I took part in a game writing podcast recorded at this year’s London Screenwriters’ Festival, which has just been released. Although I’m obviously biased, Tim, Tony, Rudolf and myself covered a lot of valuable points. 40 minutes of fun and insight.
Aaron Hubbard interviewed me for his site, Ask The Writer. I hope you enjoy it.
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 …
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 …
…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 …
Here’s an adaptation of a photo in my logo colours.
I hope it brings you all the very best you could wish for.
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, …
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 …
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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Because the London Screenwriters’ Festival is primarily a screenwriting event, we decided to make the game writing lab as inclusive as possible in order to be fair to everyone who wishes to take part. We have therefore modified the submission requirements. Please check it out and note that there are still ten days to submit …
I’ve been asked to run a script lab on game writing at the London Screenwriters’ Festival. I’m really pleased with this opportunity to connect with people who’d like a bit more insight into writing for video games. Although the lab will be of great interest to would-be game writers, you must be signed up as …