Hi! I'm Sara Elsam.

Eurogamer.net • 17/05/2021

Reap your reward: cursed games illuminate the ghosts of our past

PALE LUNA SMILES WIDE.

Retro Gamer Magazine • 12/04/2021

The making of Clock Tower: "The most important thing for me was the stillness"

Survival horror has been a mainstay of gaming for decades now; horror and hiding in cupboards go hand-in-hand it seems.

Wyrd Science • 04/02/2021

Phantoms of Oppression

From cursed vampires to systemic racism, Sara Elsam speaks to Banana Chan about the forces at work in Jiangshi: Blood in the Banquet Hall.

Senet Magazine • 04/02/2021

Lord of Creation

An extensive, exclusive interview with Martin Wallace, designer of Brass, Age of Steam and Wildlands, featuring insights into his upcoming games Rocketmen and Bloodstones.

Tabletop Gaming • 04/02/2021

I want more girls with guns, helmets and appropriate footwear in tabletop miniatures, and I want them now

Sara Elsam asks, where are all the Ogre ladies?

Gaming Bible • 24/11/2020

How Dark Souls, ‘Bloodborne’ And ‘Paradise Killer’ Have Reshaped Cosmic Horror In Games

Tentacular times.

Tabletop Gaming • 15/10/2020

Monopolists and Marxists: A tale of Two Political Games

Monopoly went from criticising capitalism to embodying it. Meet its forgotten socialist sibling, Class Struggle

The Final Girls • 13/10/2020

Prevenging the Patriarchy: A wild, savage look at expectations of motherhood —

Note: this contains spoilers for Prevenge

GamesIndustry.biz • 22/09/2020

Trans games professionals explore Tell Me Why's landmark depiction of trans identity

"It's very clear to map the role games play in poor media representations of trans people. If there was ever a time to step up and make real waves for positive change, this is it"

Gaming Bible • 10/07/2020

The Grit And Gore Of 'KOTOR' Shows How Star Wars Games Should Be Made

Sith way, padawan.

Dicebreaker • 27/03/2020

“It was the beginning of a gaming revolution”: Games Workshop co-founder Ian Livingstone talks fantasy, bringing D&D to the UK and the birth of Warhammer

The way is full of peril.

Dicebreaker • 13/03/2020

Eberron - Rising From the Last War lead designer takes us on a magic-powered airship ride through divided lands and the remnants of war

Full steam ahead.

Tabletop Gaming • 29/12/2019

Hello Darkness: horror in Dungeons & Dragons

Chris Perkins reveals the horrors beneath the Curse of Strahd campaign.

Tabletop Gaming • 29/12/2019

Deep Dark: an exploration of gaming dungeons

What makes a dungeon worth delving?

Tabletop Gaming • 29/12/2019

Running From Ghosts

I spoke to Betrayal at House on the Hill creator Bruce Glassco and co-designer Rob Daviau about the mechanics of a haunting.

VG247 • 27/01/2020

Now Cyberpunk 2077 has been delayed, you have plenty of time to play the original Cyberpunk tabletop RPG

The future is bad.

06/08/2019

Book to Board: the Origins of Tabletop Storytelling

Choose Your Own Adventure and Fighting Fantasy helped give rise to games where every decision counts – and every player can experience a different story. Your adventure awaits!

VG247 • 24/07/2019

Ancient Aliens and rebirth: the most psychedelic Doom mods

Time’s a flat circle, man.

Rock Paper Shotgun • 01/07/2019

What Call Of Cthulhu and The Sinking City could learn from this interactive fiction classic

Tentacles at dawn.

Eurogamer.net • 11/02/2019

The haunted origins of Pokemon

Gastly tales of the onixpected.