Financial Times: Nintendo plays it safe with Switch 2 — but Mario Kart gets a radical makeover
At an excitable testing event, a first look revealed a bigger and more powerful console, with new outings for Donkey Kong and Metroid
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Financial Times: Is there such a thing as a British video game?
A new wave of indie developers is playing on a quirky sense of national identity, featuring flat caps, badgers and lashings of tea.
Financial Times: How The Last of Us broke the video game adaptation curse — and why Season 2 is more fraught
The zombie survival drama proved that gaming-based TV could be good — even great. Can the sequel reach the same heights?
Financial Times: How Minecraft conquered the world
It’s the best-selling video game of all time and has now spawned a movie — but why is it so popular?
Financial Times: The Roottrees are Dead — and the birth of a new gaming genre
This novel family-tree-based mystery is part of a wave of ‘deduction games’ typical of an ever-evolving medium.
Financial Times: Avowed — a game that shows we are in a golden era for fantasy RPGs
The genre is flourishing with intricate world-building and deeply immersive gameplay.
Renewable by 2030: Repowering Europe
[Exec Producer, Writer] Play as the Clean Energy Commissioner for Europe and find out if you can help the UK and EU meet 2030 clean energy goals...
Financial Times: The dating sims that find love in unlikely places
From domestic appliances to KFC’s Colonel Sanders, gamers’ romantic possibilities are almost limitless.
FT Audience Barometer Volume 5
[Exec producer, digital and PDF report] In this 2024 year in review, discover what’s on the minds of FT readers, from their feelings on democracy in 2024 to opinions on space tech.
Beyond stocks & bonds: why universities invest in private assets
[Exec producer, video] Some of the world's biggest universities tap into private assets to generate returns for future generations.
Walking Through History
[Exec producer, photo essay] Meet the Saudi city’s expert team of heritage-keepers in a photographic journey through ancient history and contemporary culture destinations
AlUla uncovered: unearthing the past to influence the future
[Exec producer, photo essay] Explore the archaeological discoveries that are shedding new light on ancient Arabia's history while reshaping the region’s development
Financial Times: How to survive gaming’s age of superabundance
Today’s gamers face an exhausting torrent of new releases. It’s time to rethink how and what we play.
Financial Times: Is gaming’s graphical arms race over?
The industry seems to have reached a visual plateau, leaving the way open for games that thrive on fun and creativity.
Financial Times: Infinity Nikki and the rise of playing dress-up
With 20mn copies sold in a week, the game shows the value of taking conventionally feminine themes seriously.
Feature: Fantasy Home: enjoying the luxury of anonymity at LA’s Chateau Marmont hotel
I wrote about the Chateau Marmont for the FT's Fantasy Home series
Financial Times: How Ukrainian developers made the game 'Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl' during war with Russia
From fleeing Kyiv bombings and supporting colleagues on the front, the game’s developers have endured the shadow of war.
Financial Times: Electric Dreams exhibition at Tate Modern — when artists embraced the power of technology
Early computer art shows the creative possibilities of the marriage of man and machine.