About us

Who is behind Glimmerby: an independent UK games journal with no advertising and no paid placements.

01What this is

Glimmerby is a small, independent games journal for readers in the UK. We choose games for the worlds they build, play them properly and write reviews that tell you what a game is like to live in for an evening, then send you to its official home.

02Why photo mode

Many modern games let you pause, move the camera and simply look. That habit shapes how we write: slowly, paying attention to place, light and mood as much as to controls and challenge. The layout of this site borrows from those camera tools.

03Who writes it

A few people who have played, reviewed and argued about games for years, plus friends who test accessibility options and family play for us. Nobody writes about a game they have not played.

04How we pay for it

We do not. There is no advertising, no affiliate offer, no sponsored post and nothing for sale. We host no games, run no accounts and take no payments, so no company has a reason to court us.

05Conflicts of interest

If one of us has a personal or professional link to a game, someone else reviews it and we say so on the page. We accept no gifts in exchange for coverage.

06The artwork

Each illustration is an original piece made for us in the spirit of that game’s world and art direction. None of it is official art, a screenshot or promotional material, and no real people are depicted.

07Written for UK readers

Plain English, British spelling, no pop-ups, no autoplay and no tracking. Prices and age ratings are left to the official sites, which keep them current.

08Spot a mistake?

Tell us at editors@glimmerby.com. We check every report and correct the page.