Dominik Diamond

For this week's episode I got off my nuts on drugs. The results of this listenback were profound!

Airs in an hour for Canadian types!

Latest Guardian Column. Can’t link to it cos of rules in Canada about posting news links on Facebook so you’ll have to Google my name and Guardian but it’s a belter.

I was going to say... "If you listen to ONE show in the series listen to THIS one..."
But it's a two parter!

Tonight's show which goes out across Canada, assuming those in the East still have power in the middle of Hurricane Lee...

Ding d**g here we go for #15. Laughter! Tears! Cakes! Well ok maybe not a lot of laughter. Or cakes.

Best one yet. Seriously.

Episode 12. Another one that gave me all the feels to make...

This week's Vinyl Vault in Canada. A cracker!

This was BY FAR the longest Vinyl Vault to write because I got a bit obsessive about nailing how I feel about an album that blows my mind. 4 weeks. 20 listens. 5 ripped up scripts.

Airs 9pm Atlantic Time 6pm Mountain Time across Canada on the Stingray Rock Radio Network.

Just over an hour in other words.

No you CAN'T listen unless you have a radio or an IP address in Canada.
No it is NOT available on repeat play or podcast form.
Get it while it's hot!

Join me for the Vinyl Vault tonight for this belter of an album where I take a deep dive on Eddie Vedder: one of the most polarising figures in 90s rock.
Real or Fake? Hero or Villain? Passionate or Passionately Ambitious?
Show blasts off at 9pm Atlantic Time across Canada on the Stingray Rock Radio Network.

That'll be me off a certain games company's mailing list...

Can Final Fantasy VII make me cry like it did in the 90s? Dominik Diamond returns to a beloved old favourite, hoping the modern remake can do for Dad Dominik what the original did for Lad Dominik

The Little Old Purple Column is now firmly behind a paywall these days, but here are samples from a few episodes. Not about video games now - no time to play them outside of stuff for The Guardian - but you WILL find stuff herein on homicidal cows, mental stadium announcers and hilarious hospital procedures in a longform unfiltered way I can't quite do on the radio shows and rightly so. Have a listen.

Dominik's Little Old Purple Column of Consciousness SAMPLE Listen now (7 min) | Listen to this why don't you!

Dominik: Airing in 20 mins across Canada on the Stingray Rock Radio Network. Enjoy the deep cuts from the album it's easy to forget was the most punk rock record of the 80s from the most dangerous band in the world. Or was it... - let me know below.

Vinyl Vault #6 is the most personal episode so far.
Airs in 6 minutes across Canada on the Stingray Rock Radio Network AKA 9pm Atlantic Time (except Newfoundland where you have to wait til tomorro 11pm)

Tonight's Vinyl Vault details and my scribbled fanboy notes! - Dominik

It’s Guardian Column time again.

I tried to explain the ZX Spectrum to my son. It didn’t go well | Dominik Diamond The parents of the home computer gamers of the 1980s presumably hoped we’d become programmers or accountants, but instead their kids ended up like me

New Guardian column has been birthed.

Am I the only gamer who has no interest in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom? Dominik Diamond finds himself, once again, on the fringes of the gaming conversation, as the world is taken over by Zelda-mania

So slammed recently I forgot to post this. If you haven't read it then... er... do. If you want.

Marvel Snap is the most positive addiction I’ve ever had After breaking up with FIFA nearly two years ago, has Dominik Diamond found his new forever game in Marvel’s infectiously joyous mobile card-battler?

Latest Guardian column. Get your hankies out!

My son is moving out – but we had time to play one last game | Dominik Diamond What better final bonding experience than a video game about a prison break before heading off to uni, asks Dominik Diamond

What an artist! Loved his work on Dredd but Strontium Dog was my favourite Ezquerra stuff.

Strontium Dog

Double length column podcast this week! The Last of US TV adaptation, how I fell in love with a video game character, the world's toughest game and much more. Link to free version below.

Dominik's Little Old Purple Column #42 FREE TEASER Listen now (8 min) | The one about the world's toughest videogame

The first non-funny comic I ever had as a kid. Amazing to see it coming back!

The news is out & ComicBook.com have the exclusive details: BATTLE ACTION returns this May for a 5-issue miniseries, as Garth Ennis is joined by John Wagner, Dan Abnett, Torunn Grønbekk, Rob Williams, Chris Burnhan and more! Details: https://comicbook.com/comics/news/battle-action-garth-ennis-2023-rebellion/

Yippee! New Guardian column! Why Apple Arcade is my favourite games "thing" today.

I guess I’m a casual gamer now – but who cares? Dominik Diamond would once have sneered at smartphone games – but now he’s been totally drawn in by their quality, variety, imagination and downright weirdness

Another lovely 5* review on Cameo. If you want a personal video for friends or family or even non-friends and sworn enemies then click like for more. https://www.cameo.com/dominikdiamond

Guardian column time again! Laughter and moistness about the tear ducts abound!

Super Bomberman saved my Christmas – and my middle-aged gaming dad pride Dominik Diamond’s 18-year-old son was setting off for his first Christmas away from home. How could he send him off with memories to savour?

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Column podcast day is here again!

(Link to free version)

Dominik's Little Old Purple Column #31 FREE VERSION Listen now (7 min) | The one all about family!

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Latest Guardian column.

I didn’t get my son’s favourite video game – but it got me | Dominik Diamond Dominik Diamond desperately wanted to like Outer Wilds so he wouldn’t disappoint my son. But the profound joy of gaming provides a universal bond, even when you totally suck at it

Well worth the wait!

Dominik's Little Old Purple Column #30 FREE VERSION Listen now (8 min) | The one with a game thing that scares me.

Apologies. Unforeseen events mean this week’s Little Old Purple Column Podcast is delayed. It will be out first thing tomorrow morning. Thanks.

Behold! The latest Purple Column! (Link to free teaser version)

Dominik's Little Old Purple Column #29 FREE VERSION Listen now (7 min) | The one about another groundbreaking arcade affair.

Oh yes - it's another Little Old Purple Column - the paid version is less than 4 quid a month. Bargain! (Free version also available but the paid version is 4 or 5 times the size AND if you are a PAID PAL you get to join the comments section (AKA the DOMments Section), can access the archive AND know you are supporting my continued efforts to give you DD Games and Tech Content! Cheers! (Shares always appreciated!)

Dominik's Little Old Purple Column #28 FOR PAID PALS Listen now (24 min) | The one where I fly in completely the opposite direction of the gaming world. Again.

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Weekly games/tech column podcast time again folks!

Dominik's Little Old Purple Column #27 FOR PAID PALS Listen now (26 min) | The one about a game played in assorted rooms for assorted waits.

And here’s your latest Little Old Purple Column #26 (link is to free version) where I revisit a rather famous moment from THAT show….

Dominik's Little Old Purple Column #26 FREE VERSION Listen now (8 min) | The one where I am forced to recreate a bit of gaming history

Oh yes. For years they dared to dream and now it is a reality. I am on Cameo. Book me for personal video messages for yourself or pals or family members who are fans and give them a rare old personal video message treat.

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The latest Guardian column comes to a shocking realisation...

What I learned from my latest gaming humiliation In the year he’s spent rediscovering video games, Dominik Diamond has made plenty of embarrassing blunders – but this time, the mistake led to a revelation

Column podcast time again! Click click a click click!

Dominik's Little Old Purple Column #25 FREE VERSION Listen now (8 min) | The one about yet another part of gaming that makes me angsty