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The Most Agreeable Games of the Generation

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With the start of a new generation imminent, we look back on our favourite games from the current crop of consoles.

Lewis Packwood 24 September 2020 Features

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

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

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

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 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

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

Read my review of XCOM: Chimera Squad in The Guardian

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XCOM dresses up as a cop TV show.

Lewis Packwood 24 April 2020 Features

Ridiculous video game PR disasters

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Shout out to Mark.

Lewis Packwood 7 April 2020 Features

The story behind the classic Amiga racing game Skidmarks

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Read my six-page feature on this classic game from Acid Software in Retro Gamer issue 205.

Lewis Packwood 30 March 2020 Features

Seven single-player games for the viral apocalypse

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Stay home and play games, everyone.

James Keen 29 March 2020 Features

A lot of things are going to change over the next few months

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The coronavirus pandemic is going to make it a weird year in games.

Lewis Packwood 19 March 2020 Features

Mike Bithell interview: John Wick, crunch culture and going to Hollywood

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I caught up with the self-declared “pretentious hipster nerd guy” behind Thomas Was Alone and John Wick Hex at the Yorkshire Games Festival.

Lewis Packwood 5 March 2020 Features

Why the NES sucked cartridges into its belly

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Rather than accepting them into its back, like the Famicom did.

Lewis Packwood 28 February 2020 Features

Read about the history of Commandos in Retro Gamer

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I spoke to former developers at Pyro Studios for a huge feature in Retro Gamer issue 204.

Lewis Packwood 20 February 2020 Features

Our most anticipated games of 2020

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A rather belated rundown of the games we’re looking forward to this year.

Lewis Packwood 11 February 2020 Features

All hail the retro gaming podcasts

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I spoke to the folks behind some of the leading retro gaming podcasts for a feature in issue 203 of Retro Gamer.

Lewis Packwood 30 January 2020 Features

The Dark Samus amiibo is a tactile delight

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I can’t stop touching my Dark Samus. Send help.

Lewis Packwood 18 January 2020 Amiibos

All the stuff I wrote about video games in 2019

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It’s been a busy year.

Lewis Packwood 30 December 2019 Features

Read about the making of BITS in Retro Gamer 201

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I wrote about the anarchic 2000s TV show for this month’s issue.

Lewis Packwood 30 November 2019 Features

The history of UK video-game magazines

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Check out this huge feature in the 200th issue of Retro Gamer.

Lewis Packwood 31 October 2019 Features

Star Citizen – a long time to go, in a galaxy far, far away…

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But it’s gonna take money / A whole lot of spending money / It’s gonna take plenty of money / To do it right, child.

James Keen 27 October 2019 Features

The best games of EGX 2019

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Beyond a Steel Sky! Iron Man VR! Eastward! More! All the greatest games from EGX London.

Lewis Packwood 23 October 2019 Features

Please sir, why were PCs beige?

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It turns out it might have had something to do with Germany.

Lewis Packwood 26 September 2019 Features

The Link’s Awakening amiibo is a proper cutie

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Hey there little fella.

Lewis Packwood 20 September 2019 Amiibos

I spoke to the coder behind Super Star Wars on the Super NES

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For a massive six-page feature in Retro Gamer.

Lewis Packwood 13 August 2019 Features

Read my feature on the making of X-COM in the new Retro Gamer

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I spoke to the legendary Julian Gollop about the past, present and future of X-COM.

Lewis Packwood 21 July 2019 Features

Read my feature on Middlesbrough in the new EDGE magazine

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Bigging up Northeast England.

Lewis Packwood 24 June 2019 Features

Our Most Agreeable highlights of E3 2019

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Animal Crossing, Watch Dogs Legion and Link’s Awakening are just some of our stand-outs.

Lewis Packwood 14 June 2019 E3 2019

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