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Author: Lewis Packwood

Cloud Gardens! What a balm for the soul!

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A growing sense of contentment.

Lewis Packwood 23 September 2020 Opinions

Rivals review: a unique country music detective game

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Piece together the events to reveal the diverging careers of two country stars.

Lewis Packwood 21 September 2020 Reviews

Welcome to Elk review: an astonishingly inventive journey

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Charming characters and compelling tales, all based on real-life stories.

Lewis Packwood 17 September 2020 Reviews

Arcade Club is a wonderful vision of how arcades should be done

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I spoke to the man behind it all in a feature for Eurogamer.

Lewis Packwood 13 September 2020 Features

Xbox Series S is an astonishing deal

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At £249/$299, Microsoft’s console will give Sony something to worry about.

Lewis Packwood 8 September 2020 Opinions

Super Mario 3D All-Stars is a limited release? What cynical nonsense

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Goodwill down the drain.

Lewis Packwood 6 September 2020 Opinions

Remembering Lure of the Temptress

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I talked to Charles Cecil about Revolution’s first game for Retro Gamer.

Lewis Packwood 2 September 2020 Features

Hypnospace Outlaw review: mind-warpingly brilliant

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The Geocity that never sleeps.

Lewis Packwood 25 August 2020 Reviews

Superliminal review: what a trip

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Such stuff as dreams are made of.

Lewis Packwood 25 August 2020 Reviews

Damn, Super Mario Bros. 3 is hard

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Was it always this difficult?

Lewis Packwood 22 August 2020 Opinions

Untitled Goose Game adds a second goose

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HONK HONK!

Lewis Packwood 18 August 2020 News

New Facebook page

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Like us. Please, please like us. We crave attention.

Lewis Packwood 11 August 2020 Editorial

Where’s Lego Luigi? A theory

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I suspect we’ll be seeing Mario’s brother in electronic form soon.

Lewis Packwood 5 August 2020 Opinions

Lego Super Mario is pretty weird, and I’m not sure what to make of it

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It’s-a-me, a hybrid toy!

Lewis Packwood 5 August 2020 Features, Opinions

I interviewed the lead designer of Lego Super Mario

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In an exclusive for Nintendo Life.

Lewis Packwood 31 July 2020 Features

Can you make a living from writing about video games?

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Career set to hard mode.

Lewis Packwood 24 July 2020 Features

Too Quirky to Survive: a Dreamcast poem

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Sega’s wonder machine was just too good for this world.

Lewis Packwood 17 July 2020 Features

Beyond a Steel Sky review: I am in my happy place

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With the only vacuum cleaner I will ever love.

Lewis Packwood 15 July 2020 Reviews

Read about the history of The Settlers in Retro Gamer

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My whopping eight-page feature on Blue Byte’s series is in issue 209.

Lewis Packwood 8 July 2020 Features

Read my review of The Procession to Calvary in Wireframe

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Monty Python-esque point and click.

Lewis Packwood 6 July 2020 News

Someday You’ll Return review: promising but flawed horror

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A ramble in the Czech countryside, spoiled.

Lewis Packwood 5 July 2020 Reviews

Welcome to Abhik, our newest writer

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New player unlocked.

Lewis Packwood 5 July 2020 Editorial

Win A Summer with the Shiba Inu on PS4

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Dog lovers, rejoice!

Lewis Packwood 4 July 2020 News

Do you still buy physical games?

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I’m almost entirely digital these days. And it seems like physical games don’t have long for this world.

Lewis Packwood 23 June 2020 Opinions

Hardspace: Shipbreaker is unique and utterly brilliant

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Who knew that taking spaceships apart could be so fun?

Lewis Packwood 20 June 2020 Opinions

Read about the history of Destruction Derby in Retro Gamer

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I spoke to the developers behind the series for a feature in issue 208.

Lewis Packwood 20 June 2020 Features

Indie highlights of Not-E3 2020

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A look at the best indie games from the many online video showcases so far.

Lewis Packwood 20 June 2020 Opinions

A few thoughts on the PS5 reveal

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All hail the wonky sandwich.

Lewis Packwood 12 June 2020 Opinions

The Itch.io Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality is phenomenal

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And all the money goes to a phenomenal cause. #BlackLivesMatter

Lewis Packwood 7 June 2020 News

Super-rare EDGE magazine issue zero goes on sale for £449

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A real piece of gaming history.

Lewis Packwood 4 June 2020 News

A glimpse inside the homes of indie developers during lockdown

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Watch closely because, remember, the clues are there, as we go through… the keyhole.

Lewis Packwood 28 May 2020 Features

Maneater review: repetitive yet enjoyable mayhem

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Brody good fun.

Lewis Packwood 24 May 2020 Reviews

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