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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

If regular gaming is a ready meal, VR is a fancy date-night dinner

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A wonderful, indulgent niche.

Lewis Packwood 4 March 2021 Opinions

NUTS review: the joys of being a squirrel voyeur

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A thrilling tale of rodent surveillance.

Lewis Packwood 17 February 2021 Reviews

I spoke to Jon Hare about the making of Wizkid

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Read all about Sensible Software’s weirdest game in Retro Gamer 217.

Lewis Packwood 17 February 2021 Features

Curious Expedition 2 review: perhaps it’s time we stopped celebrating the Victorians

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Rotten values.

Lewis Packwood 16 February 2021 Reviews

Turrican Flashback review: classic games tamed for modern tastes

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WELCOME (BACK) TO TURRICAN.

Lewis Packwood 8 February 2021 Reviews

Conspiracy review: more of the same, but less

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It’s all true, goddammit!

Lewis Packwood 19 January 2021 Reviews

Our Most Anticipated Games of 2021

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Here’s a list of 22 games we can’t wait to play this year.

Lewis Packwood 12 January 2021 Features

All the stuff I wrote about video games in 2020

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A look back on a year of personal triumphs mixed with utter despair.

Lewis Packwood 31 December 2020 Features

The Story of Special Reserve

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I spent the best part of a year researching the history of this 1990s mail-order company for Retro Gamer magazine.

Lewis Packwood 29 December 2020 Features

Star Wars Squadrons is absolutely phenomenal in VR

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My inner eight-year-old is crying with joy.

Lewis Packwood 29 December 2020 Opinions

The Most Agreeable Games of 2020

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It’s been a difficult year, but there have been some fantastic games.

Lewis Packwood 19 December 2020 Features

PHOGS! review: what a good dog (dogs?)

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How I fell in love with a conjoined canine.

Lewis Packwood 3 December 2020 Reviews

The History of Turrican: a ten-page Retro Gamer special

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I get all misty-eyed at seeing my first ever cover feature.

Lewis Packwood 24 November 2020 Features

Oh wait, those new consoles are launching next week, aren’t they?

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It doesn’t feel real.

Lewis Packwood 6 November 2020 Opinions

Super-fast loading times will be the real game changer in the next console generation

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A chance to squeeze gaming time into the smallest of gaps.

Lewis Packwood 9 October 2020 Opinions

A splendid Summer in Mara

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This farming-RPG from Chibig is a peaceful counter to the world’s chaos.

Lewis Packwood 1 October 2020 Features

The story of WipEout

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To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the PlayStation’s European debut, I spoke to the creators behind the console’s most iconic launch game.

Lewis Packwood 29 September 2020 Features

Othercide review: grimdark goth-girl grind-a-rama

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A viciously difficult XCOM-alike that encourages repeat attempts.

Lewis Packwood 27 September 2020 Reviews

The Most Agreeable Games of the Generation

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With the start of a new generation imminent, we look back on our favourite games from the current crop of consoles.

Lewis Packwood 24 September 2020 Features

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