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.
After Flappy Bird Creator Dong Nguyen removed the game from app stores, he was met with death threats and cynicism. Chella explains why she thinks he should be admired, whilst many doubt his motivations as suspicious.
Chella weighs in on the latest video game controversy, where Microsoft and EA got caught paying gamers for positive reviews, which is bad for everyone involved, especially the industry.
According to lore, 2014 is the year of the horse, but Chella believes that something else will be trotting at full speed this year too: Indie games, developers, and their legion of fans.
Fresh into the New Year and Chella can already see its full potential. If even half of these titles on her list are blockbusters, it may blow last year out of the water.
Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag takes us out to sea with some of the best open world (and ocean) gameplay ever created. It may not be a traditional Assassin’s type title, but it sure is fun.
Chella brings us seven great games that made a splash in 2013, and two things that belly flopped pretty hard. Does her list match your own? We bet there’s at least some overlap. It was a pretty good year.
You may have heard Chella talking about Morphopolis last week as a hidden gem you should play this holiday. Here is her full review on this wonderful little game.
Developers struggling to use videogames to tell a great story today need only look into the past for inspiration, to a little boy meets girl story that broke all the rules, and our hearts.
Sony’s PlayStation 4 sold over a million units on its first day, just in North America. But where does that put it in the history of console launches? Chella crunches the numbers and finds out.
While Beyond: Two Souls has some great narrative elements, an odd mishmash of gaming cliches and questionable choices keep it from becoming another classic like Heavy Rain.
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