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Henry Ewins

(He/Him)
Brighton, England
As seen in: TechRadar, VICE, Eurogamer, PCGamesN, Rock Paper Shotgun, Game Developer, Green Man Gaming Blog, Unwinnable, Hard Drive, The Hard Times and
Covers:  Gaming culture, PC Gaming
Doesn't Cover: Crypto and misuses/breathless reporting of A.I.

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Henry Ewins’s Biography

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Occasional 'video shame' writer interested in gaming culture and industry stories through the lens of neuroscience, A.I., psychology, and/or sociology.

Experienced in interview/reported features, news posts, research based op-eds, and sometimes listicles and reviews.

Always available to contact at henry_ewins(at)hotmail.com

Henry Ewins’s Journalist Portfolio

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Like animals, video game AI is stupidly intelligent

Like animals, video game AI is stupidly intelligent

Used video game AI to communicate animal intelligence and behavioural science to a lay audience.

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Rewriting the horrors of mental health representation in games

Rewriting the horrors of mental health representation in games

Interview feature on how horror developers can best navigate mental health representation sensitively.

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The real beauty of secrets in games like The Longing is to share them

The real beauty of secrets in games like The Longing is to share them

Interview-based piece asking whether unexpected popularity can transform the player experience for the worse.

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Why Online Multiplayer Isn't So Social

Why Online Multiplayer Isn't So Social

Feature on how multiplayer has been individualised, but it's worth the sacrifice to make safer spaces for all.

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Why Multiplayer Modes Keep Scaling Down

Why Multiplayer Modes Keep Scaling Down

An analysis of the apparent arc from large-scale multiplayer to these way more compact, structured modes.

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The AI revolution coming to Skyrim and The Witcher 3's mod scenes

The AI revolution coming to Skyrim and The Witcher 3's mod scenes

Interviewing modders and AI tool developers on how mods are an early preview of an AI-infused future.

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Articles

Rewriting the horrors of mental health representation in games

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By Henry Ewins
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The representation of mental health conditions and neurodivergence in video games has so often been a horror story - especially in horror stories. This likely isn’t controversial to anyone with even cursory media literacy given the horror genre’s past with misogyny and physical disabilities. This topic is more complicated than an inevitable changing tide towards more positive representations, however.
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Play 36 crisp, fresh demos in the Xbox Winter Game Fest Demo Event

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By Henry Ewins
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Grab ID@Xbox’s Xbox Winter Game Fest Demo Event’s early gift of game previews before they’re cruelly snatched away four days before Christmas.
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Icarus from DayZ creator Dean Hall is out this week

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Icarus is the latest title from Dean Hall’s post-DayZ studio. Will it fly too close to the sun like DayZ standalone? After its announcement in June of 2020, and seven beta weekends since, the next title from Dean Hall will arrive this Friday, December 3, 2021, at around 10PM GMT.
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How is social media changing news?

Headline economy.

What's your favorite social network?

Whatever replaces Twitter.

What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?

To freelancers - only to pitch wide and often. Silence can be a hundred things other than rejection. Slowly build a portfolio to lean on.