I can’t stop touching my Dark Samus. Send help.
Category: Features
All the stuff I wrote about video games in 2019
It’s been a busy year.
Read about the making of BITS in Retro Gamer 201
I wrote about the anarchic 2000s TV show for this month’s issue.
The history of UK video-game magazines
Check out this huge feature in the 200th issue of Retro Gamer.
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.
The best games of EGX 2019
Beyond a Steel Sky! Iron Man VR! Eastward! More! All the greatest games from EGX London.
Please sir, why were PCs beige?
It turns out it might have had something to do with Germany.
The Link’s Awakening amiibo is a proper cutie
Hey there little fella.
I spoke to the coder behind Super Star Wars on the Super NES
For a massive six-page feature in Retro Gamer.
Read my feature on the making of X-COM in the new Retro Gamer
I spoke to the legendary Julian Gollop about the past, present and future of X-COM.
Read my feature on Middlesbrough in the new EDGE magazine
Bigging up Northeast England.
Our Most Agreeable highlights of E3 2019
Animal Crossing, Watch Dogs Legion and Link’s Awakening are just some of our stand-outs.
All of the amiibo announced at E3 2019
The Link’s Awakening amiibo is ADORABLE.
The British celebrities that should be added to Watch Dogs Legion as DLC
BLOBBY BLOBBY BLOBBY
Check out my article on Amiga Power in this month’s Retro Gamer
The MIGHTY BEINGS of Amiga Power DISSEMINATE ESSENTIAL INFORMATION on how the magazine was made.
What impact will game streaming have on indie developers and publishers?
I spoke to indies about the effect that Google Stadia and its ilk will have on the industry, in an article for GamesRadar+.
Rise of the Robots: a dark chapter in gaming history
I wrote a feature for Kotaku UK on the crushing disappointment of this much-hyped game back in 1994.
Read my preview of Partisans 1941 in the new PC Gamer
This new Commandos-alike from Russian devs Alter Games is shaping up brilliantly.
How Lego Star Wars got started 20 years ago
I spoke with the design director of Lego Star Wars as part of a feature for Kotaku UK.
Is the games industry sustainable with so many new releases?
Hundreds of games are now released every month, while ‘games as a service’ ask ever more commitment from players. Surely something has to give?