New Interview
Aaron Hubbard interviewed me for his site, Ask The Writer. I hope you enjoy it.
Mr. Smoozles Goes Nutso – A Top Ten Game
The Independent, a UK national newspaper, has just published a top ten list of free games and they included my game, Mr. Smoozles Goes Nutso, which can be downloaded here. I’m very honoured to be in the list, so huge thanks to Will Coldwell for putting the game in there. (If you don’t know, the …
Writing from my new phone
I got a new phone a couple of days ago and I’m still getting familiar with it. It’s a Galaxy S3 and so much bigger than my previous phones. However, I’m impressed wih how good it is and bow much better it feels than my ipad or my ipod touch. If I need to replace …
A note on creating characters
I’m currently reading The Insider’s Guide to Writing for Television by Julian Friedmann and Christopher Walker. On the whole it’s a very good book and although it has a few small things I didn’t like, the good parts far outweigh the few minor poor parts. I’m in a section on Character Building and the authors …
Denzo Steel
I am writing a new story called Denzo Steel and will be presenting it in comic strip format with episodes every week (all being well). The style is darker and more serious than my normal comic strip work so I hope that people will enjoy it as much, if not more. As ever, feedback will …
20 Things I Learned…
…from 20 years in the games industry. February 1st 2013 marks 20 years in the games industry for me. I joined Revolution Software in 1993 and it’s been a fantastic career so far, thanks initially to everyone at Revolution and, now I’m freelance, to all those clients who have taken on my services. Inspired …
A new image
Here’s an adaptation of a photo in my logo colours.
Happy New Year!
I hope it brings you all the very best you could wish for.
Game writing hangout
This Thursday, 15th Nov, I’m taking part in a Google+ Hangout in which I’ll be talking about writing for games. The Hangout is organised by Heather Taylor of Red on Black Productions and you can hook up in a number of ways. Google+ event page. Facebook page Youtube page If you miss the live event, …
Open Letter to the NHS – Hygiene
Dear NHS, I really love the wonderful things you do and all our lives would be very poor indeed without the on-going care and medical aid you give us. However, I really get annoyed when I see reports in the newspapers about MRSA and lack of hygiene. The reason for my annoyance comes from a …
We Don’t Need No Game Writers
Game writers have been harbouring a secret for years and it’s time to come clean – it’s not important for any game to use an experienced writer, even for a story based game. Now this may seem controversial but it needs to be said. After all, anyone can write, can’t they? Everyone watches films and …
My Game Writing Lab at the London Screenwriters’ Festival
After an overview piece in my last post I thought I’d write something more about the game writing lab I conducted. This was a workshop aimed at LSWF delegates who had an interest in discovering more about the details of game writing. After being invited to speak on the game writing panel at last year’s …
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