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Samuel Horti

Business Editor at Business Insider. Previously a freelance video games/tech/political journalist (this site is for my freelance work). Scroll through my home page for writing examples organised by type, or click on the headings below.

Business Insider • 24th July 2020

Current and former staff at gaming giant Ubisoft make new allegations of sexual harassment and HR failures, warning senior staff exits won't alter 'deep-rooted, toxic' culture | Business Insider

More than a dozen current and former employees told Business Insider that misogyny was deep-rooted at the firm, which has 18,000 staff and offices around the world...

Samuel Horti

Samuel Horti

Current and former staff at gaming giant Ubisoft make new allegations of sexual harassment and HR failures, warning senior staff exits won't alter 'deep-rooted, toxic' culture | Business Insider

What Anno 1800 gets wrong, and right, about colonialism and the Industrial Revolution | PC Gamer

Telling Lies Review | IGN

The Coronation of Meghna Jayanth | EGM

Experts warned Cameron's government the Lansley reforms would hobble Britain's epidemic response | New Statesman

Inkle: The 80 Days developer on burnout and reinvention | Edge

EXCLUSIVE: Ubisoft fires exec Tommy Francois after he was accused of sexual harassment | Business Insider

How one phone call saved a tiny new studio and gave the world System Shock 2 | PC Gamer

What comic books can teach us about war, guilt and trauma | Huck Magazine

Why 'Mass Effect 2' Was the Series' Pinnacle, and What to Learn from It | VICE/Waypoint

Why 200,000 tests is a meaningless political goal | New Statesman

How coronavirus turned medical research into a free-for-all | New Statesman

The Creator of 'PUBG' on Where Battle Royale Started and Where It's Going | VICE/Waypoint

Why the much-discussed “R” is not the magic number

The comforting economic delusions of Animal Crossing, quarantine’s most popular game | New Statesman

Why game developers are giving up on guns | New Statesman

Pauline Jacquey’s World Tour: The unlikely journey of Ubisoft’s punk nomad fixer | EGM

More feature examples

Mark Healey’s Wildest Dreams | EGM

Splinter Cell Conviction is Still The Least-Subtle Stealth Game Ever | Kotaku UK

Rockstar’s Bully 2 ‘fizzled out’ after ’18 months of development’ | VGC

Beating the Bully | Eurogamer

BioShock revisited: unpicking the complex, messy legacy of 2K's knockout franchise | TechRadar

The Cowboy Cooking Channel will keep your mind off the news | New Statesman

The government’s "game changer" antibody tests are inaccurate. What next? | New Statesman

Every Bar In Red Dead Redemption 2, Reviewed | Kotaku

How sharks and camels could be the keys to curing brain diseases | TechRadar

Alex Hutchinson’s Pioneer Spirit | EGM

Vaulting ambition: Fallout 3 and the making of an RPG classic | TechRadar

How a Compromised RPG Prepared Larian Studios to Take On 'Baldur's Gate 3' | VICE

How a Thai restaurant and a joke about the milkman inspired Psychonauts' best level | PC Gamer

Clear 100 hours in your calendar, ‘cos CRPGs are here to stay | Rock, Paper, Shotgun

10 years on, here’s how Dead Space went from horror to action horror in three games | Rock, Paper, Shotgun

Four developers of scary games explain how to make scary games very scary indeed | Rock, Paper, Shotgun

More review examples

Stormland review | PC Gamer

HyperX Cloud Alpha S review | PC Gamer

Plants vs Zombies: Battle for Neighborville Review | IGN

Streets of Rogue review | PC Gamer

Mordhau Review | IGN

Razer Deathadder V2 review | PC Gamer

The Occupation review | PC Gamer

Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice review: “Genius combat and a world that begs to be explored” | GamesRadar

Splitgate: Arena Warfare Review | IGN

Heaven’s Vault review: "A stunning setting, but the story fails to find its voice" | GamesRadar

Razer Viper Ultimate wireless gaming mouse review | PC Gamer

Darksiders 3 review | PC Gamer

Tech writing

Nubia Red Magic 5G review | TechRadar

Honor Band 5 Sport review | TechRadar

Amazfit GTR review | TechRadar

Living DNA review

How long until we bring woolly mammoths back from extinction? | TechRadar

How sharks and camels could be the keys to curing brain diseases | TechRadar

Google is building a smart city in Toronto – here’s what you need to know | TechRadar

Eye tracking for gamers: seeing is believing | TechRadar

Additional writing examples

Could your smartphone detect early signs of coronavirus infection? | New Statesman

Birmingham regeneration sparks LGBT row | Property Week (Create free account to read)

The 50 best Android games to download right now | GamesRadar

UK deep coal mine dispute raises questions about councils' climate emergency response | Property Week (Register for free account)

Child of Light: Creators look back on Ubisoft’s surprising RPG | VGC

Do video games have a social responsibility? | The Times / Raconteur

Darksiders 3 review | PC Gamer

As Game Budgets Balloon, Indie Devs Learn to Work Smarter | EGM

Everybody's Gone: Dan Pinchbeck on Rebuilding The Chinese Room | EGM

Rampant racism and toxicity are driving players away from Mordhau | PC Gamer

HyperX Pulsefire Dart review | PC Gamer

Pathway review | PC Gamer

Kingdom Come: Deliverance's Latest DLC is Too Evil to Enjoy | Kotaku UK

Should kids be taught using Minecraft? | Rock, Paper, Shotgun

After 15 years, Max Payne 2's ridiculous physics still make it a must-play | PC Gamer

Pokemon Sword and Shield preview: Instantly familiar battling with a few very British twists | GamesRadar

Wot I Think – Ark: Extinction | Rock, Paper, Shotgun

Razer Basilisk X Hyperspeed review | PC Gamer

30 little touches in The Witcher 3 that show its amazing attention to detail | PC Gamer

Encased is a promising, Fallout 2-inspired RPG entirely set inside a mysterious dome | PC Gamer