OLD GAMES, NEW PERSPECTIVES

From the world’s wackiest games magazine to the industry’s mainstream breakout in the late-Nineties, freelance writer Rich Pelley has been penning jokes and reviews since 1989. Retro Gamer caught up with him to chat about Your Sinclair, Amiga Power, Arcade and more

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One howls and buzzes, and the other snorts and hammers. In both cases, you make them sing their song by way of a deliciously mechanical manual gearbox. These truly are two of the most exciting powertr

Once known for its lacemaking factories, Nottingham has reinvented itself as a centre of role-playing games. Games Workshop – maker of Warhammer 40,000 – is a multibillion-pound behemoth, and it sustains a whole ecosystem.