Dr Edwin Evans-Thirlwell
@edwinet.bsky.social
News editor at RockPaperShotgun, previously seen at Eurogamer, The Guardian, Wired and Edge - writing about (video)games, art, culture, technology - PhD poetics with a focus on procedural and erasure-based verse. He & him.
Reposted by Dr Edwin Evans-Thirlwell
I discovered ‘Penda’s Fen’ in 2018, when I was writing on the poet Geoffrey Hill and stumbled upon this fascinating essay that reads the play alongside Hill’s ‘Mercian Hymns’ (1971):
Strange English Work: Geoffrey Hill’s Mercian Hymns and David Rudkin’s Penda’s Fen
“Child be strange, dark, true, impure, and dissonant.” Penda’s Fen. “Not strangeness, but strange likeness. Obstinate, outclassed forefathers, I too concede, I am your staggeringly-gifted child.” M…
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November 22, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I discovered ‘Penda’s Fen’ in 2018, when I was writing on the poet Geoffrey Hill and stumbled upon this fascinating essay that reads the play alongside Hill’s ‘Mercian Hymns’ (1971):
Hello! And also: argh! I completely missed those messages. I'm sorry to ignore you. Yes, it would be lovely to give the game a go. I'll respond to you by email.
October 31, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Hello! And also: argh! I completely missed those messages. I'm sorry to ignore you. Yes, it would be lovely to give the game a go. I'll respond to you by email.
Hello both! Itsa me, the writer. Apologies - I accidentally linked to an older GR article when sourcing that quote. It's actually from this one: www.gamesradar.com/games/third-...
October 22, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Hello both! Itsa me, the writer. Apologies - I accidentally linked to an older GR article when sourcing that quote. It's actually from this one: www.gamesradar.com/games/third-...
I have a load of notes for a possible follow-up piece on amphibiousness and playing a simulation as learning to swim, partly inspired by plunderludics, such as this one. Swimming was better in the good old days. www.rockpapershotgun.com/madonna-dark...
Madonna, Dark Souls and Mario meet in a sweet and confounding swimming experiment based on a PS1 obscurity
If you're playing a "PS1-style" game these days, odds are it's a horror game. Sometimes, I worry that the association o…
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October 16, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I have a load of notes for a possible follow-up piece on amphibiousness and playing a simulation as learning to swim, partly inspired by plunderludics, such as this one. Swimming was better in the good old days. www.rockpapershotgun.com/madonna-dark...
I would shoot James Archer an email! www.rockpapershotgun.com/authors/jame...
September 29, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I would shoot James Archer an email! www.rockpapershotgun.com/authors/jame...
I should have specified the rates in my earlier post: £300-400, depending on the pitch!
September 18, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I should have specified the rates in my earlier post: £300-400, depending on the pitch!
Hello - apologies for not specifying before. It would be £300-400, depending on the pitch.
September 18, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Hello - apologies for not specifying before. It would be £300-400, depending on the pitch.
Email is in bio! www.rockpapershotgun.com/authors/edwi...
Edwin Evans-Thirlwell
PC gaming news, previews, reviews, opinion.
www.rockpapershotgun.com
September 17, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Email is in bio! www.rockpapershotgun.com/authors/edwi...
Some quickfire examples: explaining "mechsploitation" in the context of AC6, or interviewing the LOTRO players who organise the Great Hobbit Run, or investigating why Valve haven't set up their own payment processor. I would particularly like to receive pitches from women and non-binary people.
September 17, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Some quickfire examples: explaining "mechsploitation" in the context of AC6, or interviewing the LOTRO players who organise the Great Hobbit Run, or investigating why Valve haven't set up their own payment processor. I would particularly like to receive pitches from women and non-binary people.
To be clear, I'm looking to commission a freelance journalist for a written investigative feature. (Thank you freelance artists for your enthusiastic but confused emails.)
September 8, 2025 at 5:58 PM
To be clear, I'm looking to commission a freelance journalist for a written investigative feature. (Thank you freelance artists for your enthusiastic but confused emails.)