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

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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?

That time when Casio made a game console that printed stickers

I wrote a feature for Retro Gamer about the Casio Loopy, an utterly fascinating Japan-only 1990s console that was aimed solely at girls.

Downloading games from the radio and teletext in the 1980s

And from TV programmes, too, not to mention a sort of proto-Internet run by the Post Office. The 80s were crazy times. I wrote about it all in a feature for Wireframe magazine.

Hey look, I wrote a book (well, bits of one)

I wrote a couple of chapters and a few other bits and bobs for Convergence, Charlie Fink’s excellent new book about augmented reality.

The best games of EGX Rezzed 2019

Guntastic! Partisans 1941! Afterparty! LUNA! Here’s my pick of the greatest games from this year’s EGX Rezzed.

Saying goodbye to the Wii U – Part 4: THE FINAL FAREWELL

This is it, old friend.

Steam Trawler II: Attack of the Clones

James once again bravely plunges into the Steam new-release list, and resurfaces clutching an excellent horror point-and-click adventure. He is also covered in anime girls.