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Kate Gray is an award-winning writer with over a decade of experience in games journalism. Kate has bylines on a variety of websites which include 12DOVE, The Guardian, Buzzfeed, Kotaku, Vice, Rock Paper Shotgun, and others. Kate is now writing the good words over at Nintendo Life, and can still be found tweeting about nice things and taking lots of photos of food.

Latest articles by Kate Gray

Great games need a great bad guy - why the perfect nemesis is EVERYTHING

By Kate Gray published 5 January 18

Opinion From GLaDOS to Mordor, why the best stories are the ones where you *really* hate the villain

Opinion

Exploring the best locations in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

By Kate Gray published 15 June 17

Best List

Watch Dogs 2’s hipster fashion represents class, economics and privilege in tech bro San Francisco

By Kate Gray published 1 June 17

Opinion

The 15 best Xbox companions

By Kate Gray published 5 May 17

Best List

The 15 best party games on Xbox

By Kate Gray published 30 March 17

Best List

Kalimba will make you hate your friends, and that’s why it’s one of my favourite games of all time

By Kate Gray published 22 February 17

Opinion

Blood, Wine and Wanderlust: How The Witcher 3’s DLC motivated me to seek my own adventures

By Kate Gray published 25 January 17

Opinion

Super Mario Run review: "Exactly what you might expect from a mobile Mario"

By Kate Gray published 15 December 16

review

Super Mario Run preview: smart, slick and surprisingly complex

By Kate Gray published 8 December 16

Super Mario

Why Xbox One's Kalimba is totally - and totem-y - awesome

By Kate Gray published 27 October 16

Features

Why gaming needs more animals that don’t give a f*ck

By Kate Gray published 20 July 16

Features

I don't want to save the world, I just want to sit in my underwear

By Kate Gray published 10 August 15

Editorial

Non-player characters are the town idiots

By Kate Gray published 13 April 15

Editorial

Cooking Mama: Bon Appetit review

By Kate Gray published 3 March 15

Review

Top 100: Dragon Age: Inquisition is brains, brawn, and BDSM

By Kate Gray published 27 February 15

Editorial

The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D review

By Kate Gray published 4 February 15

Review "It might not have the Best Game Of All Time credentials of Ocarina of Time, but Majora’s Mask is still one of the most incredible adventure games ever made."

Review

Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham review

By Kate Gray published 17 November 14

Review

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Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl review: "The best but most broken game I've played all year"
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Towers of Aghasba review: "Exploration is a joy thanks to gorgeous visuals and a varied landscape"
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Sorry We're Closed review: "Resident Evil 4 and Silent Hill can't match this neon-soaked survival horror for its sheer inventiveness"
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Lego Horizon Adventures review: "Brilliantly rebuilds this PlayStation icon"
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Codenames review: "The ultimate pick-up-and-play party game"

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Wicked review: "Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo will have you defying gravity"
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Gladiator 2 review: "A rousing spectacle with Ridley Scott and Denzel Washington on top form"
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Paddington in Peru review: "Endlessly easy to love with a pitch-perfect Olivia Colman"
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Venom: The Last Dance review: "A puddle of pixels that isn’t much fun to splash around in"
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Smile 2 Review: "Naomi Scott demonstrates her talents with a raw, no-holds-barred performance in this largely successful horror sequel"

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Cobra Kai season 6, part 2 review: "Returns to the sort of hard-hitting form that made it such a fan favorite in the first place"
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Dune: Prophecy review: "HBO's prequel occasionally stands up to Denis Villeneuve's movies – but largely falls short"
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Arcane season 2 review: "Stunning animation and a bigger scope reaches thrilling new heights"
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Silo season 2 review: "A commanding performance from Rebecca Ferguson makes it a dystopian future worth staying in"
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Agatha All Along finale review and recap: "Fun, but think about it too hard and it falls apart like a house of tarot cards"