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I don’t like stealth games, but Hitman is comedy gold

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The adventures of a bumbling assassin.

Lewis Packwood 10 February 2019 Opinions

Vampyr and the problem of ludonarrative dissonance

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Vampyr is an awkward case where your actions don’t match up with the story of the game.

Lewis Packwood 3 February 2019 Opinions

From The Armchair: 2019 Is The Year I Beat My Backlog

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This is it. I’m doing this. Within the next few months, the slate is being wiped clean.

Lewis Packwood 28 January 2019 From The Armchair

EA and Star Wars: a story of frustration

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EA have a ten-year licence to make Star Wars games. Over five years in, they’ve only made two, both of them remakes.

Lewis Packwood 16 January 2019 Opinions

From The Armchair: Christmas Game Frenzy

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Yoku’s Island Express! Tomb Raider! Inside! Firewatch! Batman: Enemy Within! And more! I certainly got through a lot of games this Christmas.

Lewis Packwood 4 January 2019 From The Armchair

From The Armchair: I Know What I Like… And I Know Which Games I’ll Never Enjoy

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One thing that helps to thin out the backlog is sticking to just the genres you enjoy.

Lewis Packwood 24 December 2018 From The Armchair

From The Armchair: The Games of 2018 that Got Away

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2018 was an amazing year for games, but there’s only so much time to play them all. Here are the ones I wish I’d had a chance to try.

Lewis Packwood 11 December 2018 From The Armchair

Red Dead Redemption 2 wasn’t worth the hardship

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Let’s face it, no video game is worth working yourself into ill health over.

Lewis Packwood 10 December 2018 Opinions

WHY AM I STILL PLAYING FOOTBALL MANAGER 2014?

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On the eve of the FA Cup second round, one man looks deep inside himself and wonders why on earth he is so addicted to an ageing parade of spreadsheets.

James Keen 30 November 2018 Opinions

From The Armchair: Welcome To The World Of VR

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PlayStation VR has entered The Manor, and it’s flippin’ amazing.

Lewis Packwood 26 November 2018 From The Armchair

You can never go back: the Play Expo Blackpool Retro Special

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I loved seeing all the historic arcade cabinets and retro consoles at Play Expo Blackpool – but sometimes old games are best left in the past.

Lewis Packwood 9 November 2018 Opinions

How do the 20 PlayStation Classic games measure up?

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Hmmm, interesting list.

Lewis Packwood 1 November 2018 Opinions

Why I want to set my PC on fire

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I got a new gaming PC. And now I want to DESTROY IT UTTERLY.

Lewis Packwood 24 October 2018 Opinions

A lovely bit of Legend of Zelda wall art

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The map from A Link to the Past in beautiful 3D papercraft.

Lewis Packwood 15 October 2018 Opinions

I think I get why people like building PCs now

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After years of avoiding the faff of building your own PC, I’ve had a Road to Damascus moment.

Lewis Packwood 12 October 2018 Opinions

I LOVE my new Pokemon cushion

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Pokeballs!

Lewis Packwood 12 October 2018 Opinions

From The Armchair: It Gets Better After The First 15 Hours

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Sunless Sea and Assassin’s Creed Odyssey could do with picking up the pace a bit – we don’t all have endless time to kill.

Lewis Packwood 10 October 2018 From The Armchair

The games that should be on the PlayStation Classic

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What games would you feature on the newly announced PlayStation Classic? I’ve picked out 15 PS1 games that I’d revive in a heartbeat.

Lewis Packwood 19 September 2018 Features, Opinions

I’m hopelessly behind when it comes to video game sequels

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Oh, another Tomb Raider game is out. But, er, I still haven’t played the last two? Or GTAV. Or Fallout 4. Or the last five Assassin’s Creeds…

Lewis Packwood 18 September 2018 Opinions

New gaming books!

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Getting Gamers by Jamie Madigan, and Ten Things Video Games Can Teach Us by Jordan Erica Webber and Daniel Griliopoulos.

Lewis Packwood 15 September 2018 Opinions

Boundless, Minecraft, and not having anywhere near the amount of time a game demands

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Boundless is a pretty cool looking Minecraft style MMOG. And frankly I’m never going to have the time to play it.

Lewis Packwood 10 September 2018 Features, Opinions

The big AAA games battling it out for Christmas 2018

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Who will win the fight for Christmas number one?

Lewis Packwood 7 September 2018 Opinions

What if a game console came with a 3D printer?

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Imagine a game where you could print out the trophies you win in 3D…

Lewis Packwood 1 August 2018 Opinions

Has the arcade driving game market died?

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OnRush has sunk at retail – have open-world games like GTA killed off arcade racers?

Lewis Packwood 27 July 2018 Opinions

The final hours of Gravity Rush 2 online

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The Gravity Rush 2 servers have shut down just a year and a half after the game’s release. I spent the last night sampling as much online stuff as I could.

Lewis Packwood 19 July 2018 Opinions

I’m rushing through Gravity Rush 2 before the servers shut down on 19 July

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With just two days to go until the server shutdown, I haven’t even scratched the surface of Gravity Rush 2’s online content.

Lewis Packwood 17 July 2018 Opinions

The best games of E3 2018

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Amid all the ultraviolence and samey sequels, a few genuine delights peeked out from behind the curtain at E3 2018. WARNING: THIS LIST DOES NOT INCLUDE CYBERPUNK 2077.

Lewis Packwood 15 June 2018 E3 2018, Opinions

Games writing: when a hobby becomes work

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Writing about games for a living? Sounds amazing, right? Well, like everything, it’s best done in moderation.

Lewis Packwood 7 June 2018 Opinions

Nintendo Switch Online seems like a poor deal

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Cloud saves, a few NES games and some smartphone app features are the sweeteners you’ll get when Nintendo starts charging you to play Switch games online – in other words, the bare minimum.

Lewis Packwood 8 May 2018 Opinions

I am in awe of the superstar designers at EGX Rezzed

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They say never meet your heroes. Just stand a few feet away from them instead and stare with your mouth open.

Lewis Packwood 15 April 2018 Opinions

EGX Rezzed: first impressions

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It’s halfway through day one, and the coffee has stopped working.

Lewis Packwood 13 April 2018 Opinions

Getting ready for EGX Rezzed

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I”ll be at EGX Rezzed for the whole weekend – but I’m already worrying how I’m going to fit everything in. If you’re going to be at the show, come say hi!

Lewis Packwood 12 April 2018 Opinions

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