Play It Ourselves
We log 12–20 hours minimum on original hardware or live servers before writing. No press-kit paraphrasing — every claim is one we earned on the sticks.
Two-Player Co-op Between Arcades & Raid Nights
A Shoreditch gaming blog scooping fresh arcade retrospectives, MMO raid strategy, and indie deep-dives every week. No hype, no filler — just tested guides and honest scoops.
Call us: +44 20 7739 6821 · Shoreditch, London
A note from the founder
We Started This Between Rounds of Pac-Man
In 2018 I was queuing for a cabinet at a Rivington Street barcade when a stranger handed me a scribbled route for a boss I'd been stuck on for weeks. That note fixed my run in one evening — and it made me realise the best gaming knowledge still travels by word of mouth. ArcadeRaidMasters.live is my attempt to write those notes down for everyone.
Everything we publish is played first, on real hardware and live servers, before a single word goes up. If a guide has not survived our own bad reflexes and worse internet, it is not ready. That is the whole promise.
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Naomi Blackwood
Founder & Editor-in-Chief
How we cover a game
Four Scoops, Every Story
Map the Route
Every raid and speedrun guide ships with a step-by-step route, timing windows, and the three mistakes that wipe most groups. Diagrams included, jargon explained.
Score It Honestly
Our reviews weigh feel, value, and staying power — never marketing beats. If a £59.99 launch is a mess, we say so, and we tell you when to wait for a patch.
Publish & Keep Updating
Guides go live every Tuesday and Friday, then get revised whenever a balance patch lands. Our archive is a living thing, not a graveyard of stale walkthroughs.
The crew
Four Players, One High Score
Naomi Blackwood
Founder & Editor
Arcade historian and CRT hoarder. Writes our retro retrospectives and settles every high-score dispute.
Deshawn Ellery
Raid Lead
Ran a top-100 world-first guild. Breaks down MMO encounters into routes anyone can actually follow.
Priya Nandakumar
Indie Editor
Champions the small studios. If a two-person team made something strange and wonderful, she has already played it twice.
Marco Vitale
Video & Capture
Films our boss breakdowns frame by frame. Owns more capture cards than sensible shoes.
On the record
Readers, Live From the Comments
Watch: our Elden Ring DLC verdict
★★★★★
"Their Diablo IV season route got my clan clearing the tier boss in a single night. The timing callouts were spot on — nothing else online came close."
★★★★★
"I trust their scores because they warned me off a £60 launch that everyone else was hyping. Two patches later they updated the review and I bought it. That's rare."
★★★★★
"The retro deep-dives feel like sitting next to someone who was actually there in the arcades. I've rediscovered a dozen forgotten cabinets thanks to them."
Get in touch
Pitch Us, Query Us, Correct Us
Phone
+44 20 7739 6821Studio
64A Rivington Street, Shoreditch, London EC2A 3AY
Open desk hours
Mon–Fri, 10:00–18:00 GMT · Reader mail answered within two days