Say hello to the first free edition of The Peel Perspective, a solo newsletter dedicated to covering games outside the hype cycle. Think retrospectives on forgotten classics and inspired game mechanics, drawing on my years of writing for Edge and PC Gamer.

Today's Peel Perspective for subscribers is about the way roguelikes tackle legacy, and the idea of living on in others. Sign up for a fiver a month and get top-tier games writing straight to your inbox.

RT @jeremy_peel: Read the latest Peel Perspective article for free - an explainer on why rushed spin-off Fallout: New Vegas still looms so….

Read the latest Peel Perspective article for free - an explainer on why rushed spin-off Fallout: New Vegas still looms so large in the public imagination (and that of the TV adaptation's showrunners).

Are you a game dev who, when faced with the prospect of making layoffs, found another way forward for their studio instead? If so, I'd love to speak to you for We're working on an article with the title, 'You don't always have to make people redundant'.

". too far from the pack. But it also contributes to a sense of really being together. When a friend saunters behind a rock, and their voice muffles slightly as if shouting back from the next room, you’re no longer in a phone call but occupying the same physical space.".

Image text, since Twitter's refusing to do it properly today: "Peak works via proximity chat, which means you can only hear those in your vicinity. That might sound like an inconvenience - and can certainly interrupt musings about telly and work projects when somebody strays. ".

New Peel Perspective post just dropped for subscribers! It's about social climbing, after a fashion.

Twitter crashing every time I try to add alt text to an image. Real good website they've got going on here.

An exclusive for you: the former director of DayZ worked alongside the current director of Clockwork Revolution on a Wasteland-universe survival game at InXile. "There was a robotic sperm whale off the coast, and it was called Roby Dick."

Have RPGs been handling XP all wrong? Well: RPGs that aren't made by @spiderwebsoft?

It's a pleasure to work with mock review clients like.@devolverdigital and receive testimonials as, er, complimentary as this. If you have a game in development that needs an outside eye, get in touch and I can talk you through the process!

RT @ongamesjournal: #Wolfenstein can tell us a lot about the growing pains of the games industry - @jeremy_peel ON Wolfenstein. Read the f….

The new paid article for Peel Perspective subscribers, 'When war comes to your city', is about the anti-conflict gut punch of This War of Mine.

Wanna support independent games media? Then read the new free edition of The Peel Perspective, and don't listen to anyone who says 'pop a grenade in their hatch' is a euphemism. Seriously? Come on. Disgusting.

For Peel Perspective subscribers, I wrote about the dangerous majesty of @failbettergames' Sunless Skies.

I spent a couple of months putting this feature together, with exclusive interviews from MachineGames and other Wolfenstein veterans. I like to think a reader would come out of it understanding the games industry a little better.

RT @andrewphind: Before there was 3D, there was Wolfenstein. @jeremy_peel dives deep into the history of videogame….

RT @ongamesjournal: Sony's classic grey box is known as the console that changed everything, but what did it feel like to yearn for a PS1 a….

Developers! I've got a couple of slots open in my mock review schedule. If you:. 🎮 Have a game in production that needs an outside eye.🚀 Are approaching launch and need to know what to expect from the press. Get in touch. I come highly recommended. Retweets appreciated!

Foil-DRENCHED. If you’ve ever appreciatively run your finger down a magazine’s spine, or given its pages a little experimental sniff, then ON is for you. And I’m delighted to have my words in this volume.