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In 2012 Ben began his perilous journey in the games industry as a mostly competent writer, later backflipping into the hallowed halls of 12DOVE where his purple prose and beige prose combine to form a new type of prose he likes to call ‘brown prose’.

Latest articles by Ben Griffin

25 Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild tips to help you conquer Hyrule

By Louise Blain last updated 16 January 23

Tips These Zelda: Breath of the Wild tips will help you master combat and world traversal

Tips

What is the best Bloodborne class for you?

By David Houghton, Ben Griffin published 12 October 20

Guide With nine Bloodborne classes to pick from, we make finding 'the one' easier

Guide

15 tiny, brilliant FIFA 18 details you might have missed

By Ben Griffin published 25 September 17

Hidden Details You might have heard about stray crisp packets on the pitch, but did you know about Alex Hunter's secret cheetah-print hair?

Hidden Details

The 15 greatest character creators in Xbox history (and their mutant offspring)

By Ben Griffin published 30 June 17

Best List We turn the sliders to WTF on gaming's most powerful character creator modes, from FIFA 17 to WWE 2K17, with disturbing results

Best List

The secrets and tricks Pokemon games never tell you about (but you need to know)

By Ben Griffin published 12 April 17

Feature

Looking back at Mass Effect 2, and how talking is the star of BioWare's sequel

By Ben Griffin published 12 March 17

Editorial

Pokemon Sun and Moon review: "A marvellous sense of rolling wonder for anyone, regardless of age"

By Ben Griffin published 15 November 16

review

I played Pokemon Sun and Moon and cried uncontrollably

By Ben Griffin published 20 October 16

Preview

Why screenshotting games can be more rewarding than playing them

By Ben Griffin published 7 October 16

Opinion

Mourinho! Klopp! Phelan? Every manager likeness in FIFA 17 rated

By Ben Griffin published 28 September 16

Feature

The 10 most disturbing Zelda bosses

By Ben Griffin published 16 September 16

feature

What is Xbox Project Scorpio, exactly? Er, it seems even game developers don’t know…

By David Houghton, Ben Griffin published 16 June 16

Feature

10 amazing Doom SnapMaps you should play now

By Ben Griffin published 27 May 16

Feature

Uncharted 4... told entirely through Nate's incredible facial expressions

By Ben Griffin published 10 May 16

Feature

Nic Cage, Deadpool and a giant cat fight in this Fallout 4 mashup

By Ben Griffin published 13 April 16

Feature

Of course we used UFC 2’s character editor to make these monstrosities

By Ben Griffin published 28 March 16

Feature

Discovered in the wild! Gaming’s secret copy and paste people

By Ben Griffin published 25 March 16

Feature

Spoilers themselves don't ruin a game - it's what kind of spoilers they are

By Ben Griffin published 25 January 16

Editorial

15 surprising stories and secret citizens hidden in Assassin's Creed Syndicate

By Ben Griffin published 4 January 16

Feature

Rainbow Six: Siege review

By Ben Griffin published 30 November 15

Review

This is why the original Ruby and Sapphire changed Pokemon forever

By Ben Griffin published 3 November 15

Game History

Wandering back into the bizarre wasteland of Fallout: New Vegas

By Ben Griffin published 3 November 15

Game History

Guitar Hero Live review

By Ben Griffin published 21 October 15

Review "A churning sea of lights and young people stretching to the horizon. This is a nightmare. WANG! I hit my first strum and the crowd...cheers wildly?"

Review

How Super Circuit paved the way for modern Mario Kart

By Ben Griffin published 20 October 15

Game History

How Warioware nailed the minigame formula for generations to come

By Ben Griffin published 2 October 15

Game History

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