Paul Dean
Contributor
Paul writes freelance articles about all sorts of things, but gaming has always remained close to his heart. He is one half of the board games show Shut Up & Sit Down and tweets as @paullicino.
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Review | Phoenix Point review - saving a new world the good old-fashioned way
Another X-COM in all but name.
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Feature | The Last of Us is a game about lies
Fib ribbon.
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Recommended | Prison Architect review
Shawshank retention.
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Feature | Valkyria Chronicles remains one of the finest games of its generation
Revisiting a classic on the release of its remaster.
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Review | Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak review
Kharaking good fun.
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Preview | RimWorld: Can you make your game up as you go along?
When the emergent are themselves emerging. Ooo, meta.
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Feature | StarCraft 2: Legacy of the Void's campaign is entertaining, but not quite excellent
And in the end...
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Review | Rebel Galaxy review
Pace: the final frontier.
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Feature | Storytelling in Mankind Divided: Choice, consequence and cynicism
How to build a future that falls apart.
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Review | Satellite Reign review
Future schlock?
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Interview | The Paradox of Fredrik Wester
What's behind one of gaming's most fascinating companies?
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Interview | Mad man in Wyoming: The voice behind one of this year's most fascinating games
Rich Sommer talks Firewatch, voice acting and even board games.
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Preview | Life after Crackdown: the many possibilities of Hollowpoint
Depth charge.
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Preview | What it's like playing as Hitler in Hearts of Iron 4
Recreating that Dad's Army opening.
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Preview | How Paradox is teleporting its way onto the PlayStation 4 with Magicka 2
Not all who wand are lost.
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Review | Hitman GO review
Calculating.
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Review | Desert Fox: The Battle of El Alamein review
Granular.
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Feature | Warcraft 2 was terrific, influential - and absolutely ridiculous
Historical conflict.
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Preview | Virginia, the ambiguous, artistic game where the music does the talking
A strange state of being.
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Preview | Civilization: Beyond Earth makes the space race a marathon effort
Frontier living.
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Review | Total War: Rome 2 re-review
Festina lente.
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Feature | Firaxis opens its doors at the first Firaxicon
The strategy studio hosts its fans.
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Preview | Total War: Attila is your chance to save an empire - or end it
It's the end of the world as we know it.
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Preview | Gearbox's Battleborn throws the FPS and MOBA genres together
But the mix looks like it'll take some time to get right.
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Review | The Sims 4 review
Same as it ever was?