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Justin was a GamesRadar staffer for 10 years but is now a freelancer, musician and videographer. He's big on retro, Sega and racing games (especially retro Sega racing games) and currently also writes for Play Magazine, Traxion.gg, PC Gamer and TopTenReviews, as well as running his own YouTube channel. Having learned to love all platforms equally after Sega left the hardware industry (sniff), his favourite games include Christmas NiGHTS into Dreams, Zelda BotW, Sea of Thieves, Sega Rally Championship and Treasure Island Dizzy.

Latest articles by Justin Towell

DiRT Rally is PC only, Early Access and out now?! See it in action here

By Justin Towell published 27 April 15

Video

Video game characters justify their Apple Watch purchase

By Justin Towell published 24 April 15

Features

Three new characters join the party in Devil May Cry 4 on PS4 / XO

By Justin Towell published 20 April 15

Preview

9 signs you're playing too much Bloodborne

By Justin Towell published 15 April 15

Features

The best bunnies in games

By Justin Towell published 5 April 15

Features

Sonic hates a lot of people

By Justin Towell published 2 April 15

Features

Ride review

By Justin Towell published 27 March 15

Review "Ride is a bit like healthy food. Cabbage, maybe. It isn't massively tasty, but it's been cooked proficiently and you feel like it's doing you good."

Review

9 old games that were made gloriously new again

By Justin Towell published 26 March 15

Features

Sonic Boom's producer blames focus groups and over-ambition for game's failure

By Justin Towell published 19 March 15

News

BBC encourages new generation of coders with free microcomputer

By Justin Towell published 13 March 15

News

3D OutRun finally gets a Western release date on 3DS

By Justin Towell published 6 March 15

News

Borderlands: The Handsome Collection's 4-player split-screen is ace

By Justin Towell published 5 March 15

Preview

Valve and HTC's VR headset revealed, supports body tracking

By Justin Towell published 2 March 15

News

Dead or Alive 5: Last Round review

By Justin Towell published 27 February 15

Review

Top 100: Why OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast still feels SO good

By Justin Towell published 27 February 15

Editorial

Even more of gaming's most cringeworthy pick-up lines

By Justin Towell, David Roberts published 11 February 15

Features

New Nintendo 3DS review

By Justin Towell published 4 February 15

Review

Why Project CARS' realism actually makes it more fun

By Justin Towell published 30 January 15

Editorial

Why Sonic should be retired - by the last person who cared

By Justin Towell published 28 January 15

Editorial

These Driveclub photos will blow your mind

By Justin Towell published 22 January 15

Features

The astonishing evolution of the S-shaped Tetromino

By Justin Towell published 20 January 15

Features

10 bold Nintendo predictions for 2015

By Justin Towell published 9 January 15

Features

We made 10 bold Microsoft predictions for 2014. How did we do?

By Justin Towell published 5 January 15

Features Microsoft's new console is with us and we're ready for things to start happening for it in 2014. But what sort of things? Let's do away with the waiting and have a crack at guessing instead...

Features

Who needs photorealism? Gaming's most amazing art styles exposed

By Justin Towell published 1 January 15

Game History

The future of Destiny according to Bungie: Dogfights in orbit?

By Justin Towell published 23 December 14

Video

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This Lord of the Rings card game is a puzzle-solving masterclass
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Nioh 3 review: "Brutal samurai and ninja clashes across wide maps avoid retreading Elden Ring – this Soulslike is all demon killer, no filler"
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Highguard review: "A fresh but muddled FPS genre mashup that needs refinement if it's to have any staying power"
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This hidden role board game makes me feel like a puppet master, so Traitors fans should listen up
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Cairn review: "This climber has a grip on me – even when it loses its footing with awkward systems, the challenge remains surmountable"

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Return to Silent Hill review: "Neither an impressive adaptation nor coherent enough to act as a standalone film"
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28 Years Later: The Bone Temple review: "The wildest and weirdest entry into the franchise yet"
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Avatar: Fire and Ash review: "Still a technical marvel, with some of the year's best action filmmaking"
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Five Nights at Freddy's 2 review: "We have waited two years for a Five Nights at Freddy's 1.5"
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Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery review: "Brings Knives Out back to its roots for a sequel that's almost on a par with the original"

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Wonder Man review: "A low-key gem that's up there with the MCU's best"
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Starfleet Academy review: "It may feel a little different to what we're used to, but this is Star Trek through and through"
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A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms review: "This Game of Thrones spin-off is a heartfelt and fun return to Westeros"
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Stranger Things season 5 finale review: “Shows off both the best and the worst of Hawkins”
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Stranger Things season 5, Volume 2 review: “All set up for a finale that has so much to deliver”