Matthew Highton

@matthighton.bsky.social

Comedian and maker of nonsense.

Had a conversation with my toddler that could have been an Airplane bit: “What’d you have for lunch?” “My dinner.” “Dinner like tea?”* “Yeah.” “What’d you have for tea?” “I don’t have tea. I have water.”

My kids have been binge watching all the Marvel movies before we go to see Spider-Man later. Inevitably there’s been a lot of debate about which film is the best so I made them this little widget to decide once and for all: marvelrank.lovable.app

MCU Ranker — Build Your Marvel Top List

Pick your favourite between two Marvel Cinematic Universe films, skip the ones you haven't seen, and get your personal MCU ranking from best to worst.

marvelrank.lovable.app

United Kingdom! Next week I'm be bringing my bad video game show Shit Arcade to Edinburgh Fringe! Different games every show, different comedians every show, and I even give a few away to the audience (games, not comedians). 5-12, 23-31 August!

Shit Arcade

5 - 12, 23 - 31 AUG 22:30 Shit Arcade is a comedy show in which a panel of comedians are forced to play and roast some of the worst games of all time live on stage. From ET for the Atari 260

tickets.gildedballoon.co.uk

So we were going over the Casino designs and we just want to check, this slot machine, just so we’re clear, to use it someone has to use these gigantic pinball paddles roll up the wall and land exactly in it. They don’t need money their body is the “coin” but there is a chance of electrocution…

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Thinking about the Odyssey, one of the things that stuck with me, whenever the magical world appears, the camera always stays locked in on the human emotion of the scene. Never a close up of the sirens, a reveal of the monster, always how is this impacting the character. Good filmmaking, init

Film Idea: Old Man Paddington An ageing Paddington Bear wanders post apocalyptic London tracking the man who stole his last jar of marmalade and by tooth or claw he'll kill anyone who tries to slow him down.

Imagine having a bit of a rough time at work and then you’re boss, who you hardly see, decides to use all their means to murder your team one by one, put the onus on you, all whilst forcing you to work late and not see your family. I guess what I’m saying is the ancient gods were dicks.

I keep seeing so many people moaning about the state of film, but I honestly think we’re living through an absolute all timer of a year and we’re just over half way. I truly hope this is the beginning of a new era.