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Expedition 26
September 18, 2025
Happy Thursday Bathyspherers! This week, Florence delves into their archive of screenshots, Chris returns to a SEGA classic and an unclassifiable literary...
Expedition 25
September 11, 2025
Welcome back! Do close the hatch behind you! Today Chris is thinking about learning, and enjoying the work of the Lubells. Elsewhere, we get great...
Expedition 24
September 4, 2025
Yoho! Welcome back to The Bathysphere! Today, Chris is looking at knots and puzzling over a quote by T.H. White. Meanwhile, Florence gets entwined in a sci-...
Expedition 23
August 28, 2025
Greetings fellow travellers! On this, the 23rd submergence, we have all sorts of fine things to share with you. Chris delves into the creative mode of Mini...
Expedition 22
August 21, 2025
Welcome back for our next decent! Floss has spent the past week pretending to be someone else. Chris ponders games that pick a direction and messes around...
Expedition 21
August 14, 2025
Can you count to 21? as Cooper once asked. Somehow this is our 21st dive! Welcome aboard as ever. In our main essay Chris has returned from Greece where he...
Expedition 20
August 7, 2025
Hello and welcome to the 20th expedition of The Bathysphere. There’s no essay this week due to some technical issues, but instead we have a list of...
Expedition 19
July 31, 2025
Welcome aboard the 19th expedition of the Bathysphere! This week, Florence watches NPCs fight each other, Christian plays with the universe and Keith gets...
Expedition 18
July 24, 2025
Hello, and welcome back to the Bathysphere! On this journey into the deep, Donlan dives into a pristine puddle before playing with cubes and learning about a...
Expedition 17
July 17, 2025
Hello and welcome back to the Bathysphere. Please come in, there is plenty of room. On this expedition, Christian is playing Solitaire, Florence is...
Expedition 16
July 10, 2025
Hello! And welcome back to our series of journeys into the depths of games and game-adjacency. Thank you so much for reading! Today, Christian looks at...
Expedition 15
July 3, 2025
Take a seat for the 15th edition of Bathysphere! This week we have an essay from Florence on the history of the gaming chair from Ancient Egypt to 90’s...
Expedition 14
June 26, 2025
Hello and welcome to the fourteenth expedition of the Bathysphere. This week, we’ve been looking at Cryptic Crosswords - and more specifically a way in to...
Expedition 13
June 19, 2025
Hello and welcome to the thirteenth expedition of the Bathysphere. Fortunately, we are not superstitious or we would be concerned about clambering aboard an...
Expedition 12
June 12, 2025
Hello and welcome aboard the 12th expedition of the Bathysphere! This week, Floss is looking at fake books, Keith is wandering a digital cemetery and...
Expedition 11
June 5, 2025
Welcome to the 11th journey of the Bathysphere. This week Christian writes about the idea of photogrammic games, Keith is stuck in another strange horror...
Expedition 10
May 29, 2025
Welcome to the tenth expedition of the Bathysphere! This week we have safe-cracking, Solarcans and sassy French games. Chris’ essay is on an interesting trip...
Expedition 9
May 22, 2025
Welcome to the ninth expedition of the Bathysphere! This week we have skiing, towers, art and archival unboxings for your perusal. Keith’s essay is on the...
Expedition 8
May 15, 2025
Welcome to our eighth expedition! This week’s essay concerns the concept of ‘endlings’ in both video games and the games industry itself – if you’re not sure...
Expedition 7
May 8, 2025
Welcome to the seventh expedition of the Bathysphere. We should have paid subscriptions set up now so that you can opt for the annual option (Thank you so...
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