Jeremy Peel
@jeremypeel.bsky.social
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...
Whenever I see the word ‘torpor’ I think of my deep fondness for Jett: Given Time.
November 25, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Whenever I see the word ‘torpor’ I think of my deep fondness for Jett: Given Time.
Writing reviews of Megadeth and Morrissey for the school paper and having teachers I didn’t know pull me out of class to chat thrash metal and miserable indie stars.
November 22, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Writing reviews of Megadeth and Morrissey for the school paper and having teachers I didn’t know pull me out of class to chat thrash metal and miserable indie stars.
All I’m placed to say is that you’re one of our industry’s steadiest and most dependable hands.
November 22, 2025 at 9:36 PM
All I’m placed to say is that you’re one of our industry’s steadiest and most dependable hands.
My k/d tends to peak around 1.2 but I’m at peace with it. With a favourable wind, I give as good as I get.
November 22, 2025 at 8:25 PM
My k/d tends to peak around 1.2 but I’m at peace with it. With a favourable wind, I give as good as I get.
Running Man is real good. Efficient storytelling with flair. Furious, to the point of fuming, in its tone. Reviews have been mixed but I would say: don’t mistake slick and fun for frivolous.
November 22, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Running Man is real good. Efficient storytelling with flair. Furious, to the point of fuming, in its tone. Reviews have been mixed but I would say: don’t mistake slick and fun for frivolous.
But also, don’t panic or beat yourself up if your mind goes blank and an avenue of conversation dries up. Having a chat that’s also a quote-gathering exercise is a weird balancing act and sometimes just feels unavoidably unnatural.
November 21, 2025 at 3:24 PM
But also, don’t panic or beat yourself up if your mind goes blank and an avenue of conversation dries up. Having a chat that’s also a quote-gathering exercise is a weird balancing act and sometimes just feels unavoidably unnatural.
I was gonna say: trust in your train of thought. The interviewee will usually be excited to travel down an unusual line of questioning with you. And you’ll reap the benefits when you come to write it up later.
November 21, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I was gonna say: trust in your train of thought. The interviewee will usually be excited to travel down an unusual line of questioning with you. And you’ll reap the benefits when you come to write it up later.
Wall-jumping is back in COD, but it's not nearly so radical as what came before. Really enjoyed chatting to Glen Schofield about the dangerously divisive boost jump. www.pcgamer.com/games/call-o...
The life and death of Call of Duty's most controversial mechanic, the boost jump: 'They almost threw me out of the room'
How CoD embraced the future, before backlash brought it back down to earth.
www.pcgamer.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Wall-jumping is back in COD, but it's not nearly so radical as what came before. Really enjoyed chatting to Glen Schofield about the dangerously divisive boost jump. www.pcgamer.com/games/call-o...
This is the first bundle I've felt compelled to buy in about a decade. Fair play.
Return of the Immersive Sim collection through 11/25 @pcgamer.com
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You can pick up both Nightdive's System Shocks for $20, plus other imsims
Shame about the name, though.
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November 20, 2025 at 8:10 AM
This is the first bundle I've felt compelled to buy in about a decade. Fair play.
Videogames are always capable of surprising you. By which I mean I can never tell which settings submenu I’m going to find subtitles under.
November 18, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Videogames are always capable of surprising you. By which I mean I can never tell which settings submenu I’m going to find subtitles under.
I’ve been reading some of this as it’s emerged. The Sheffield Tribune is an incredible public service.
November 18, 2025 at 9:13 AM
I’ve been reading some of this as it’s emerged. The Sheffield Tribune is an incredible public service.
Main issue is they’ve underestimated how valuable a proper solo story is. With just a co-op campaign that plays a bit like Zombies, they’ve flattened the variety of the whole proposition.
November 15, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Main issue is they’ve underestimated how valuable a proper solo story is. With just a co-op campaign that plays a bit like Zombies, they’ve flattened the variety of the whole proposition.
There's been a solo campaign in every COD for yonks, and its sudden absence is absolutely felt. My review for Eurogamer: www.eurogamer.net/call-of-duty...
