Make Way is SOOOOO fun. I've been having an absolute blast playing it in local multiplayer with the family - definitely one to get in for when the relatives arrive at Christmas.

I have a shout out to Killer Frequency from Team17 in this - a brilliant slice of black humour about a DJ saving a town from a serial killer. The video games you may have missed in 2023 theguardian.com/games/2023/dec…

Woah - we almost got Saints Row Crazy Taxi! That would have been something to behold 🚕

Here's a look back at all of the stuff I wrote about video games in 2023 for Edge, The Guardian: games, Retro Gamer, Time Extension, whynow Gaming: powered by Wireframe, Debug Magazine, Amiga Addict Magazine, Rock Paper Shotgun and more. It's been a busy year! amostagreeablepastime.com/2023/12/30/all…

My feature on the return of game manuals has just gone up on the Guardian website. I love a good game manual, bring them back! theguardian.com/games/2024/jan…

I’m on The Retro Hour Podcast this week talking about Curious Video Game Machines - have a listen below! theretrohour.com/curious-video-…

Chronique des Silencieux is a real looker, but a frustrating detective game. amostagreeablepastime.com/2024/02/19/chr…

I spoke to Peter Molyneux and John McCormack about the making of #Fable for this special 20th anniversary issue of Retro Gamer!

Do you want to go on an adventure? The history of video game machines is littered with the obscure. Today Lewis Packwood takes us on a unique talk through a world of gaming you may never have seen before. Watch now: youtu.be/WNbVWC-ULpo #Retro #gaming #videogames

I went on the BBC to talk about how Lara Croft has been voted the most iconic game character of all time. Long live Lara! amostagreeablepastime.com/2024/04/04/i-w…

Here's my pick of the best games from #WASD in 2024, including Conscript, Pieced Together, The Deadly Path, Turnip Mountain, The Holy Gosh Darn, and more! amostagreeablepastime.com/2024/04/28/the…

I was just thinking about the Atari booth at WASD again. Man, they knocked it out of the park with this one. The Big Trak on the shelf was the icing on the cake.

there's some really nice ones there, will try to cover them on our channel so thanks for the heads up!

Something still dwells beneath the deep… 🛥️ @LostInCult x Cook and Becker x The Chinese Room Full reveal + launch on June 25th, 6pm BST. Sign-up to not miss out: eepurl.com/iuomJA

The Console Chronicles has arrived! What an enormous, beautiful tome from Lost In Cult and Time Extension. Just gorgeous. And I’m pleased to say I wrote a fair few bits of it - see below 👇

Europa looks wonderful, like a Studio Ghibli film you can play. But there’s not a huge amount beneath those good looks. amostagreeablepastime.com/2024/10/19/eur…

Well this is strange - it turns out there's another Lucius Merriweather out there, although spelled with a 'y' rather than an 'i'... It's fair to say they have quite a few more followers than A Most Agreeable Pastime!

An extract from my book, Curious Video Game Machines, has appeared in The Guardian! amostagreeablepastime.com/2024/11/03/cur…

I'm on the Tokyo Game Life podcast this week, talking about the obscure #Famicom game Metal Slader Glory, which shaped HAL Laboratory's destiny. amostagreeablepastime.com/2024/11/05/im-…

Here's a look back at all the #videogames features I wrote in 2024 - a year in which I got to interview Nolan Bushnell, Peter Molyneux, Charles Cecil, and many, many more luminaries of the games industry. It was a good one! amostagreeablepastime.com/2025/01/01/all…