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The best games of WASD

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A few highlights from the excellent crop of indie games at London’s newest game show.

Lewis Packwood 8 April 2022 Features

Ten of my favourite books about video games

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Treat yourself for World Book Day.

Lewis Packwood 3 March 2022 Features

All the stuff I wrote about video games in 2021

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Another turbulent year, but with some glittering highlights.

Lewis Packwood 24 December 2021 Features

The Most Agreeable Games of 2021

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The AMAP team chooses their favourite games of the year.

Lewis Packwood 17 December 2021 Features

TOEM: A Photo Adventure is a game that warms the soul

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Read my review in issue 57 of Wireframe.

Lewis Packwood 3 December 2021 Reviews

New games for the NES

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I spoke to the man behind Lowtek Games.

Lewis Packwood 16 November 2021 Features

The Metroid Dread amiibos are lovely – it’s just a shame they arrived so late

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A month after the game hit shop shelves.

Lewis Packwood 15 November 2021 Amiibos

Metroid Dread review: a stunning but difficult return for Samus

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Hard as nails.

Lewis Packwood 27 October 2021 Reviews

More Shovel Knight amiibos for my collection

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Specter Knight, Plague Knight and King Knight join the amiibo shelf.

Lewis Packwood 26 October 2021 Amiibos

The never-ending pressure to keep up to date on the latest games

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Too many games, too little time.

Lewis Packwood 21 October 2021 Opinions

Death’s Door is a brilliant Zelda-like

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Read my review of this fantastic game in issue 55 of Wireframe.

Lewis Packwood 10 October 2021 Features

The Highlights of EGX 2021

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A round up of the best games I saw at the 2021 comeback of EGX.

Lewis Packwood 8 October 2021 Features

My attempt to work out what makes Zelda tick

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With the help of the developers of Death’s Door.

Lewis Packwood 27 September 2021 Features

September brings a deluge of fantastic games

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TOEM! Deathloop! Eastward! Sable! More! It’s hard to keep up.

Lewis Packwood 19 September 2021 Features

Farewell, Sir Clive Sinclair, and thank you

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A tribute to the man who revolutionised British home computing.

Lewis Packwood 17 September 2021 Features

The trend for making new games for old consoles

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I interviewed the people behind it for The Guardian.

Lewis Packwood 15 September 2021 Features

Blasphemous review: cruel but kind of wonderful

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This religious-themed Metroidvania may be off-puttingly difficult for some, but it’s also stunningly beautiful and continually rewarding.

Lewis Packwood 9 September 2021 Reviews

Read about the making of Bart Vs The Space Mutants

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I spoke to the creator of the original Simpsons game for Retro Gamer.

Lewis Packwood 8 September 2021 Features

Boyfriend Dungeon is bizarrely brilliant

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I reviewed this hybrid dungeon crawler and dating simulator for The Guardian.

Lewis Packwood 21 August 2021 Reviews

The rise of the high-quality gaming periodical

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Lock-On and A Profound Waste of Time are supremely beautiful publications.

Lewis Packwood 10 August 2021 Features

The standout games of E3 2021

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Metroid Dread! Advance Wars! Guardians of the Galaxy! Metal Slug Tactics! Take a look at my picks of the show.

Lewis Packwood 16 June 2021 E3, Features

The Magnificent Trufflepigs review: a bucolic ramble around the farm

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The Am(bridge) metal detectives.

Lewis Packwood 10 June 2021 Reviews

I spoke to Violet Berlin for Retro Gamer

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And her life story is fascinating.

Lewis Packwood 9 June 2021 Features

E3 expectations: what can we expect from the Big Three?

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What do Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo have in store?

Lewis Packwood 7 June 2021 E3, Opinions

Dorfromantik is the perfect way to unwind

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Dream village simulator.

Lewis Packwood 24 May 2021 Opinions

The Making of Balance of Power

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How Chris Crawford managed to simulate the Cold War.

Lewis Packwood 22 May 2021 Features

The cruelly abandoned Star Wars game that’s secretly brilliant

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Pour one out for Squadrons.

Lewis Packwood 4 May 2021 Opinions

New amiibo alert! Monster Hunter! Banjo-Kazooie! Byleth!

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You wait for months, and then five come along at once…

Lewis Packwood 27 March 2021 Amiibos

I revisited the 1990s for Retro Gamer

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And I got to interview the wonderful Violet Berlin.

Lewis Packwood 26 March 2021 Features

Space Crew review: a cute but hardcore spaceship simulator

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She cannae hold together, cap’n!

Lewis Packwood 15 March 2021 Reviews

Going Under review: scrappy but funny dungeon crawling

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The troublesome life of an intern.

Lewis Packwood 7 March 2021 Reviews

Fights in Tight Spaces is like turn-based James Bond

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Ultra slo-mo fighting.

Lewis Packwood 5 March 2021 Opinions

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