Cian Maher

I caught up with the original four hobbits -- Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Dominic Monaghan and Billy Boyd -- as …

For Polygon, I visited the Budapest set for Netflix's Witcher series and spoke to the people involved.

For Eurogamer, I wrote about the story behind the Oblivion mod that Terry Pratchett worked on.

For TheGamer, I spoke to several ex-BioWare staff about the story behind the development of Dragon Age: Origi…

For The Verge, I spoke to the people behind Minecraft's Uncensored Library, which aims to make censored journ…

For The Verge, I spoke with a variety of creators, researchers, and documentary producers about how indie gam…

For The Washington Post, I wrote about how Pokemon fever overtook the world.

For The Verge, I wrote about how iconic video game designer Fumito Ueda makes games steeped in melancholy.

For The Verge, I spoke with residents of Lower Duck Pond, a fictional town of 82,000 people that exists entir…

For The Washington Post, I spoke to Neil Druckmann about how The Last of Us Part II makes excellent use of mu…

For Polygon, I spoke to CDPR lead quest designer Philipp Weber about why The Witcher 3 still endures today.

For Motherboard, I spoke with Irish teachers about how they're using Instagram to preserve and promote our th…

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For Polygon, I wrote about the difficulties in adapting the work of Haruki Murakami for the silver screen.

For Eurogamer, I wrote about how Hideo Kojima selects the often esoteric music for his games, featuring thoug…

For VG247, I wrote about how the witch hunts in The Witcher 3 reflect some of the darkest parts of history.

For The Outline, I wrote about one of the most wholesome phenomena in the world: interspecies friendship. I a…

For The Verge, I wrote about the bizarre and surprisingly intense world of Wii Sports Golf speedrunners.

For Eurogamer, I wrote about Red Dead Redemption 2's Sean Macguire and the depiction of Irish characters in v…

For Eurogamer, I wrote about my Irish hometown in relation to The Witcher 3.

For Polygon, I wrote about the time Marvel took the US Government to court in order to prove that the X-Men w…

For The Verge, I spoke with legendary game designer Eric Chahi about designing an ecosystem within big data i…

For VICE, I spoke to a couple of filmmakers who make nature documentaries in video games.

For WIRED, I interviewed a couple of photographers who are shooting street in Red Dead Redemption 2 while the…