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Jeremy Peel

@jeremypeel.bsky.social

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I do words for the likes of PC Gamer, Edge and Eurogamer, and consult for games studios. If you’d like to support my work directly, subscribe to The Peel Perspective on Patreon. It’s free!

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Jeremy Peel @jeremypeel.bsky.social · Jun 5

Today I've published the first free edition of The Peel Perspective, a solo newsletter dedicated to covering games outside the hype cycle. Think retrospectives on forgotten classics and inspired game mechanics - drawing on my years of writing for Edge and PC Gamer. www.patreon.com/posts/peel-p...

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Jeremy Peel @jeremypeel.bsky.social · 18h

It's harder than it ought to be to do work you love, even when people demonstrably want it <3

Jeremy Peel @jeremypeel.bsky.social · 18h

I don't think I could afford to do it if I wasn't also doing consultancy, for sure.

Jeremy Peel @jeremypeel.bsky.social · 19h

Yeah, I'd like to think that when I write an in-depth interview profile on Jeff Vogel or Size Five or Failbetter, that moves the needle for them in some way - simply because there's room to make a proper argument for why a studio is doing something unique and so deserves somebody's limited time.

Jeremy Peel @jeremypeel.bsky.social · 22h

A combination of things I reckon. The busiest time of year for AAA, which provides the clicks sites depend on not to be closed down. Exponentially more indies. There's serious understaffing and freelance underfunding at major outlets too - moreso than I remember at any point previously in my career.

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Jeremy Peel @jeremypeel.bsky.social · 23h

I talked to Glen Schofield about maybe the most fascinating and volatile moment of FPS history - when he took the reins of the world's most anticipated game amid the breakdown of Infinity Ward. www.pcgamer.com/games/call-o...

Call of Duty was saved against the odds when Infinity Ward imploded

Modern Warfare 3 co-director Glen Schofield tells the dramatic story of its making first-hand.

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Jeremy Peel @jeremypeel.bsky.social · 1d

Musicals are Halloween, unnerving and invisible ones doubly so.

Jeremy Peel @jeremypeel.bsky.social · 1d

No writer or editor chose to rebuild the journalism industry around an internet advertising model. It's made the career financially unviable for a lot of people. But here we are, and holding their nose through Prime Day is one of the few ways outlets get to fund the work they're proud of *sad shrug*

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Jeremy Peel @jeremypeel.bsky.social · 1d

If you're disgusted by all media outlets redirecting their coverage efforts toward Prime Day, please ask the human race to stop clicking on keyboard deals and start clicking on journalism instead. I promise you everyone wants to be doing the latter.

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Jeremy Peel @jeremypeel.bsky.social · 1d

I love this from @kierongillen.bsky.social on turning 50 at Center Parks. Sometimes I suspect Rock Paper Shotgun was set up simply because they couldn't help it. buttondown.com/KieronGillen...

Jeremy Peel @jeremypeel.bsky.social · 2d

Black Ops 2 is legitimately fascinating - quietly non-linear, unbelievably histrionic, tangled in uncomfortable real-world American history. This, for @edgemagazine.bsky.social, was my best effort to critically reckon with a clumsy yet perenially popular shooter. www.gamesradar.com/games/call-o...

Black Ops 2, Treyarch's unexpectedly experimental shooter, still surprises and discomforts – though not always intentionally

Feature | Revisiting Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, the FPS that turned the sub-series into a vital pillar for Activision's shooter behemoth

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Jeremy Peel @jeremypeel.bsky.social · 3d

I didn’t spot this til now Graham - fantastic news!

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Rick Lane @ricklane.bsky.social · 5d

For this week's PC Gamer column, I spoke to former gamedev and current author Glen Dahlgren about the extraordinary development of 1999's The Wheel of Time. Strap yourself in, it's a wild ride. www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/in...

Inside the astonishing development of 1999's The Wheel of Time FPS: 'The fact that we shipped anything at all is kind of a miracle'

"I never played my games after they were done, but this one I played forever because it was so fun."

