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Expedition 51
April 2, 2026
Expedition 51! This leaky old tub is still doing the job, just about. Welcome back. This week, Chris thinks about parks and games and roaming. Elsewhere,...
Expedition 50
March 26, 2026
Happy 50th expedition! We have a shorter journey this week. Floss would like to offer you an egg (or five) in this trying time. The Bathysphere crew...
Expedition 49
March 19, 2026
Welcome back to the Bathysphere! Today Chris is getting really lost and kind of loving it. Florence tries to remember to forget something. The Bathysphere...
Expedition 48
March 12, 2026
Welcome back aboard our leaky little craft! Today, Floss finds a new way to do fortune-telling. Chris, meanwhile, has a few quick game recommendations. The...
Expedition 47
March 5, 2026
Sincere apologies, but Donlan is the only crewmate aboard this week. Expect typos and much second-guessing. (Is crewmate one word or two? Should there be an...
Expedition 46
February 26, 2026
Welcome aboard! Mind the various hatches and cables. It’s Hatches and Cables Week! Luckily, it’s also Steam Demo Week - it may not actually be called that -...
Expedition 45
February 19, 2026
Hello! And welcome aboard. This week, Florence glitches again, but for longer, while Chris ponders the perfect Ollie. The Bathysphere crew Christian Donlan...
Expedition 44
February 12, 2026
44 times down to the sea in ships! Welcome aboard. This week, Chris gets the measure of Vholume - with an H - and celebrates brilliant friends. Meanwhile,...
Expedition 43
February 5, 2026
Slope downwards to thy depths, o sea! Welcome back onboard the Bathysphere. This week Floss considers becoming a moogle beautician, while Chris goes cleaning...
Expedition 42
January 29, 2026
42! A special number indeed. Welcome back aboard the creaking, slightly leaking, chill spaces of our underwater craft. This week, Chris falls in love with a...
Expedition 41
January 22, 2026
Good day intrepid explorers! This week Florence does a deep dive on a certain hockey show and why it’s a “Sportslike,” and Chris looks back on Paradise Marsh...
Expedition 40
January 15, 2026
Happy 40th expedition! As you heard from our emergency communication, we’re changing things up at The Bathysphere. From now on, the entire newsletter will be...
Emmergency communication
January 7, 2026
Happy new year, travellers! This is just a quick transmission to let everyone know we have decided to cancel paid subscriptions. We only managed to attract a...
Expedition 39
December 19, 2025
Hello and welcome back inside our spherical deep sea exploration craft! This week, Keith reveals his love for games with multiple simultaneous lead...
Expedition 38
December 11, 2025
Hello! And welcome back for another dive into the icy waters of things game-like and game adjacent. This week, Chris is pondering where games often can’t go....
Expedition 37
December 4, 2025
Welcome back! This week Chris is delirious with love for the twin-stick shooter Sektori, and also misses Tom Stoppard an awful lot. Elsewhere, Florence...
Expedition 36
November 27, 2025
Ahoy! This week, Florence discovers situationist football, Keith discovers trains and gothic horror, and Christian discovers a GTA-themed Tiktok travelogue....
Expedition 35
November 20, 2025
Welcome aboard once again! Off we drift! This week, Christian gets lost in the nostalgia forests, while Florence contemplates ruins under a dying sun. The...
Expedition 34
November 13, 2025
Hello and welcome to another expedition! This week Christian is looking at games about vans, Florence is spending time with the Picts and Keith has found an...
Expedition 33
November 6, 2025
Fittingly, given the essay below, there’s a great submarine, if not quite a bathysphere, in Thomas Pynchon’s new novel. It cruises under the ice and it turns...
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