I'm a freelance games journalist who covers a bit of everything from reviews to features, and also writes gaming news for NME. I'm a regular contributor in print magazines, including Edge, Play, and Retro Gamer. Japanese games are one of my biggest passions and I'll always somehow find time to fit in a 60+ hour JRPG. While I cover games from all platforms, I'm very much a Switch lover, though also at heart a Sega shill. Favourite games include Bloodborne, Persona 5, Resident Evil 4, Ico, and Breath of the Wild.
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Big in 2025 Big in 2025 | Starting from scratch in a post-post apocalypse overtaken by killing machines – how Arc Raiders combines our timely anxiety of robots and AI with '80s nostalgia for a new kind of extraction shooter
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Big in 2025 | After its predecessor took you from peasant to knight, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2's realistic medieval RPG begins by bringing you back to earth in beggar's garb
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Features Feature | The indie developers of Back In 1995, Fear The Spotlight, and Crow Country on channelling PS1-era aesthetics in horror games to create the perfect combination of nostalgia and dread
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Best List Year in Review | The new golden age has some royal welcomes and returns – here’s the must-play RPGs of the year
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Best List Year in Review | Here’s the must-watch game adaptations of the year you can binge now
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Interview Interview | Edge magazine explores the making of FF16 with the devs who brought it to life
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Interview Interview | Edge sits down with artist-turned-studio head Ikumi Nakamura, CEO of Unseen Inc.
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Opinion Opinion | "It would be a lie, however, to say that we don't relish the promise of another adventure with one of video games' greatest protagonists"
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Features In 2008, Sonic Unleashed delivered a "slower, furrier, but not necessarily meaner" hero
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Features A Link Between Worlds paid deference to the past before striding into the future
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Features Launched in the same year as Skyrim and Dark Souls, Skyward Sword more than held its own
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Preview Hexworks is eyeing a worthy successor to Dark Souls 3's crown
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Features With Final Fantasy 7 Remake already deviating from the original story, all bets are off for the sequels
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