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Steins;Gate Elite is out today – here are some first impressions

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This remake of the excellent 2009 visual novel is essentially a playable version of the 2011 anime series.

Lewis Packwood 19 February 2019 News

Two fascinating gaming books are on the way

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The NES Encyclopaedia and Japansoft: An Oral History are both set for release next year.

Lewis Packwood 4 November 2018 News

The bizarre story of the Casio Loopy console

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I wrote a feature for Eurogamer on the Casio Loopy – a console for girls with a built-in sticker printer.

Lewis Packwood 15 July 2018 Features

Will Final Fantasy XV make its development costs back?

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Short answer? I doubt it. Although it might just scrape through. Kotaku has reported that Final Fantasy XV […]

Lewis Packwood 8 December 2016 Opinions

J.B. Harold: the multi-million selling series you’ve never heard of

A while back, I was curious as to which games have sold the most overall, so I found […]

Lewis Packwood 30 August 2016 Features

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

Syndication: Assassin’s Creed needs to be less euro-centric

History is a sensitive topic to approach with me.  No, I’m not a denier of the holocaust or […]

___ 29 October 2015 Opinions

Review: Weapon Shop de Omasse

I picked up Weapon Shop de Omasse for a pittance in a Nintendo eShop sale a few months […]

Lewis Packwood 23 March 2015 Reviews

Kyary Pamyu Pamyu Power

All this excitement over the launch of the new 3DS in the UK has put me in mind […]

Lewis Packwood 20 January 2015 Opinions

Metropolismania: the first social networking game

So Sim City wasn’t all it was cracked up to be.  I feel so sorry for all those […]

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Good Old-Fashioned Demon-Slaying Entertainment

Sir Gaulian’s recent article on ‘crowd combat’ games immediately made me think of Chaos Legion, a long-forgotten PS2 […]

Lewis Packwood 23 August 2011 Uncategorized
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