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Jacob Heayes

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Covers:  Gaming, Film, TV, Streaming, Video Games, Technology, Pop Culture
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Contact me at: jmheayes@gmail.com

Hello reader! I'm a freelance media journalist specialising in features, reviews, news and op-eds in the world of games and cinema with bylines at Thumbsticks and Exepose Screen.

I'm also skilled in scriptwriting, directing, copywriting, copy checks, podcasting and video editing and am always looking for new opportunities in these areas.

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Cyberpunk 2077 on PS4 and Xbox One is borked: CD Projekt offers refunds

Cyberpunk 2077 on PS4 and Xbox One is borked: CD Projekt offers refunds

Cyberpunk 2077 has finally launched worldwide with players starting to share their first impressions of the h…

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Funny Games and the Victimisation of the Audience

Funny Games and the Victimisation of the Audience

This article was written exclusively for The Film Magazine by Jacob Heayes. Do films exist without their audi…

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An Interview with Sam Barlow

An Interview with Sam Barlow

Online Screen Editor Jacob Heayes interviews writer/director Sam Barlow on his new project Telling Lies and t…

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Cabin Fever: How a real-life lockdown revitalised the horror game - Thumbsticks

Cabin Fever: How a real-life lockdown revitalised the horror game - Thumbsticks

Our bodies are restricted to social bubbles, our eyes witness the same handful of surroundings and our minds …

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'Open' Matters More Than 'World'

'Open' Matters More Than 'World'

O pen world games are exhausting. I am aware that this hardly the most earth-shattering opinion in gaming sph…

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LFF 2019 Review: Marriage Story

LFF 2019 Review: Marriage Story

Marriage Story opens with a stark contradiction - this isn't at all a story about marriage. At least, not the…

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Where to begin with Terence Davies

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By Hannah Gatward, Sam Wigley, Jacob Heayes, Jessica Kiang
| BFI
The sonorously voiced Liverpudlian filmmaker Terence Davies was a soulful, distinctive presence in modern British cinema for over 40 years. Despite long gaps between films at certain phases, and his often being thought of as an outsider of the industry, his inimitable body of work is filled with a compassion and melancholy that stretched across a generation. Over his career, he directed nine feature films.
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Sholay at 50: Ramesh Sippy's epic still dazzles

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By Sam Wigley, Jacob Heayes, Jessica Kiang, Chloe Walker
| Sight & Sound Verified
For LFF’s closing archive presentation, an extended restoration of Sholay screened at BFI IMAX. Mixing romance, bromance, crime, spaghetti western action and unforgettable musical numbers, Ramesh Sippy’s colourful classic remains one of Bollywood’s defining hits.
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By Jacob Heayes, Jessica Kiang, Chloe Walker, Henry Miller
| BFI
Designer Fumito Ueda’s illustrious gameography is dominated by scale. The European box art of Ico — his first title as director — encapsulated Ueda’s artistic intent. The cover shows a pair of diminutive figures, silhouetted amidst towering viaducts and windmills. Rather than glorifying its protagonists, Ico finds its geography and architecture more heroic than its heroes. Ueda’s follow-up retained that sense of awe, while pivoting towards grander ecological concerns.
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