I can’t stop touching my Dark Samus. Send help.
All the stuff I wrote about video games in 2019
It’s been a busy year.
The Most Agreeable Games of 2019
It’s that time again – here’s our pick of the best games of the year.
From The Armchair: 2019 Has Defeated Me
I give up. There are too many games. Who has time for all this?
Read about the making of BITS in Retro Gamer 201
I wrote about the anarchic 2000s TV show for this month’s issue.
Race with Ryan review – a tale of two perspectives
Time for a father and son moment.
The history of UK video-game magazines
Check out this huge feature in the 200th issue of Retro Gamer.
Return of the Obra Dinn review – a brilliant interactive detective mystery
Murder, On Boat.
Little Town Hero review – dreaming too big
The new game from the Pokemon developers is inspired by board games – the type with massive rulebooks that still remain confusing even after hours of play.
Star Citizen – a long time to go, in a galaxy far, far away…
But it’s gonna take money / A whole lot of spending money / It’s gonna take plenty of money / To do it right, child.
Help! I don’t know what I’m doing!
Outer Wilds and Graveyard Keeper excel at confusion.
The Ninja Saviors: Return of the Warriors review – more than meets the eye
Kick, punch, it’s all in the mind.
The best games of EGX 2019
Beyond a Steel Sky! Iron Man VR! Eastward! More! All the greatest games from EGX London.
80 Days review – Jules Verne’s Choose Your Own Adventure
All together now! Eiiiiighty days around the world, we’ll find a pot of gold, just sitting where the rainbow’s ending…
Killer Queen Black review – an arcade port for the ages
The essential game to bring to your next rooftop Switch wine party.
Please sir, why were PCs beige?
It turns out it might have had something to do with Germany.
The ludicrously dangerous Noita is out in Early Access today
A rogue-like in which it is thrillingly easy to do yourself a mischief.
My first impressions of The Sinking City on Switch aren’t great
Wonky combat, crappy frame rates, dull environments. This… is not good.
FAR: Lone Sails review – picturesque loneliness
If David Lynch built a landship.
The update for Control makes a big difference to the frame rates on PS4
Not perfect, but a lot better.