Shoreditch · Gaming Zine · Est. 2018

No sponsors. No filler. Just the games.

Cut-and-paste reviews, esports dispatches and hardware teardowns from a back room off Redchurch Street. We play everything so you don't waste £60 on regret.

Read the columns Pitch a story

As read across the UK scene

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How we cut it

Every review, glued together the same way

Buy it ourselves

No review codes, no NDAs. We pay retail like you do, so nobody owns our opinion.

Finish the thing

Minimum 20 hours logged, credits rolled where possible. We rate the whole game, not the tutorial.

Argue it out

Two writers, one editor, one loud debate in the Shoreditch office before a score is agreed.

Paste & publish

Laid out by hand, scanned, and shipped. Corrections logged in the open when we get it wrong.

From the darkroom

The gallery wall

Crowd at a London esports final — Sold-out FGC night, Hackney

Shelf of retro cartridges — Cartridge haul, Brick Lane market

Mechanical keyboard teardown on a bench — Keyboard teardown bench

Player at a tournament setup — Grand final, stage left

CRT television running an old game — CRT night, office back room

Handheld console close-up — Handheld shootout rig

Controllers laid out on a desk — Pad tier-list shoot

Zine pages spread on a table — Issue 14 paste-up

What we run

The regular columns

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The Long Play — reviews

Full retail playthroughs scored out of 10. New review every Thursday, archive free forever.

Free · weekly

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Arena Report — esports

On-the-ground coverage of UK majors and local FGC nights, with bracket breakdowns and player interviews.

Free · event-led

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Boot Sector — retro

Deep dives into pre-2005 classics, emulation guides, and CRT vs. modern display comparisons.

Free · fortnightly

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Teardown — hardware

Controllers, keyboards, handhelds and headsets stripped, benchmarked and rated for value in £.

Free · monthly

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The Zine — print run

A physical 32-page issue, risograph-printed in East London, posted to members every quarter.

from £6 / issue

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Back Room — podcast

A weekly 45-minute recording from the Redchurch Street office. Unedited arguments, guest devs, no ads.

Free · weekly

Reader post

Voices from the mailbag

"Bought a mechanical board off a Teardown recommendation, saved myself £70 versus the hyped one. First site that actually told me what felt bad, not just specs."

Marcus T. — Leeds · March 2024

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Got a story from your local scene, a hardware lead, or a correction? The back room reads everything. We can't print it all, but a real human replies.

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