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Othercide review: grimdark goth-girl grind-a-rama

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A viciously difficult XCOM-alike that encourages repeat attempts.

Lewis Packwood 27 September 2020 Reviews

Gears Tactics review: rise like a Fenix

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Well slap my Brumak, Gears of War has gone all strategy.

James Keen 27 April 2020 Reviews

Read my review of XCOM: Chimera Squad in The Guardian

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XCOM dresses up as a cop TV show.

Lewis Packwood 24 April 2020 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

Achtung! Cthulhu Tactics review – a fun XCOM-alike that feels unfinished

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It’s XCOM crossed with Lovecraft! But great fundamentals can’t make up for a lack of content.

Lewis Packwood 5 February 2019 Reviews

Review: Phantom Doctrine (PC)

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Set in the Cold War, this XCOM-a-like strategy game spins a complicated, sometimes bewildering web of espionage, intrigue and layers of game systems.

James Keen 25 August 2018 Reviews

Why XCOM embodies the anxieties of modern gamers

I’ve been playing through XCOM: Enemy Within recently, and I’ve been struck by just how closely it resembles […]

Lewis Packwood 12 September 2017 Features

Video game-themed board games

I pitched an article on board games based on video games months and months ago, but it’s only […]

Lewis Packwood 31 October 2016 Features

The problem with building character: Game of Thrones, Around the World in 80 Days, and a dhow.

This post contains major spoilers for Telltale Games’ The Walking Dead: Season 1. Episode 3 of Michael Palin’s […]

___ 15 March 2015 Opinions

Sir Gaulian’s most agreeable games of 2012

Call if Game of the Year, call it best games, call it whatever you like – at the […]

___ 4 January 2013 Best-of Lists

XCOM? Game Of The Year, I Reckon

Here’s a revelation for you: I actually bought XCOM: Enemy Unknown on the day it came out. I […]

Lewis Packwood 24 October 2012 Uncategorized
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