Custom PC Magazine column
A monthly print column for Custom PC Magazine about technology and gaming culture, and the facts behind the headlines.
The column ran for a decade and covered topics from video game violence to the neuroscience of gaming.
New Statesman
The Lion King remake will be a roaring success – but so was the artistry of the original
The crunch culture that created Red Dead Redemption 2 won’t go away unless we act
Disney’s dilemma over The Guardians of the Galaxy’s James Gunn was entirely avoidable
Yes, Battlefield V gamers, there were female soldiers in World War II
Ian Hislop should ask why some women are too modest for Have I Got News For You
Why superhero films should follow Wonder Woman’s lead and have female villains
The Last Jedi is the first properly feminist Star Wars
Sorry Little Miss Inventor, but you’re Misterland’s token feminist
No James Cameron, Sarah Connor in Terminator isn’t feminist
Should disappointed gamers be able to get a refund for No Man’s Sky?
Kids are stuck indoors more than ever – so Pokémon Go has come at just the right time
We should celebrate Prince for championing female musicians
No, Mad Max: Fury Road is not a feminist masterpiece (but that’s OK)
My work has also appeared in:
Media appearances, panels and talks
BBC Sounds Podcast – Online Book Pricing Algorithms
BBC Sounds Podcast – Asterix Puns
The Guardian – Is Superstition Rational? (Video debate
GINX TV – Console Yourself (talking head comedy about video games)
ORGCon, London – Using Social Media for Digital Campaigning (with Caroline Criado Perez)
The Foundry Sessions (live panel interview with Chris Hadfield)
ITV’s Good Morning Britain – Is Easter Religious? (sofa discussion with hosts)
BBC Radio Five – Video games (live broadcast panel event)
National Geographic – Is It Real? (documentary show)
Little Atoms (radio show interview with Tim Minchin)
Sky News (talking head about women in video games)
Celebrity Deal or No Deal (as panelist for Jonathan Ross)
The Amazing Meeting, Las Vegas – Viral Videos and Science Communications
TAM London – Tim Minchin’s Storm World Premiere (including panel event with Tim Minchin)
Edinburgh Fringe Festival – Gaming Myths and Monsters, Bad Science In Game Culture
Edinburgh Fringe Festival – Making Science Animations
Ada Lovelace Live, London – Gaming Myths and Monsters
Science Showoff, London – Making Science Animations
Science Showoff, London – How I Did The World Record Spoonbend
Z List Dead List, London – Learning To Love Latin
Z List Dead List, London – The Real Inventor of Monopoly
Think! Festival, Cambridge – Making Science Animations
Skeptics in the Pub, London/Bristol/Birmingham/Sheffield/Cardiff – Making Science Animations
The Pod Delusion Live, London – Women in Science (panel event hosted by Gia Milinovich)
Nine Worlds Convention, London – Promoting Your Videogame (panel event)
Dragon*Con, Atlanta – The Making of Tim Minchin’s Storm
Boring Conference, London – Algorithmic Pricing In Online Retail