I’m always wary of people trying to automate aspects of creativity. It always makes me think that the people involved don’t truly know what creativity is. What I’m thinking of are those who want to somehow automate story creation or voice acting – I think they will end up being further uncanny valley endeavours. This …
I’m still feeling a little tired from the trip and I’ve been back for two days! The years are taking their toll. 🙁 GamesCom was huge! The fact that it was so much larger than last year’s GC in Leipzig shows that it needed to move and is also a source of encouragement that the …
Those Adventure-Treff guys are crazy. (Note the interesting finger at the bottom right.)
The Whispered World is an absolutely gorgeous-looking game from Daedalic Entertainment. I’ve been interested in this game since I first saw screenshots over a year ago, so when they asked me to work on the script editing for the English version I just couldn’t say no. I’ve just been informed that I’m able to talk …
I succumbed to the bug and can now be found on Twitter – @Smoozles God knows what I’ll do with it as I can barely keep this blog going on a regular basis. 🙂 Still, I need to keep up with all the mod, fab and groovy trends…
As GamesCom is just a week and a half away I thought I would post. This year I’m hoping to hook up with quite a few clients and friends, as well as help support and promote games I’ve been involved in. Primarily, there’ll be promotion for the Wii version of So Blonde, for which we …
Gosh, it’s been a month since I last posted anything here. This year seems to be passing by so quickly… A new article, by me, has just been posted over at the Adventure Gamers site. It’s the first in what they hope to be a regular guest column using different people from the game development …
I just got back from the voice recording we did for the Wii version of So Blonde. I was working with DTP (the publisher) and the talented guys at Outsource Media, who organised a great cast again and ran a great series of recording sessions that couldn’t have gone any smoother if we’d wanted. If …
They’re re-making the original Monkey Island game: Video Screens I’ve seen some very mixed comments about the way this looks, but I think it looks pretty good. Not as good as if Bill Tiller had worked on the backgrounds, but very faithful to the original while bringing it a little more up to date. There’s …
It’s now been a month since my mother passed away and I’d like to thank all those who have sent me their kind thoughts and sympathy. Knowing that there were people thinking of me during a very trying time has been extremely helpful and comforting. I feel like I’m returning to the world once more …
My mother has been quite ill for some time and this last week has seen her health take a serious turn for the worse. This culminated in her passing away yesterday morning quite peacefully in her sleep. As you can imagine, things are not so good for me right now and it’s going to take …
I’ve just posted strip 300 of Mr. Smoozles. Many thanks to Stefano for helping out since strip 229; he’s added a lot to the general feel of the strip, particularly on this alien world. I’d also like to thank everyone who visits the site and reads the strip for the support you’ve shown. Without you …