Eleanor Vance
Editor-in-Chief
Fifteen years covering RPGs and strategy. Sets the house style and referees every disputed score.
Independent Gaming Journalism · Est. 2016
Games deserve criticism that respects your time.
From our studio in Shoreditch, we publish patient, evidence-led reviews and retrospectives for PC and console players who are tired of hype cycles and score-chasing. Every verdict is built on completed playthroughs, not press-preview impressions.
- 1,400+
- Reviews published
- 9 yrs
- On the beat
- 0
- Paid placements
Referenced and syndicated by editors across the industry
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Editorial method
How a verdict is earned here.
Our process is deliberately slow. We would rather publish a considered piece four weeks after launch than a rushed one on embargo day. The four stages below govern every review, retrospective, and long-form essay that carries the GamingQuestLegends byline.
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Full playthrough
No review begins until the game is finished on the platform readers actually own, with playtime logged and difficulty noted so verdicts stay honest and comparable.
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Technical audit
We capture frame-time data, load behaviour, and patch history on reference hardware, so performance claims are measured rather than remembered from a single session.
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Second read
A second editor challenges the draft against our style guide, flags unexamined bias, and confirms every factual claim before a score is ever attached to the piece.
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Post-patch update
Live-service and heavily patched titles are revisited at three and twelve months, with revised notes appended openly rather than quietly rewritten into the original.
What we cover
Coverage built around how you actually play.
Who writes here
A small desk with strong opinions.
We are four full-time critics working out of one room off Hoxton Square. Every byline below is a person you can email directly, and every reviewer discloses the games they have worked on commercially before they are assigned a piece.
Marcus Ohale
Technical Editor
Runs our performance lab and translates frame-time graphs into plain English for readers on any budget.
Priya Nair
Features Writer
Writes our retrospectives and developer interviews, with a soft spot for forgotten handheld libraries.
Tomas Reyes
Community Editor
Manages reader mail, corrections, and the monthly members' Q&A, and keeps our comment threads civil.
From our readers
The people we actually write for.
★★★★★
"I bought a mid-range GPU purely on the strength of their benchmark breakdown, and it was exactly right. No other site walks you through the numbers so patiently."
★★★★★
"Their post-patch update policy saved me from a refund window mistake. They revisited the game months later and were honest that it had genuinely improved."
★★★★★
"As a member I get the reviewers on a call once a month. Being able to ask an editor directly why a score landed where it did is worth every penny of the subscription."
Get in touch
Pitch a story, correct the record, or just say hello.
We read every message. Freelance pitches, correction requests, and membership questions all land in the same inbox and receive a reply within two working days. The desk is staffed Monday to Friday.
- Phone
- +44 20 7729 0771
- [email protected]
- Studio
- 58 Hoxton Square, Shoreditch, London N1 6PB
- Hours
- Monday–Friday, 09:30–18:00 GMT