Drop me a line

I love to hear from readers! Please drop a line via email hello @ david.reviews with any comments, concerns, recommendations, or bug reports.

You can also mention me on Mastodon or Bluesky if that's more convenient.

Developers / Publishers

If you'd like me to review your game (whether it's coming soon or already released), please get in touch! Email is best: games @ david.reviews. I'm also on DiscordDiscord as @xavdid.

The deal

I'm always on the hunt for games that my readers and I will enjoy. Unfortunately, I can only cover a fraction of the games I'm contacted about. Declining to review your game isn't a comment on its quality, I just have to be choosy with my time.

The simplest way to get your game in front of me is to send me a review code and your press kit. I'll take a look, try it out, and let you know if it's something I can cover on the site.

Please note: I don't have the bandwidth to write reviews for demos or early-access releases. The best time to reach out is when your 1.0 is on the horizon.

Depending on my bandwidth, it may be a shortish review (like the one I wrote for Dragon Quest XI) or a longer feature (like my Galley House article). I do my best to accommodate any deadlines you have, but I've got a day job. If you need the review published by a certain date, please include that information in your email and I'll see what I can do! And if your other materials don't include it, please mention roughly how long it takes to reach the credits.

Lastly, ❗do not let an LLM write your pitch email.❗ I get a million of them, they all read the same, and they all go right in the trash. A form letter you send all publications is fine, but type the original with your actual fingers and brain. Same goes for your Steam capsule image and marketing site; make them yourself. It shows you care about the players' experience.

Things I like

I gravitate towards platformers, puzzle games (especially if there's a story), action games, tactics / RPGs, and programming games.

I'm pretty open minded though, so don't worry if your game doesn't fit neatly into one of my boxes!

Things I don't like

If your game fits into any of these categories, I'm going to pass, so you can save us both the trouble.

  • horror / jump scare games
  • PVP games
  • games with microtransactions
  • endless games (i.e. I want a final boss or some exit condition).
  • games with AI art or an LLM-generated marketing website. I'm much more interested in a game with "bad" art than one that a model spit out.

Available platforms

I'm able to review games on the following platforms (listed in roughly decreasing order of preference):

  • Steam (on a Steam Machine / Macbook Pro)
  • PS5
  • Xbox Series S
  • Switch

Note that I don't have an Android device, so if your game is Android-only, I am unable to review it.

Authors

I'm a big reader, but I go through books slowly (which doesn't always play nicely with marking schedules). That said, I'm a pretty forgiving book reviewer, so we'll probably get along. Feel free to drop a line at: books @ david.reviews.