A gaming setup glowing in a London studio
1,240+
Games reviewed since 2016

Independent gaming desk · Shoreditch

Gaming writing with a spine.

We're a small London crew reviewing the games that matter, tearing apart competitive metas, and championing the indie devs the big outlets skip. No sponsored scores, no filler lists.

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The desk

The writers behind the bylines

Portrait of Priya N.

Priya N.

Editor-in-Chief · RPGs

Fifteen years reviewing sprawling RPGs. She'll fight you over save-scumming.

Portrait of Marcus D.

Marcus D.

Esports & Meta Analyst

Ex-semi-pro FPS player who now dissects patch notes for a living.

Portrait of Aoife B.

Aoife B.

Indie & Narrative Games

Hunts down the tiny two-person studios nobody else is covering.

Portrait of Tom R.

Tom R.

Hardware & Handhelds

Benchmarks every handheld he can get his hands on, then some.

On camera

Watch our latest video review

Every month we sit down and talk through the release that split the office. This time: a 40-hour deep-dive into the year's most divisive open-world epic, shot in our Hoxton Street studio.

  • ◆Honest scoring — no publisher gets an early look at the number.
  • ◆Captioned and transcript-linked for every episode.
  • ◆Runtime kept under 18 minutes. We respect your backlog.
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Phone
+44 20 7739 6485
Studio
52A Hoxton Street, Shoreditch, London N1 6LP
Desk hours
Mon–Fri, 10:00–18:00 GMT