A Gaming Blog · London
From Shoreditch we map the wild terrain of modern gaming — long-form reviews, retro archaeology, esports dispatches and hand-picked indie discoveries, plotted like landmarks on weathered vellum.
What we chart
Four regular columns keep the atlas current — each with its own rhythm, cadence and cartographers.
Weekly · Thursdays
Deep, spoiler-light reviews scored against a fixed rubric — performance, world design, systems and value. Every headline release is playtested to credits, with a Free-to-Play verdict published within 48 hours of launch.
Fortnightly · Sundays
We dig into the strata of gaming history — 8-bit oddities, cancelled prototypes and cult classics. Each edition pairs original hardware capture with interviews from the developers who were actually in the room.
Live · Match weekends
On-the-ground reporting from UK tournaments and the Copper Box Arena — bracket breakdowns, meta shifts and post-match player notebooks. Members get our tactical map annotations the morning after grand finals.
Monthly · Membership from £4/mo
We chart the uncharted — five hand-picked indie releases each month, with playthrough notes and a direct steer on where to spend your money. Supporters vote on which studio we visit for our next long-read feature.
The archive
A sampling of recent entries. Filter the map to your bearing.
Ashfall Kingdoms — the 92-hour verdict
The lost Amiga demo scene, restored
Copper Box grand final: the reverse sweep
Tidewell: a two-person studio's debut
Apex Circuit '26 — wheel vs. pad tested
Inside the Spectrum's forgotten sequel
By the numbers
1,240+
Reviews & features published
318k
Monthly readers across the UK
11
Years charting the industry
4,600
Supporting members
From the readers
"The retro archaeology column is the only place I've seen my childhood Amiga games treated as serious history."
— Marcus T., Bristol
"Their Copper Box final report called the reverse sweep before the casters did. Genuinely the sharpest esports desk in the UK."
— Priya S., Manchester
"I found my favourite game of last year — Tidewell — buried in their Indie Expeditions. Nowhere else covered it."
— Ollie R., Edinburgh
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Bearings & questions
Set a course
Story tips, review requests and freelance pitches all land at the same desk in Shoreditch. Drop us a line and we'll chart a reply.
Studio
58A Rivington Street, Shoreditch, London EC2A 3QL
Desk hours: Mon–Fri, 10:00–18:00 GMT
58A Rivington Street · EC2A 3QL
Shoreditch, London