Shout out to Mark.
Category: Features
The story behind the classic Amiga racing game Skidmarks
Read my six-page feature on this classic game from Acid Software in Retro Gamer issue 205.
Seven single-player games for the viral apocalypse
Stay home and play games, everyone.
A lot of things are going to change over the next few months
The coronavirus pandemic is going to make it a weird year in games.
Mike Bithell interview: John Wick, crunch culture and going to Hollywood
I caught up with the self-declared “pretentious hipster nerd guy” behind Thomas Was Alone and John Wick Hex at the Yorkshire Games Festival.
Why the NES sucked cartridges into its belly
Rather than accepting them into its back, like the Famicom did.
Read about the history of Commandos in Retro Gamer
I spoke to former developers at Pyro Studios for a huge feature in Retro Gamer issue 204.
Our most anticipated games of 2020
A rather belated rundown of the games we’re looking forward to this year.
All hail the retro gaming podcasts
I spoke to the folks behind some of the leading retro gaming podcasts for a feature in issue 203 of Retro Gamer.
The Dark Samus amiibo is a tactile delight
I can’t stop touching my Dark Samus. Send help.
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.