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Jeremy Peel @jeremypeel.bsky.social · 5d

When it comes to beats, Dan the Automator cannot be beat

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 5d

If you enjoy Size Five and want to see it survive what is a very iffy time for the Games Industry, please do three things with your Saturday:

✅ Wishlist EARTH MUST DIE
✅ Buy a game on sale
✅ Share these links where you can

store.steampowered.com/app/3639780/...

store.steampowered.com/dev/sizefive

Earth Must Die on Steam

These moronic Terranoids think they can just roll in here and take over my beautiful Tyrythian kingdom? The kingdom that I built from the ground up with my bare hands, and only sort of inherited from ...

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Ben Ward @timegentleman.bsky.social · 6d

All the Size Five games are on sale! So yeah, if at least 349 of you could buy Lair Of The Clockwork God at a wildly reasonable 65% off and give it a positive review, that'd be *lovely*.
And while you're there, may as well buy all the others for a few quid more!

store.steampowered.com/dev/sizefive

Ben Ward @timegentleman.bsky.social · 10d

One nice thing about EMD coming out is that I'll be able to stop nagging people to give LOTCG a Steam review!
That said: give LOTCG a Steam review! COME ON, we only need a paltry 349 more to hit the big 1K, let's get that done before EMD comes out!
store.steampowered.com/app/1060600/...

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Jeremy Peel @jeremypeel.bsky.social · 7d

I haven’t had Game Pass for a long time and was truly amazed to see the figure on Ultimate now. I guess I’d assumed people were overreacting because gamers + internet. But no, it’s almost a smartphone priced sub.

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Jeremy Peel @jeremypeel.bsky.social · 8d

Walton Goggins is heading to Ohio, which will soon be showing up in Fallout 76. Subscribers get the lowdown on The Peel Perspective! www.patreon.com/posts/140187...

Promo art for upcoming Fallout 76 expansion Burning Springs, featuring a pistol-toting Walton Goggins as The Ghoul.

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Jeremy Peel @jeremypeel.bsky.social · 7d

New Mafia is only 38gb? Damn those Sicilian suits are slimming

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Jeremy Peel @jeremypeel.bsky.social · 7d

Damn, what an angle.

Jeremy Peel @jeremypeel.bsky.social · 7d

“Good game design is wasteful. A great game has side paths most players will ignore, grace notes that are unnecessary, and other demonstrations of useless care.” From @brunodias.bsky.social azhdarchid.com/the-ten-prin...

The Ten Principles of Good Game Design

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Jeremy Peel @jeremypeel.bsky.social · 8d

Walton Goggins is heading to Ohio, which will soon be showing up in Fallout 76. Subscribers get the lowdown on The Peel Perspective! www.patreon.com/posts/140187...

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RetrogamerDaz @retrogamerdaz.bsky.social · 10d

November marks my 20th year on the magazine. I think that deserves a self-congratulatory pat on the back.
For every like this receives I'll try and recall one anecdote (interesting or otherwise) about my time on the mag.
(this is one of my favourite covers by armyoftrolls)

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Jeremy Peel @jeremypeel.bsky.social · 9d

The latest Peel Perspective newsletter is live for subscribers! "I miss the concise formats of Official PlayStation Magazine. The internet has no word limit, and so it’s rare to find that kind of brevity online." www.patreon.com/posts/140086...

September '25 newsletter: Dissed honor | The Peel Perspective

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Jeremy Peel @jeremypeel.bsky.social · 9d

Year(s) the game takes place: 1945-1968
Released: 2010
Is Gary Oldman real? It’s complicated
Is Fidel Castro real? No www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/ca...

Can I explain Black Ops lore to you in time for the new sequel? Well: I'll try

There's a maximum amount of sense this series can make, and we'll endeavour to reach that threshold together.

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Jeremy Peel @jeremypeel.bsky.social · 10d

I've started it and it's already made me laugh.