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Sarah Thwaites

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England
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freelance writer & consultant | seen @guardian @gameinformer @ign @polygon @nme @edgeonline & more | 🏳️‍🌈she/they

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I'm a freelance journalist, scriptwriter & consultant covering video games, pop culture and technology with bylines at Game Informer, IGN, Rolling Stone, Edge Magazine, The Guardian and more.

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'South of Midnight' Is an Unflinching Fantasy Steeped in Southern Folklore

'South of Midnight' Is an Unflinching Fantasy Steeped in Southern Folklore

'South of Midnight' is Xbox Games' Studios' latest cinematic game that's unafraid of hard truths from the Dee…

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These games were indie smash hits - but what happened next?

These games were indie smash hits - but what happened next?

The developers of Thank Goodness You're Here!, Frog Detective and Consume Me discuss burnout, 'second-album s…

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I survived Atomfall's testing countryside and became an ethically murky mercenary

I survived Atomfall's testing countryside and became an ethically murky mercenary

Atomfall is a charming but brutal survival game that takes its cues from iconic pop culture titans like Docto…

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inZOI Early Access Review - IGN

inZOI Early Access Review - IGN

A visually striking life simulator with room to grow.

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Say G'Day - The Rise of the Australian Indie

Say G'Day - The Rise of the Australian Indie

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'He's clumsy, high, and completely unprepared': Baby Steps, a game about falling flat on your fac...

'He's clumsy, high, and completely unprepared': Baby Steps, a game about falling flat on your fac...

Development trio Gabe Cuzzillo, Maxi Boch, and Bennett Foddy are back with a story about a failson basement-d…

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‘He’s tiny, dumpy and funny – so his BMX tricks are hilarious’: Tanuki: Pon’s Summer, an adorable slice-of-life adventure

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By Sarah Thwaites
| Yahoo Finance UK Verified
Move over, Tom Nook … Tanuki: Pon's Summer.Illustration: Critical Reflex A freeloading tanuki, mounting debt, and a town full of possibilities will sound familiar to fans of Animal Crossing. Alas, while you won't find accountability from Tom Nook, Kyoto-based studio Denkiworks has stepped in to heal your financial trauma with a BMX-filled adventure in which a mammal finally pays the price for their years of bad behaviour.
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Arknights: Endfield Review

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By Sarah Thwaites, Antonia Dreßler Verified
| IGN Deutschland Verified
Jedes Spiel, das auf Gacha-Mechaniken basiert, muss einen gewissen Reiz haben, um langfristig interessant zu bleiben, vor allem, wenn man sein hart verdientes Geld darin investieren kann. Trotz all ihrer systemischen Schwächen haben Game of Thrones: Kingsroad und Persona 5: The Phantom X zumindest dadurch mein Interesse geweckt, indem sie bereits beliebte Geschichten weiterentwickelt haben und ich mich so in ihre geliebten Welten vertiefen konnte.
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Arknights: Endfield Review

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By Sarah Thwaites
| IGN Nordic Verified
Any game built around gacha mechanics needs to have a certain hook to keep things interesting in the long term, especially if there’s potential to invest your hard-earned dollars into it. For all their systemic sins, Game of Thrones: Kingsroad and Persona 5: The Phantom X at least piqued my interest by expanding on already-revered lore, allowing me to entwine myself in their beloved worlds.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

My first published piece was an interview feature for Fanbyte

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Bluesky

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Monday-Friday