Gris review
Review written for Thumbsticks in December 2018.
Hyper Light Drifter review
Review written for Thumbsticks in September 2018.
Remembering the only choice that ever mattered in Telltale’s The Walking Dead
Feature written for Polygon in September 2018.
You can go your own way: alternatives to attending GDC
Feature written for Thumbsticks in March 2018.
The strange appeal of non-sports sports games
Feature written for Eurogamer in February 2018.
Minority Report: BBC Micro
Feature (4-page spread) written for Retro Gamer Magazine (issue 175, December 2017).
Uncharted: The Lost Legacy review
Review written for Thumbsticks in August 2017.
We need to talk about the ‘ending’ of No Man’s Sky
Feature written for Thumbsticks in August 2018.
Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap review
Review written for Thumbsticks in May 2017.
Limited weapon slots are an all-consuming, brain-itching distraction
Feature (single page) written for GamesMaster Magazine (issue 316, May 2017).
Being Player Two is rubbish
Feature written for Eurogamer in February 2017.
The Walking Dead – A New Frontier Review
Review (in progress) written for Thumbsticks in January 2017.
13 Most Important Games of 2016
Feature written for Thumbsticks in December 2016.
Hands On Steep Preview
Preview feature written for Thumbsticks in November 2016.
Westworld, BioShock Infinite and anachronistic music in videogames
Feature written for Thumbsticks in October 2016.
Fallout 4 is a surprisingly good zombie game
Feature written for PCGamesN in September 2016.
Digital sightseeing with the Uncharted 4 photo mode
Feature written for Thumbsticks in September 2016.
Maths, No Man’s Sky, and the problem with procedural generation
Feature written for Thumbsticks in August 2016.
Would you start a fire? Trapped in a new build data centre
Feature written for The Register in June 2016.
Accessibility in gaming should be the rule, not the exception
Feature written for Gamesindustry.biz in May 2016.
New Doom Preview: Time to fight like hell once more?
Preview written for Thumbsticks in May 2016.
Firewatch Review
Review written for Thumbsticks in February 2016.
Struggling with Fallout hacking? Here’s how it’s done
Tutorial written for Thumbsticks in January 2016.
Gone Home to Tacoma: An interview with Steve Gaynor
Interview written for Thumbsticks in January 2016.
Help, I’ve lost Dogmeat! How to find Fallout 4 companions
Tutorial written for Thumbsticks in November 2016.
Have a Plan A and a Plan B, just don’t go down with the ship
Feature written for The Register in October 2015.
Some like it hot: How to use heat to your advantage in the data centre
Feature written for The Register in October 2015.
How to save the wolf in Until Dawn
Tutorial written for Thumbsticks in October 2016.
Submerged Review
Review written for Thumbsticks in August 2015.
Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture: Dan Pinchbeck Interview
Interview written for Thumbsticks in August 2016.
No Man’s Sky: Peter Molyneux discovered at the centre of the universe
Preview written for Thumbsticks in July 2015.
Is it grim up North? Pixelbomb Games Interview
Interview written for Thumbsticks in April 2015.
The Long Dark: A beautiful way to die
Preview written for Thumbsticks in March 2016.