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Spiffing Reads: Nintendo Switch, EVE Online and the curative powers of Zelda

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This week, we start Spiffing Reads with yet another crazy tale from the fascinating space world of EVE […]

Lewis Packwood 6 October 2017 Spiffing Reads

Spiffing Reads: Ultima Online, Destiny 2 woes and pesky rats

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All hail the return of Spiffing Reads! Every Friday we’ll round up the best writing on video games […]

Lewis Packwood 29 September 2017 Spiffing Reads

Spiffing Reads: Geralt in Real Life, Trump vs Final Fantasy VII and Bye Bye Wii U

This week on Spiffing Reads, we start with a look at who Geralt is in real life… The […]

Lewis Packwood 4 February 2017 Spiffing Reads

Spiffing Reads: Nintendo Switch, Invisible Warcraft Bunnies and the Worst Game Ever

This week on Spiffing Reads, we kick off with a couple of interesting opinion pieces on the Nintendo […]

Lewis Packwood 28 January 2017 Spiffing Reads

Spiffing Reads: Twitch IRL, Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Easter Eggs

This week on Spiffing Reads, we start off with a worrying look at what madness Twitch hath wrought. […]

Lewis Packwood 20 January 2017 Spiffing Reads

Spiffing Reads: Amstrad Action, Super Mario Run and a Racist Video Game

I was going to post this on Friday, but then the whole Nintendo Switch reveal got me all […]

Lewis Packwood 16 January 2017 Spiffing Reads

Spiffing Reads: Shadow of the Colossus and a Lament for Strategy Games

Not a huge amount has caught my Spiffing Reads eye over the past couple of weeks, hence the […]

Lewis Packwood 17 December 2016 Spiffing Reads

Spiffing Reads: Overwatch Fashion, Majora’s Mask and Games Versus Politics

I didn’t have time to post Spiffing Reads last week, so this week we have a bumper double […]

Lewis Packwood 2 December 2016 Spiffing Reads

Spiffing Reads: VR Arcades, Zero Wing and Capcom vs Square Enix

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This week on Spiffing Reads, we start start off with how the games industry has finally woken up […]

Lewis Packwood 12 November 2016 Spiffing Reads

Spiffing Reads: Final Fantasy XV, Titanfall 2 and the Best Halloween Costume

I ran out of time on Friday, so Spiffing Reads is a bit late this week. But just […]

Lewis Packwood 7 November 2016 Spiffing Reads

Spiffing Reads: Black Mirror, VR Harassment and Antisocial Karen

This week on Spiffing Reads, we start off with more analysis of the Nintendo Switch reveal trailer – […]

Lewis Packwood 28 October 2016 Spiffing Reads

Spiffing Reads: Nintendo Switch, Tetris and Tomb Raider

It’s been a quiet week on the blog thanks to some crazy work schedules, but as always we’ve […]

Lewis Packwood 22 October 2016 Spiffing Reads

Spiffing Reads: Westworld, Emotional AI and Self-Destructing Games

This week on Spiffing Reads, we look into a spooky AI future – and a forgotten past of […]

Lewis Packwood 16 October 2016 Spiffing Reads

Spiffing Reads: Sex in Games and the Future of VR

This week on Spiffing Reads, it’s all sex and VR. So a bit like the Brosnan-starring The Lawnmower Man, […]

Lewis Packwood 8 October 2016 Spiffing Reads

Spiffing Reads: Game Genie, Knightmare and Korean Office Workers

A short one this week, kicking off with some retro-gaming nostalgia. Game Genie declassified: That summer I played […]

Lewis Packwood 1 October 2016 Spiffing Reads

Spiffing Reads: Castlevania, Underrated Females and Minor Text Fixes

This week on Spiffing Reads, we begin with an eye-opening behind-the-scenes look at a certain 3D vampire series. […]

Lewis Packwood 23 September 2016 Spiffing Reads

Spiffing Reads: Sonic’s Tweets, Biased Game Journalists and Link’s Awakening

Just a trio of articles on Spiffing Reads this week, kicking off with a comeback from Sonic in […]

Lewis Packwood 16 September 2016 Spiffing Reads

Spiffing Reads: Metroid Prime, Steve Jobs and the Dreamcast Barber

This week on Spiffing Reads, we start off with a mid-life crisis. Pokémon Go, mid-life crisis and me, […]

Lewis Packwood 9 September 2016 Spiffing Reads

Spiffing Reads: Bass Fishing, Mario in the Arcade and Video-Game Vents

This week on Spiffing Reads, we start with a look back at when running a games magazine basically […]

Lewis Packwood 2 September 2016 Spiffing Reads

Spiffing Reads: Lemmy’s legacy, Atari box art and why they say games rot your brain

This week on Spiffing Reads we start off with that old bone of contention – mainstream press railing […]

Lewis Packwood 26 August 2016 Spiffing Reads

Spiffing Reads: Rubbish Game Logos, Proto-No Man’s Sky and Japanese Faxes

This week on Spiffing Reads, we kick off with a look at how magic in video games is […]

Lewis Packwood 19 August 2016 Spiffing Reads

Spiffing Reads: Sonic, that No Man’s Sky patch and why Prey is Prey

Welcome to Spiffing Reads, our weekly round up of the best games writing, which this week kicks off […]

Lewis Packwood 12 August 2016 Spiffing Reads

Spiffing Reads: Nintendo’s ups and downs, satanic Pokémon and video game whales

This week on our weekly roundup of the best games writing, we start with a look at the […]

Lewis Packwood 5 August 2016 Spiffing Reads

Spiffing Reads: Pokémon Go, Video Game Cartoons and the Joy of Repetition

Welcome to Spiffing Reads, a new section on A Most Agreeable Pastime where every Friday we list gaming […]

Lewis Packwood 22 July 2016 Spiffing Reads
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