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.

Are Games Growing Up?

This week Chella tackles a few games that attempt to make a statement, or to comment on recent events. This begs the question, are games growing up to where they can express views and change minds? And are gamers ready for that if they are?

Child of Light Brings A Playable Poem To Gamers

Child of Light is one of the most beautiful adventures ever made, to the point that comparing it to a living poem would not be much of a stretch. It’s also a solid RPG, so dig in!

Fit to Burn – Worst Game Box Art of 2013

Last week Chella celebrated the best game box art of 2013. This week, she tosses some tinder into the fire and gets ready to burn the horrible, the mundane and those boxes that utterly fail artistically.

Atari’s “E.T.” Graveyard Found for ‘The Worst Game Ever Made’

“Urban legend CONFIRMED,” was the tweet from Xbox creator, Larry Hryb, who was present as a 30 year-old job lot of Atari game cartridges were unearthed in the New Mexico desert. Known as the game that killed Atari, “E.T.” was a massive flop. The game was rushed out in just a few weeks to accompany Stephen Spielberg’s mega-hit […]

Fit To Be Framed – The Best Game Box Art Of 2013

Chella takes a look at all the amazing game art of the past year. Not what’s inside the game, but on the cover of the box. A sometimes overlooked area, there are some real winners, suitable for framing.

SWAT Team Surround House After CoD Hoax Call

An armed SWAT team, police helicopters and dogs surrounded the Long Island home of a Call of Duty (CoD) player, Rafael Castillo. A hoax call to the emergency services claimed Castillo had just killed his mother and could go on a rampage According to The New York Post, Castillo was inside his house with headphones on, […]

China Unveils Censorship Rules for Console Games

Violence, drugs and the promotion of cults are just a few of the long list of things China has banned, when it comes to console games. Games in Asia has revealed the contents of a new document, published by the Shanghai Government, which outlines the rules governing console games. The rules follow news that the ban […]