Author: Chella Ramanan

Chella hails from the UK and joined Gameindustry.com around the year 2000. It was so many moons ago, she can't quite remember. Back then, the only women you saw in the games industry were in bikinis and vertiginous heels at trade shows - oh how times have changed, kind of. Chella started as a humble reviewer, but soon became our European Correspondent and keeps us on top of industry happenings across the Pond. She tends to like the weird Japanese games we've never heard of, so that's good for making us look all-encompassing and stuff. Chella does like games, so don't be fooled by the copious amount of columns devoted to bemoaning the lack of variety in the industry. When she's not surfing (the sea, not the internet) or camping up mountains, Chella likes a good action RPG (especially if it's sci-fi), anything with a good narrative and like we said, the weirder the better. She's also a regular in the GiN Lounge, but that's just because we like her accent.

Investigating Her Story With FMV And CRTs

Her Story is a deep and twisting mystery told in a series of full-motion video clips where players take the role of an investigator using an old-style police interview database. There is even a shine on the simulated CRT monitor. Created by master developer Sam Barlow, could Her Story help to revive FMV? Let’s Play Her Story and see if Chella can sleuth out enough clues to make the bust.

A Tribute to Satoru Iwata

The gaming community was dealt a bitter blow this week, when Nintendo announced the death of its president and CEO, Satoru Iwata. Chella looks back at the career of the man who just wanted games to be fun for everyone.

Books we’d like to see as games Part 2

Arguing the Toss with Chella this week, is John Breeden, with part 2 of books that would make great games. This episode involves serial killers, rafts and orcs.

Female Game Characters Shine at E3 2015

2014 was the year that Ubisoft told us female characters are too hard to animate and E3 was overwhelmed with stubbly white guy syndrome. Fortunately, 2015 saw a shift in attitudes, as E3 2015 let female protagonists take centre stage.

Life is Strange Episode 3 Final Let’s Play

Chella lets Life is Strange Episode 3: Chaos Theory come to a thrilling conclusion in the final part of her LiS Let’s Play Episode 3 series. Who will live? Who will die? Who will make it to Episode 4?

Books we’d like to see as games

This episode of Argue the Toss takes James and Chella into the library. There they find our editor, John Breeden and discuss books they’d like to see as games.

Life is Strange Full Episode 3 Review

Still reeling from the events in Episode 2, I was keen to see what would happen next. This chapter was a return to form for the series. Max and Chloe’s relationship was central, with lots of intimate dialogue scenes. But nothing can prepare players for the shock ending.