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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

All of the amiibo announced at E3 2019

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The Link’s Awakening amiibo is ADORABLE.

Lewis Packwood 14 June 2019 Amiibos

The British celebrities that should be added to Watch Dogs Legion as DLC

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BLOBBY BLOBBY BLOBBY

Lewis Packwood 13 June 2019 Features

Check out my article on Amiga Power in this month’s Retro Gamer

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The MIGHTY BEINGS of Amiga Power DISSEMINATE ESSENTIAL INFORMATION on how the magazine was made.

Lewis Packwood 13 June 2019 Features

What impact will game streaming have on indie developers and publishers?

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I spoke to indies about the effect that Google Stadia and its ilk will have on the industry, in an article for GamesRadar+.

Lewis Packwood 7 June 2019 Features

Rise of the Robots: a dark chapter in gaming history

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I wrote a feature for Kotaku UK on the crushing disappointment of this much-hyped game back in 1994.

Lewis Packwood 31 May 2019 Features

Read my preview of Partisans 1941 in the new PC Gamer

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This new Commandos-alike from Russian devs Alter Games is shaping up brilliantly.

Lewis Packwood 24 May 2019 Features

How Lego Star Wars got started 20 years ago

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I spoke with the design director of Lego Star Wars as part of a feature for Kotaku UK.

Lewis Packwood 21 May 2019 Features

Is the games industry sustainable with so many new releases?

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Hundreds of games are now released every month, while ‘games as a service’ ask ever more commitment from players. Surely something has to give?

Lewis Packwood 10 May 2019 Features

That time when Casio made a game console that printed stickers

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

Lewis Packwood 19 April 2019 Features

Downloading games from the radio and teletext in the 1980s

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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.

Lewis Packwood 13 April 2019 Features

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

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

Lewis Packwood 11 April 2019 Features

The best games of EGX Rezzed 2019

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

Lewis Packwood 7 April 2019 Features

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

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This is it, old friend.

Lewis Packwood 3 March 2019 Features

Steam Trawler II: Attack of the Clones

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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.

James Keen 25 February 2019 Steam Trawler

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

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

James Keen 25 January 2019 Steam Trawler

Our 32 most anticipated games of 2019

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

Lewis Packwood 17 January 2019 Features

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

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

Lewis Packwood 7 January 2019 Features

New amiibo: The beautiful Bayonetta twins

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The two Bayonetta amiibo are real lookers.

Lewis Packwood 30 December 2018 Amiibos

The Ridley amiibo is a thing of beauty

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

Lewis Packwood 9 December 2018 Amiibos

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

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

Lewis Packwood 2 November 2018 Features

First Impressions: The Light Keeps Us Safe

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

Lewis Packwood 26 October 2018 Features

EVE Online: Seven Days In New Eden

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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?

James Keen 17 October 2018 Features

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