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Caelyn Ellis

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After years of freelancing, Caelyn has found a home writing about miniatures games and RPGs at the worker-owned Rascal News. That doesn't mean she can't be tempted out of video game semi-retirement for her hottest takes on queerness, robots and poison swamps.

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Pride Week | I love Baldur's Gate 3's queer representation, but triple-A games can still do so much more to explore lesbian stories with the depth they deserve

Oh to be a stone butch with a string of exes in GTA...

July 3, 2026 Caelyn Ellis

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Pride Week | Games can be so much more than an escape: they can inspire you to take action

Your heroics don't need to be limited to the virtual.

July 3, 2025 Caelyn Ellis

Nobody Wants to Die official screenshot showing a view over an art deco-styled cyberpunk city from above

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Nobody Wants to Die review - a noiry cyberpunk tale told beautifully

Dystopical.

July 26, 2024 Caelyn Ellis

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Pride Week 2024 | The Outer Worlds' Parvati Holcomb is a rare but shining example of asexual representation

Space ace.

July 2, 2024 Caelyn Ellis

No Rest for the Wicked artwork showing a bruised and bloodied warrior being gripped by two robed figures standing either side.

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No Rest For the Wicked early access review - a shaky start, but there's potential

I-soul-metric.

April 25, 2024 Caelyn Ellis

Rise of the Ronin official screenshot showing the silhouette of a distant player grappling up to a high beam of wood jutting out from a tall building, against the sunset

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Rise of the Ronin's familiarity feels like a strength

If you like that, you Tsushima other third-person samurai action game.

March 11, 2024 Caelyn Ellis

Warhammer 40K Rogue Trader official image showing a hall from high above with large statues, regalia, and golden light through the windows

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Warhammer 40K: Rogue Trader review - gloriously faithful, if complex RPG

Adept mechanics.

Feb. 10, 2024 Caelyn Ellis

A screenshot from the illustrative game Birth. A feminine character with an apparently hollow face - there are holes where the eyes and nose should be, and nothing inside of them - sits behind a reception desk.

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Our personal top-five games of 2023

Birth! Sea of Stars! Akka Arrh! More!

Dec. 27, 2023 Eurogamer Staff

A skeletal-looking orc, with a huge spiky metal helmet, and a saw-edged sword, leers threateningly at the camera, so close you can almost smell its breath.

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Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Realms of Ruin review - decent but disappointing strategy

Cruel, boys.

Nov. 22, 2023 Caelyn Ellis

Moonring official screenshot showing a red devil in a flaming forest on the right, and box of text on the left, in retro black-background style.

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Moonring review - a retro RPG offering more than mere nostalgia

Caldera to dream.

Oct. 19, 2023 Caelyn Ellis

Lies of P close up of the hero in a moody setting.

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Lies of P review - a decent imitation that never quite matches the real thing

String theory.

Sept. 14, 2023 Caelyn Ellis

Armored Core 6 promotional screenshot showing a turret-like mech silhoueted to the right, against a backdrop if a spectacular white-orange explosion on some kind of huge wall.

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Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon review - a triumphant return for the venerable mecha series

Brand Evangelionist.

Aug. 23, 2023 Caelyn Ellis

How a slightly wonky Transformers show gave us a proper video game classic

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How a slightly wonky Transformers show gave us a proper video game classic

Twenty years later, Melbourne House's game holds up.

June 11, 2023 Caelyn Ellis

Miasma Chronicles - a disappointing follow-up to a tactics gem

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Miasma Chronicles - a disappointing follow-up to a tactics gem

Noxious.

May 31, 2023 Caelyn Ellis

Cassette Beasts review - the brilliance of Pokémon all grown up

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Recommended | Cassette Beasts review - the brilliance of Pokémon all grown up

Pop hit monsters.

April 28, 2023 Caelyn Ellis

Minecraft Legends review - a messy spinoff that misses the point of Minecraft

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Minecraft Legends review - a messy spinoff that misses the point of Minecraft

At the Ender my tether.

April 14, 2023 Caelyn Ellis

Some games to play on International Transgender Day of Visibility

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Some games to play on International Transgender Day of Visibility

From Tell Me Why to Citizen Sleeper.

March 31, 2023 Eurogamer Staff

Phantom Brigade review - tactical mech combat excels in the face of a dodgy UI

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Phantom Brigade review - tactical mech combat excels in the face of a dodgy UI

Riposte in the machine.

March 2, 2023 Caelyn Ellis

In praise of the brilliant finale of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order

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In praise of the brilliant finale of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order

Spoilers ahead!

Feb. 26, 2023 Caelyn Ellis

Games of 2022: Pokémon was the best vicarious experience

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Games of 2022: Pokémon was the best vicarious experience

Gotta watch 'em all.

Dec. 26, 2022 Caelyn Ellis

A player sits atop the horse-like Torrent, surveying the vast landscape stretching beneath the towering, golden Erdtree.

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How I became an Elden Ring detective

It started with a save game...

Oct. 8, 2022 Caelyn Ellis

The Sims 4 - a game of cycles that could do with starting anew

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State of the Game | The Sims 4 - a game of cycles that could do with starting anew

Circle of life.

Sept. 6, 2022 Caelyn Ellis

Real Virtual Selves

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Pride Week 2022 | Real Virtual Selves

Exploring beyond the binary.

July 1, 2022 Caelyn Ellis

MythForce preview - a single skeleton stands in the centre of the screen aiming a bow

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MythForce's wonderful cartoon co-op nostalgia is held back by skeletal action

He-Meh.

April 29, 2022 Caelyn Ellis

Rogue Legacy 2 review - more of the brilliant same in this impressive sequel

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Recommended | Rogue Legacy 2 review - more of the brilliant same in this impressive sequel

Hey kids, what's for DNA?

April 28, 2022 Caelyn Ellis