A MOST AGREEABLE PASTIME
Video Games, Victorian Style
Tag: gaming
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A round up of the video-game-related features I’ve written for magazines, books and websites this year.
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Conscript! Wax Heads! Turnip Mountain! The Deadly Path! Pieced Together! Here are some of my favourite games from the WASD show.
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I wrote an awful lot of things about video games in 2023, not least an entire book.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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One thing that helps to thin out the backlog is sticking to just the genres you enjoy.
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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.
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A celebration of the Game Boy in glorious monochrome.
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A masterful return to form for a series that had lost its way.
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The long-awaited Steel Rats is finally here, chainsaw wheels and vertical driving fully intact. But does it live up to its promise?
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Starfox, Mario Kart and Pokemon like you’ve never seen them before.
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My feature on one of the oldest online multiplayer games is in issue 323 of PC Gamer!
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Hmmm, interesting list.
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A stunning Zelda-like top-down RPG is storming its Kickstarter goals.
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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.
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It’s like Stardew Valley, but with more highly suspicious meat products of dubious provenance.
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I got a new gaming PC. And now I want to DESTROY IT UTTERLY.
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Who the hell launches a new game a week before Red Dead Redemption 2?
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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?
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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.
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The map from A Link to the Past in beautiful 3D papercraft.
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TowerFall makes it to the Switch with all of the content from the previous two games, as well as some cracking multiplayer options.
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Pokeballs!
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The conclusion of Stoic’s Banner Saga is breathtaking – and also difficult to write about without dropping spoilers.
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Pandora’s Tower is an old Wii RPG I’ve been meaning to play for ages, and one of the many games in my Wii U backlog. And it turns out it’s great.
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The studio behind The Walking Dead and The Wolf Among Us has laid off most of its staff.
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The Gardens Between is bloomin’ marvellous. Buy it now!
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A minimalist puzzle game that’s perfect for playing on the subway. Or bus. Or plane. Or train. Or…
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Join me as I reminisce about Nintendo’s quirky, innovative and yet much maligned console.
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Getting Gamers by Jamie Madigan, and Ten Things Video Games Can Teach Us by Jordan Erica Webber and Daniel Griliopoulos.
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Do you have more games than you can possibly play? Is it stressing you out? I’m here to help.
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