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 review - where art thou, solo campaign?
A shift away from single-player leaves Black Ops 7 with its most lopsided and homogenous entry in decades, though what it does offer is still good fun.
www.eurogamer.net
November 14, 2025 at 4:49 PM
There's been a solo campaign in every COD for yonks, and its sudden absence is absolutely felt. My review for Eurogamer: www.eurogamer.net/call-of-duty...
This is a fantastic hire for RPS. Jules is both a very experienced editor and a deeply kind person, which is the sort of energy you want from someone supporting a team to do their smartest and silliest work. www.rockpapershotgun.com/from-the-des...
From the desk of the Editorial Director of Rock Paper Shotgun: "Ahoy hoy"
Julian Benson is Rock Paper Shotgun's new Editorial Director.
www.rockpapershotgun.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:26 AM
This is a fantastic hire for RPS. Jules is both a very experienced editor and a deeply kind person, which is the sort of energy you want from someone supporting a team to do their smartest and silliest work. www.rockpapershotgun.com/from-the-des...
There are duo of us!
November 12, 2025 at 9:10 PM
There are duo of us!
I bet you still have one of those original Steam press accounts too, you jammy dodger.
November 12, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I bet you still have one of those original Steam press accounts too, you jammy dodger.
I still use the long-discontinued Steam Link streaming device every week. Not many people know that about me. *pause for gasps*
November 12, 2025 at 8:34 PM
I still use the long-discontinued Steam Link streaming device every week. Not many people know that about me. *pause for gasps*
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We've paid Amelia Tyler, the narrator of Baldur's Gate 3, to voice pieces of the PC Gaming Show since 2023. If *we* can do it, a major game studio can definitely pay actors to say "I found some rusted tools" in ARC Raiders.
I'm here to tell you that voice actors (even very very good ones) are not expensive, more than make up for their cost in the value they bring to your game, and if Baldur's Gate can record real actors for every line of dialogue in the game, so can you for your 100 generic barks or even specific ones.
November 11, 2025 at 3:38 PM
We've paid Amelia Tyler, the narrator of Baldur's Gate 3, to voice pieces of the PC Gaming Show since 2023. If *we* can do it, a major game studio can definitely pay actors to say "I found some rusted tools" in ARC Raiders.
I got my copy of this and the visual design is, fittingly for the sub-zero theme, completely breathtaking. Buy APWOT!
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The research trip is a dying art, but during development of South of the Circle, the team at State of Play defied the trend, journeying across the planet to one of the world’s most extreme and frigid climates to prepare for the game’s development.
The research trip is a dying art, but during development of South of the Circle, the team at State of Play defied the trend, journeying across the planet to one of the world’s most extreme and frigid climates to prepare for the game’s development.
November 11, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I got my copy of this and the visual design is, fittingly for the sub-zero theme, completely breathtaking. Buy APWOT!
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“Dialogue is a perfect opportunity for this kind of play; every time we speak, there is a moment of uncertainty — will our intention be understood, rebuffed, accepted, acknowledged? If we are lying, we will persuade, confuse, or offend?”
A brief defence of dialogue choices (286 words):
A brief defence of dialogue choices
In games, the player needs to have something to do.
medium.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:57 PM
“Dialogue is a perfect opportunity for this kind of play; every time we speak, there is a moment of uncertainty — will our intention be understood, rebuffed, accepted, acknowledged? If we are lying, we will persuade, confuse, or offend?”
Ah OK so I don't need to open the audio file you sent last night, good to know.
November 10, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Ah OK so I don't need to open the audio file you sent last night, good to know.
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Getting this post tattooed on my forehead now that I've learned that apparently "nearly one in three teens use AI chatbot platforms for social interactions or relationships." www.scrippsnews.com/us-news/fami...
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
November 9, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Getting this post tattooed on my forehead now that I've learned that apparently "nearly one in three teens use AI chatbot platforms for social interactions or relationships." www.scrippsnews.com/us-news/fami...