Tom Regan
Writer and Journalist at Freelance
Freelance Journalist at GamesRadar+
Freelance Writer at The Guardian
Freelance journalist, copywriter & consultant. Nose ring mafia. Words @guardian @nme @gq @gamesradar @ign @kotaku @inversedotcom, @vgc_news, @gamedevdotcom, etc
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1 week ago |
theguardian.com | Tom Regan
The Nintendo Switch 2 certainly makes a strong first impression, but once that gadget limerence begins to fade, it’s down to the games to stave off any creeping buyer’s remorse.
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1 month ago |
gamesradar.com | Tom Regan
As Y2K fashion trends dominate Tik Tok, Stranger Things and the 2010s rush to capitalize on the ‘80s feels like a distant memory – with noughties nostalgia now Hollywood’s hot new ticket. A return trip to Dragon Quest 1 & 2 HD-2D Remake makes it seem as though someone forgot to send Square Enix the memo.
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1 month ago |
flipboard.com | Tom Regan
17 hours agoGiant collection of top-tier iOS games now on sale for Memorial Day 2025Memorial Day 2025 is here and so are the App Store deals. Much like year’s past, we are tracking a giant lineup of some seriously great iOS games and apps on sale today and you’ll find all of the highlights waiting for you down below.
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1 month ago |
theguardian.com | Tom Regan
When game designer and entrepreneur Henk Rogers first encountered Tetris at the 1988 Las Vegas Consumer Electronics Show, he immediately knew it was special. “It was just the perfect game,” he recalls. “It looked so simple, so rudimentary, but I wanted to play it again and again and again … There was no other game demo that ever did that to me.”Rogers is now co-owner of the Tetris Company, which manages and licenses the Tetris brand.
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1 month ago |
theguardian.com | Tom Regan
When it comes to gamer-gatekeeping, there are few genres as snootily guarded as the immersive sim. From PC classic System Shock to the Dickensian Dishonored 2, these system-heavy sandboxes are video gaming’s equivalent to avant garde electronica or the films of Darren Aronofsky, adored by critics and genreheads but largely baffling to everyone else. Much like those elitist fandoms, the im-sim’s loudest cheerleaders often look down on linear blockbusters with similar sneer.
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For The Guardian, I wrote a review roundup of the third party Switch 2 games. Hitman, Kunitsu-gami, Yakuza, Fast Fusion and Bravely Default all really impressed me, but I found Cyberpunk and Street Fighter a little too compromised to fully recommend. https://t.co/XRIfkc2eGY
I spoke to the heart and soul of The Last of Us - Gustavo Santaolalla. The two time Oscar winner talked what drew him to The Last Of Us, the power of embracing imperfection, and why he isn't afraid of letting us stew in uncomfortable silences. https://t.co/ebYfUn84M6
RT @mrbasil_pesto: I'm going to conjure up some words for this. Nice to see it get funded so quickly.
