Ellie Gibson
Contributor
Ellie spent nearly a decade working at Eurogamer, specialising in hard-hitting executive interviews and nob jokes. These days she does a comedy show and podcast. She pops back now and again to write the odd article and steal our biscuits.
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Ellie Gibson says goodbye.
Feature | Video games: officially better than films
If you're seven, says Ellie Gibson.
Feature | Legend of Zelda, Love Island and Me, by Ellie Gibson
Is it ever too late to join the party?
Feature | Why Jack Reacher is gaming's greatest hero
Child's play.
Feature | Why I don't understand YouTube: A middle-aged woman writes
Will video game videos kill the video game star? What?
Feature | How I ruined Sega's financial results
Or: What I did on my summer holidays, by Ellie Gibson.
Feature | Will there ever be a good stand-up comedy game?
You must be joking.
Feature | Ellie Gibson on E3
The high and the lows.
Feature | Are we all living in a video game?
Ellie Gibson on space, simulations, and Sweden's Eurovision fortunes.
Feature | My word game rage shame
Hell hath no fury like Ellie Gibson losing at Scrabble.
Feature | Ellie Gibson on mortality and Mario Odyssey
Also: how do koopas have sex?
Feature | How Amstrad Action changed my life
Ellie Gibson goes back to her roots.
Feature | Should games and politics ever mix?
Ellie Gibson on Juice Jam and fascism.
Feature | Is being bad at games really so terrible?
Ellie Gibson investigates.
Feature | Behind the Scenes on Dara O Briain's Go 8 Bit
Ellie Gibson tells all. Well, some.
Feature | Sonic boom: Ellie Gibson on nostalgia, novelty, and that 9/10
Look, at least it's not another Pokemon Go article.
Feature | Why video games are better than Lego
Someone should tell Ben Fogle.
Feature | Dear Donald: How video games could help you trump Hillary
Hair today, guns tomorrow.
Feature | Why I hope it's the end for Uncharted
Forget about Drake.
Feature | Why virtual reality is the future
By Ellie Gibson, lawnmower woman.
Feature | What have walruses and video games got in common?
Marks out of tenuous.
Feature | Dear Charlie: A letter to my son about video games
By Ellie Gibson.
Feature | Ellie Gibson on: Manual Stimulation
In praise of a dying format.
Review | SingStar Ultimate Party review
The day the music died.
Feature | GamesMaster: The Inside Story
From the archive: Dominik Diamond, Dave Perry and friends reveal what went on behind the scenes of the greatest games show ever made.
Feature | The worst games I've ever played, by Ellie Gibson
She says goodbye to Eurogamer in the way she knows best.
Feature | Some celebrity games that don't feature Kim Kardashian
In case you fancy a change.
Feature | A horse named Gizmondo: The inside story of the world's greatest failed console
From the archive: A look at one of gaming's most spectacular failures.
Video | Video: Let's Replay Yoshi's Island while doing a Mick Hucknall quiz
Plus: My Drugs Shame by Oli Welsh.
Video | Video: Fish chickens and broad-shouldered women
Let's Replay Golden Axe.
Video | Video: Let's Replay Maximo
Remember when "pants" was funny?
Video | Video: Let's Replay Super Mario Kart
"It's like you're Goose and I'm Val Kilmer."
Video | Video: Let's Replay Morrowind
"Better than the Nazis."
Video | Video: Let's Replay Spy Hunter
"Spies Like Us has a lot to answer for."
Video | Video: Let's Replay Street Fighter 2
"There was blood all over the SNES controller."
Video | Video: Let's Replay Robotron: 2084
Donlan and Gibson go down the arcade.
Video | Video: Let's Replay Super Mario Sunshine
Ellie and her latest guest look back at a forgotten classic.
Video | Video: Let's Replay Metal Gear Solid
Snake in the past.
Video | Video: Let's Replay Diablo 2
"Ou est le syndicat d'initiative?"
Video | Video: Let's Replay Full Throttle
Cara Ellison talks adventuring.
Video | Video: Let's Replay Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge
"Better than Star Wars."
Video | Video: Let's Replay Crash Team Racing
"You are a failure and an idiot."
Video | Video: Let's Replay Thief: The Dark Project
Featuring Paul Dean, man of steal.
Video | Video: Let's Replay Final Fantasy 7
Cloud computing with Simon Parkin.
Video | Video: Let's Replay Tomb Raider 1
It was acceptable in the 90s.
Recommended | Tomb Raider review
Follow the Moskva down to Gorky Park.