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.

Welcome to Steam Trawler: if Valve won’t do quality control, I will

James Keen, Esq. has been trawling Steam’s new releases in search of fresh delights – but mostly turns up rotten stinkers.

Our 32 most anticipated games of 2019

Well, 31 really. I mean Cyberpunk 2077 definitely isn’t going to come out this year, is it? Or is it? OR IS IT?

How did we do on our predictions for the Christmas game charts?

Fallout 76, eh? Didn’t see that one coming.

New amiibo: The beautiful Bayonetta twins

The two Bayonetta amiibo are real lookers.

The Ridley amiibo is a thing of beauty

Samus Aran’s nemesis makes for one of the best amiibo yet.

UPDATED: My six-page feature on Genesis LPMud is in the new issue of PC Gamer UK!

My feature on one of the oldest online multiplayer games is in issue 323 of PC Gamer!

First Impressions: The Light Keeps Us Safe

I previewed the latest game from the makers of The Signal of Tolva for Kotaku UK. Let’s see how that went.

EVE Online: Seven Days In New Eden

EVE Online has a reputation for being a scary place for newcomers. But what’s it actually like to play this venerable MMORPG for the first time?

Video game streaming is going to change everything

The ‘Netflix of games’ is just around the corner, as broadband speeds are shooting up across the world. I wrote a feature about how streaming will change video games for GamesRadar.