Craig Grannell, Author at Stuff

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Location: Nearish to Londonish, UK
Languages spoken: English, British
Contact details: Email: [email protected]
Social media: craiggrannell

About: I’m a regular contributor to Stuff magazine and Stuff.tv, covering apps, games, Apple kit, Android, Lego, retro gaming and other interesting oddities. I also pen opinion pieces when the editor lets me, getting all serious about accessibility and predicting when sentient AI smart cookware will take over the world, in a terrifying mix of Bake Off and Terminator.
Areas of expertise: Mobile apps and games, Macs, iOS and tvOS devices, Android, retro games, crowdfunding, design, how to fight off an enraged smart saucepan with a massive stick.

Articles by Craig Grannell

Tech toys

I need the Lego Game Boy on my shelf, even if you can’t play any games on it

The Lego Game Boy is a near-perfect brick-built replica of Nintendo’s classic handheld console

24 July 2025 / 11:57 BST24 July 2025 / 13:08 BST

Features

The Commodore Amiga turns 40 – here are its 10 best games ever

Speedball Monkey Cannon SWOS Car Lemmings Engine 2! Or something.

23 July 2025 / 10:30 BST24 July 2025 / 10:21 BST

Gaming

Atari’s latest console goes full Pac-Man – there’s even a joystick for each ghost

This isn’t so much a new Atari console as Pac-Man cosplay with a cartridge slot

21 July 2025 / 18:02 BST21 July 2025 / 18:02 BST

Features

My town’s schools just banned smartphones. Here’s why I think that’s a bad idea

Smartphones are the new evil, like video games in the 1980s. But I’d sooner choose education over eradication

19 July 2025 / 11:00 BST21 July 2025 / 10:44 BST

My town’s schools just banned smartphones. Here’s why I think that’s a bad idea

Gaming

The next ZX Spectrum will also be a Commodore 64

The ZX Spectrum Next bows out with its most powerful – and baffling – form yet, becoming every Sinclair computer… and also a C64

19 July 2025 / 08:00 BST18 July 2025 / 21:38 BST

The next ZX Spectrum will also be a Commodore 64

Features

The Neo Geo Super Pocket finally gives me the console I could never afford as a kid

HyperMegaTech’s latest lets you live the Neo Geo dream, without a four-figure bank account meltdown. Which is super. And it fits in your pocket

12 July 2025 / 14:00 BST15 July 2025 / 17:04 BST

News, Gaming

I hope another Sinclair can ignite a gaming revolution with the Pi-powered GamerCard

Featherweight handheld coming from Sir Clive Sinclair’s nephew

12 July 2025 / 06:00 BST12 July 2025 / 07:10 BST

Features

Sony PS One at 25 – we remember Sony’s first portable(ish) console

A PlayStation with an add-on display that’s a mere 5in? Pfft. Then again, who needs 4K when you’ve got Gran Turismo in your lap?

10 July 2025 / 11:54 BST10 July 2025 / 09:31 BST

Features

The 10 best tennis video games ever made to play during Wimbledon

Fancy whacking a ball around without getting off the sofa? Try these tennis video game classics, plucked from the dawn of gaming to the modern day

8 July 2025 / 09:42 BST8 July 2025 / 09:43 BST

The 10 best tennis video games ever made to play during Wimbledon

Features

The best Android games 2025 to play today

Racing games, puzzle games, arcade games, strategy games, platform games, endless runners… they’re all in our full Android games list.

6 July 2025 / 11:00 BST6 July 2025 / 12:10 BST

Features

I’ve used Android 16’s desktop mode – and now I’m frustrated with my iPhone

One device to rule them all? Not quite. But the Android 16 desktop mode almost turns my Pixel 9a into a PC. Whereas my iPhone is still just a smartphone

5 July 2025 / 11:00 BST21 July 2025 / 16:31 BST