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[Lewis Packwood @LewisPackwood]

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!

https://t.co/d7WlRkgsDk

[A Most Agreeable Pastime @MostAgreeable]

I'm on the @TokyoGameLife podcast this week, talking about the obscure #Famicom game Metal Slader Glory, which shaped HAL Laboratory's destiny.

https://t.co/FccTuR7bEN

[A Most Agreeable Pastime @MostAgreeable]

An extract from my book, Curious Video Game Machines, has appeared in The Guardian!

https://t.co/nZjiUPpMos

[A Most Agreeable Pastime @MostAgreeable]

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!

[A Most Agreeable Pastime @MostAgreeable]

Europa looks wonderful, like a Studio Ghibli film you can play. But there’s not a huge amount beneath those good looks.

https://t.co/4pWmiC2jk3

[Lewis Packwood @LewisPackwood]

The Console Chronicles has arrived! What an enormous, beautiful tome from @lostincult and @timeextension64.

Just gorgeous.

And I’m pleased to say I wrote a fair few bits of it - see below 👇

[Lost In Cult @lostincult]

Something still dwells beneath the deep… 🛥️

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Full reveal + launch on June 25th, 6pm BST.

Sign-up to not miss out: https://t.co/mJBRFdF3XI

[overage-gaming @OverageGmngCom]

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

[Lewis Packwood @LewisPackwood]

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

[A Most Agreeable Pastime @MostAgreeable]

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!

https://t.co/ZeeFtfk2Py

[A Most Agreeable Pastime @MostAgreeable]

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!

https://t.co/guDgRAsdzD

[The Cave @VisitTheCave]

Do you want to go on an adventure?
The history of video game machines is littered with the obscure. Today @LewisPackwood takes us on a unique talk through a world of gaming you may never have seen before.

Watch now: https://t.co/LpoOIkycsM

#Retro #gaming #videogames

[Lewis Packwood @LewisPackwood]

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

[A Most Agreeable Pastime @MostAgreeable]

Chronique des Silencieux is a real looker, but a frustrating detective game.
https://t.co/TBeH044Eoa

[Lewis Packwood @LewisPackwood]

I’m on @retrohouruk this week talking about Curious Video Game Machines - have a listen below!

https://t.co/3D1rZXlRlm

[Lewis Packwood @LewisPackwood]

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!

https://t.co/1xfes0ytpb

[Lewis Packwood @LewisPackwood]

Here's a look back at all of the stuff I wrote about video games in 2023 for @edgeonline, @gdngames, @RetroGamer_Mag, @timeextension64, @whynowgaming, @debugmagazine, @amigamagazine, @rockpapershot and more.

It's been a busy year!

https://t.co/UZwPAsFkHD

[Lewis Packwood @LewisPackwood]

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 https://t.co/PblI37HaEO

[Lewis Packwood @LewisPackwood]

Woah - we almost got Saints Row Crazy Taxi!

That would have been something to behold 🚕

[Lewis Packwood @LewisPackwood]

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.