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Jeremy Peel
@jeremypeel.bsky.social
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I do words for the likes of PC Gamer, Edge and Eurogamer, and consult for games studios. If you’d like to support my work directly, subscribe to The Peel Perspective on Patreon. It’s free!
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My brain went to the original Franz Ferdinand palette
November 8, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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November 8, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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When people pitch 'Stardew Valley but dark', they forget about the strange sadnesses beneath the surface of the game that inspired them.

A new paid post on The Peel Perspective. www.patreon.com/posts/143041...
'The next time somebody implies that Stardew Valley is a brightly-coloured fantasy with no room for shadow, you can quote Kent at them. “The peacefulness of the town feels like a mask,” he says. “That’s probably just me though.”'
November 7, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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It's the question no Baldur's Gate fan ever thought to ask, but Beyond a Steel Sky answers it: what if Astarion worked in HR? www.patreon.com/posts/its-qu...
October 30, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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A free Peel Perspective essay just dropped, on the magic and mangled physics of Thief: Deadly Shadows. www.patreon.com/posts/105026...
Nightmare hags and dodgy physics: the sublime and the ridiculous live happily together in Thief 3
October 15, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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I love this from @kierongillen.bsky.social on turning 50 at Center Parks. Sometimes I suspect Rock Paper Shotgun was set up simply because they couldn't help it. buttondown.com/KieronGillen...
October 8, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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Walton Goggins is heading to Ohio, which will soon be showing up in Fallout 76. Subscribers get the lowdown on The Peel Perspective! www.patreon.com/posts/140187...
Promo art for upcoming Fallout 76 expansion Burning Springs, featuring a pistol-toting Walton Goggins as The Ghoul.
October 1, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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O God, the Sun.

(Most of Fallen London takes place underground.)
September 28, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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Enjoying a choice bit of vintage @richardcobbett.bsky.social this morning - a fan favourite Fallen London subscriber story about a missing revolutionary that came out over a decade ago!
September 27, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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Are we over the closure of Arkane Austin yet? Never. I've republished my tribute to the Dishonored, Prey and Redfall studio on The Peel Perspective. www.patreon.com/posts/104289...
"These were games, too, that said something: cathartically connected to the real world and determined to comment on the disparity of wealth and influence. Arkane Austin never let you see a person in power without also showing you where the power wasn’t, and the damage done by that neglect. Long before Redfall, its villains were vampires of one kind or another, sucking up resources at the expense of the majority."
September 26, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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Today's Peel Perspective is about the creator of X-Com, the original design for Fortnite, and the battle for crossplay. www.patreon.com/posts/139263...
You may recall that, even after Microsoft and Nintendo relented, Sony remained a holdout - a situation that Epic approached bullishly after battle royale blew up in 2018. “I can’t think of a scenario where Epic doesn’t get what we want,” said Epic’s VP of business development, Joe Kreiner, in an email to Sony. “That possibility went out the door when Fortnite became the biggest game on PlayStation.”
September 19, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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'The hunt for a Cold War immersive sim', featuring an interview with @spectra.bsky.social creator Ellis Tucci, is now free to read on The Peel Perspective: www.patreon.com/posts/138583...
A piece of concept art from the cancelled Looking Glass game Deep Cover, featuring a spy pulling a gun from his jacket in a gilded restaurant.
September 10, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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“I am authorised to buy you a cup of tea.”
September 6, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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This is my primary reason for believing that real writing will prevail over AI, for what it’s worth. Without a human being on the other end of the line, nothing is communicated.
September 1, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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I love that Fallen London needed 666 players to bring about the finale of its Estival story, and got almost ten times that.
A screenshot of a story choice to ‘breach the walls of Hell’, brought about by 6602 ‘Londoners Who Dream of Hell’
August 31, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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Today's Peel Perspective for subscribers is about the way roguelikes tackle legacy, and the idea of living on in others. Sign up for a fiver a month and get top-tier games writing straight to your inbox. www.patreon.com/posts/137634...
In shed four of London’s Steam & Sapphire yards lies a neglected locomotive: the Charlotte Guest. She was the engine that led the development of the Isambard Line - a doomed effort to connect the outer ports of British space by railway. “Ah, look how they left her,” mourns the Fatalistic Signalman as he takes in the flaking navy-blue paint. “That’s not right. You tidy up. You put things in order. You turn the lights off and close up before you go. She deserved better than this.”
August 29, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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Read the latest Peel Perspective article for free - an explainer on why rushed spin-off Fallout: New Vegas still looms so large in the public imagination (and that of the TV adaptation's showrunners). www.patreon.com/posts/137378...
"Where Bethesda has smoothed off some of Fallout’s gnarlier edges, New Vegas leans into them. That’s nowhere more apparent than in the faces of its ghouls, who are genuinely difficult to look at and listen to - all ribboned skin and shredded larynxes. Spend some time in that company and you begin to grasp why they’ve been pushed to the periphery by a fearful society - no matter how erudite and friendly they are."
August 26, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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You can’t tell me what to do.
August 23, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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New Peel Perspective post just dropped for subscribers! It's about social climbing, after a fashion. www.patreon.com/posts/137077...
"Peak works via proximity chat, which means you can only hear those in your vicinity. That might sound like an inconvenience - and can certainly interrupt musings about telly and work projects when somebody strays too far from the pack. But it also contributes to a sense of really being together. When a friend saunters behind a rock, and their voice muffles slightly as if shouting back from the next room, you’re no longer in a phone call but occupying the same physical space."
August 22, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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This is forever rattling around my head.
August 22, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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Please find attached: some praise and criticism for Gamescom’s Opening Night Live. www.videogameschronicle.com/features/opi...
“I can finally, definitively tell you that Silksong is 100% actually launching this year,” said Keighley, pointing firmly at the ground as if to anchor the new Hollow Knight to it. Summer reveal shows have left a long history of vapourware in their wake, and in rare moments like these, Keighley gets to be the face of solace and relief – a priest pulling wisp-like game concepts into the realm of the tangible. So long as Silksong really does turn up before fireworks on New Year’s Eve. Besides a brief celebration of indies tackling the tricky subject of democracy, there’s little room for any small teams to break through here, and the message rings hollow. Similarly, while Keighley proudly recalls the Game Awards wins of Black Myth: Wukong, the announcement of its sequel leaves a bad taste in the mouth. Though gorgeous, its trailer opens with a jibe about a character’s belly. It’s hard not be reminded of the recruitment poster that Black Myth developer Game Science posted in 2015, which stated that “fatties should fuck off” – part of a wider history of intolerance that has largely gone unaddressed as the studio’s star has risen.
August 20, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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Got to cherish that extremely rare comment section dominated by people saying you’ve done a Good Writing. It can happen! The comment section that makes you feel nice!
August 17, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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Surf's up! Isn't that why anyone got Steam in the first place?
August 15, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Have RPGs been handling XP all wrong? Well: RPGs that aren't made by @spiderwebsoftware.bsky.social? www.patreon.com/posts/136469...
A wizard in Geneforge 2 converts a pool of living liquid into a dragon-like monster under his command.
August 14, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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It's a pleasure to work with mock review clients like @devolverdigital.com and receive testimonials as, er, complimentary as this. If you have a game in development that needs an outside eye, get in touch and I can talk you through the process!
"We've worked with Jeremy on a number of mock reviews and his feedback is always valuable to us. We know that we can trust him to really get to the bones of a game, and his skill as a writer helps to articulate things to the team with a clarity that only comes from an objective critic. He's also incredible handsome." - Robbie Paterson, Devolver Digital
August 13, 2025 at 1:09 PM