Yesterday I gave a talk at the Platform 2011 event in Hull, which went down very well to a full room of people. My talk was about Ideas, Story and Writing for Games, which was a broad topic for a talk lasting just 20 minutes. I originally wrote it to last 25 and only last …
For the first time in quite a while I won’t be attending the annual shindig in Germany. Previously held in Leipzig and then in Cologne last year and this, I always thoroughly enjoyed attending and meeting up with some of the wonderful people I know. So, if you were hoping to catch me for a …
Next week I’m talking at the Games Forum Germany. I was rather surprised when I was invited and, of course, very honoured. I hope I give a talk they’ll be pleased with. I decided to talk about aspects of character, but I didn’t want to go down the route of it being an instructional talk, …
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.)
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 …
I just got back from Leipzig and while I’m waiting for millions of e-mails to download I thought I’d post some thoughts and comments about the show and some of the goings on. Firstly, the main reason I was there in the first place: So Blonde – Nintendo VersionIn a very well-attended press conference, DTP …
Hooray, I’m going again. And posting again. 🙂 I’ll be at the game convention on the Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Last year was so insane with meetings and interviews that I felt I had no time to myself. This year, though, DTP have left me with Friday to myself so that I can see the …
There’s a piece on the Develop website, which covers a keynote speech by Jonathan Blow at the Montreal Game Summit. It’s a perfect example of how a person can be so right and so wrong at the same time. While he’s right that there is a need for deeper, richer games, the way he puts …
Over at the Adventure Europe site, they are once again hosting and online conference where they pull together a number of developers and publishers to answer questions during allocated slots over the three days it takes place. More details can be found here. I’m actually going to be doing two sessions.The first one will cover …
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Well, listen to my weird voice, anyway. 🙂 Although GC in Leipzig was two months ago, the guys over at Adventure-Treff have finally posted a video interview that they conducted with me. I’ve done a lot of e-mail and MSN messenger interviews and with that format I always have a chance to think about my …
Here are some more general photos, but there’s one of me and “Sunny”, too.