NOTE: Not up-to-date at all. I’m currently UK editor at Gamasutra, Handheld editor at Pocket Gamer and editor at IndieGames.com. Everything below is old stuff I’ve written.
If you’d like to commission me to write anything for you, contact me at michaelrose86@gmail.com.
My LinkedIn profile best showcases all my past work, and features recommendations from people I have worked with in the past. I’ve been quoted in numerous places, including the likes of Mashable and the BBC. I’ve covered numerous hardware launches, including the PS Move, Kinect and the Nintendo 3DS.
I’ve also written for various print, including Game Developer Magazine, What Mobile, the Guinness Book of World Records and my own book, 250 Indie Games You Must Play.
Over the last few years, I’ve written a bucketload of news pieces, reviews, previews, features, opinion pieces and the like. Here’s some select pieces from my past work.
The Idiot’s Guide to Marketing Your Indie Game
DRM: These New Security Measures Will Not Stop the Tramps Getting In
Analysis: Sleep Is Death‘s New Storytelling Chops
Gamasutra’s Best Of 2009: Top 10 Indie Games
Interview: Tick, Tick, Boom – Nuclear Dawn Reborn
Intervvvvvview: VVVVVV Developer Terry Cavanagh
GDC Europe: Sony Claims ‘Huge Steps Forward’ With Playstation Home
GDC Europe: Gameforge – Free-To-Play ‘Will Dominate Soon’
Hands on with iPhone pixel art adventure Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP
Linkin Park 8-Bit Rebellion (iPhone) review
Harbor Master HD (iPad) review
AiRace (DSi) review
Metal Torrent (DSi) review
DodoGo! (DSi) review
Last Window review
Last Window walkthrough
Alice in Wonderland (DS) review
Maestro! Jump in Music (DS) review
Opinion: Why doesn’t ngmoco want me to have a life?
Opinion: Nintendo still doesn’t understand social gaming
Top 10 best Nintendo DS games ever
Worms Reloaded review
Nimbus review
Fractal review
Rhythm Zone review
Deadly Sin 2 review
Vera Blanc review
Eufloria review
Little Space Duo review
Delve Deeper review
Interview: ACE Team Spams Us With Python-Inspired Rock of Ages
Interview: Nitrome’s Annal on Keeping Their Retro Flash Game Ideas Fresh
Interview: Zombie Cow’s Dan Marshall Talks About His Privates
Interview: Dejobaan Games’ Lambe, Jaitley On Doing Things A Little Different
Interview: Alex Vostrov of Rocket Bear Games On Going Full-Time Indie
Castlevania: Harmony of Despair review
Global Agenda: Sandstorm review
Sonic Adventure XBLA review (well, it’s more of a love letter)
Plants vs Zombies XBLA review
Commander: Conquest of the Americas review
Playstation Move review
Infamous 2 preview
Dead Space 2 preview
Brink preview
Mafia 2 review
Kane and Lynch 2: Dog Days review
Gran Turismo 5 preview
Killzone 3 preview
Motorstorm: Apocalypse preview
The Fight: Lights Out (Playstation Move) preview
Xbox Live Gold Pricing Woes
Castlevania: Lord of Shadows review
Trackmania Wii review
LittleBigPlanet 2 preview
N3II: Ninety Nine Nights review
(Note that I’m the editor at IndieGames, hence I currently make around 4-8 news posts a day)
Aaaaa! – A Reckless Disregard for Gravity review
Blueberry Garden review
Cogs review
Eufloria review
Trine review
VVVVVV review
Zeno Clash review
10 Indie Games to Watch Out for in 2010
Impressions: Frozen Synapse Beta
Super Meat Boy review
Minecraft Starter Guide
Shank review
Limbo review
Limbo full walkthrough
Recettear review
Privates review
Jolly Rover review
Academagia review
Crossfire review
Review: Skate It
Review: Ninjatown: Trees of Doom!
Review: Blokus
Review: Dark Void Zero
Review: Qbism
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