I’ve been a bit remiss. Because I’ve been trying to post a lot on Twitter, Facebook and other places, I neglected to post anything here. If you don’t already know, I’m involved in a Kickstarter for Kaptain Brawe 2: A Space Travesty. Please check it out if you haven’t already. Please consider pledging or at …
The talks from the LAUNCH Conference a few weeks ago have been posted. My talk starts at about 5:14:00 but there’s a little problem with the sound in places. I hope it doesn’t stop people understanding what I’m saying.
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 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 …
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 …
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 …
…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.
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 …