Justin Towell
Justin was a GamesRadar staffer for 10 years but is now a freelancer, musician and videographer. He's big on retro, Sega and racing games (especially retro Sega racing games) and currently also writes for Play Magazine, Traxion.gg, PC Gamer and TopTenReviews, as well as running his own YouTube channel. Having learned to love all platforms equally after Sega left the hardware industry (sniff), his favourite games include Christmas NiGHTS into Dreams, Zelda BotW, Sea of Thieves, Sega Rally Championship and Treasure Island Dizzy.
Latest articles by Justin Towell
Better than Gran Turismo? 7 reasons Assetto Corsa could reign on console
By Justin Towell published
Preview
Backwards Compatible Game of the Week - NiGHTS into Dreams HD
By Justin Towell published
Editorial
Resident Evil Zero HD review
By Justin Towell published
Review "Escaped convict Billy Coen is the most early-noughties character ever devised, complete with tribal tattoo down his arm."
'The stealth bit' and 6 other game design fads we're glad are gone
By Justin Towell published
Features
Amplitude review
By Justin Towell published
Review "You'll be reaching for the Volume Up button so that you can envelop yourself still further in its cool aural waters. I did. There's a track about a magpie. What can I say? It's terrific."
UK readers: Win a Fallout 4 Xbox One, game and snowboard
By Justin Towell published
Features
The biggest game heroes are dying out and nobody will replace them
By Justin Towell published
Editorial
What do the buttons on Darth Vader's chest actually do? And who pushes them?
By Justin Towell published
Features
'The Tomb Raider' isn't necessarily a good thing to be
By Justin Towell published
Editorial
Rise of the Tomb Raider: 13 ways to die horribly (warning: graphic content)
By Justin Towell published
Video
Rise of the Tomb Raider review
By Justin Towell published
Review "You sometimes hear enemies talking about their home life, or arguing about some coins they found… then you burn them to a screaming crisp and take the coins for yourself."
Driveclub Bikes review
By Justin Towell published
Review "The bike’s rear wheel squirms around under acceleration, excitingly ‘stepping out over the line’, Bruce Springsteen-style, only to be wrangled back before you come completely unstuck."
Revisiting the Tomb Raider game that started it all...
By Justin Towell published
Game History
Nintendo turned failed matchmaking into my best online moment in years
By Justin Towell published
Editorial
Trolling your friends in Zelda: Tri Force Heroes is hilarious
By Justin Towell published
Features
Why Rare's supposedly worst, least popular game is actually my favourite
By Justin Towell published
Editorial
Sega's 3D Classics on 3DS: Which should you buy? (Updated for Wave 2)
By Justin Towell published
Features To be this good took ages. Ages ago...
The weirdest control schemes in history (that you'd never see today)
By Justin Towell published
Features
Transformers Devastation review
By Justin Towell published
Review "From the slow-mo hit opportunities that follow a perfectly-timed dodge, to its grading system, huge bosses and control scheme, this Transformers game has the core of a AAA classic."
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