words.

I've been writing words about videogames (video games?) since October 2017. Here are some of the better ones.

• VICE Games, April 2020 - How 'Splatoon 2' Lets Us Make Connections, Not Just Matches: Love ‘em or hate ‘em, Splatoon 2's “squidparties” offer a playful refuge in an era of social lockdown


• Wireframe (Issue 25), Oct 2019 - FRIGHT-TEEN-NINETY-NINE: Talking retro-3D horror with Arbitrary Metric's Doc Burford and Jessica Harvey, and Haunted PS1 creator Breogan Hackett.


• Rock Paper Shotgun, Mar 2019 - Butt-slide Royale: Apex Legends and creative movement in shooters: Apex Legends' high-sliding action wasn't born in a vaccum.


• Kotaku UK, Feb 2019 - The Ups and Downs of Making Meditations: Turns out, getting 365 creators to release 365 games in 365 days isn't as easy as it sounds.


• Rock Paper Shotgun, Feb 2019 - That Belongs in a (Digital) Museum: A look at the developers curating digital exhibitions in virtual space.


• Kotaku UK, Oct 2018 - "It Was Easier To Do It Than To Not" — Making The Most of The Stanley Parable's Legacy: Talking indie survival, stanley and burnout with William Pugh.


• VG247, Aug 2018 - World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth – “Afrasiabi designed this expansion like it would be the last”: Living up to Legion with Blizzard's Gary Platner and Terran Gregory.


• Videogamer, May 2018 - Jet Set Radio Live: how an 18 year old game broke through into real life: Jet Set Radio is real, and here's an interview with the fictional(?) DJ Professor K to prove it.


• Eurogamer, Feb 2018 - Overwatch the game versus Overwatch the esport: Overwatch tries to sell a diverse and hopeful future, so why is the League's lineup so predictable?


• Polygon, Nov 2017 - How we put down our swords to tell stories in World of Warcraft: For some, World of Warcraft has always been more about the stories and characters we create together.