been out on PC for a little while now, but the announcement of its arrival on Xbox was only made today. Square Enix has a presentation on Thursday, when it might be announced for Playstation as well.

I was always curious about it because I like the art style.

OK, this is ridiculous now. Game Pass is chucking out way more games than I can keep up with. I want to play Empire of Sin, Star Wars: Squadrons, Octopath and Yakuza 6. NHL 21 is coming next month as well, and I'll give that a go. Super Bomberman R, previously a Stadia exclusive, is also coming to Xbox as a free-to-play game. For those who don't know, it's a 64-player battle royale-style elimination version of Bomberman.

I'm not even joking when I say that Liverpool beating Wolves seems like an underdog victory.