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I don’t think there’s a lack of creativity in the games industry – in the UK, or anywhere else. Games like Rhythm Tengoku, Shadow of the Colossus, Dead Rising… oh wait, those are all Japanese… okay, let’s say games like Little Big Planet, Viva Piñata and Black & White still manage to bring interesting new [...]

Heroes Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone Recently I was treated to a livetweeted report from the Edinburgh Interactive Festival by the fragrant Cara Ellison. Among the sessions was one by Ian Livingstone, who as far as I could tell was rehashing the conclusions of the Livingstone-Hope review. In a nutshell, the report claims firstly that [...]

Note: The following three articles were originally collected up as a single massive rant sparked off by various events over the summer, but I wasn’t really happy with the way they transitioned between topics so I’ve split them up into three separate, more focused articles. They cover a family of related issues though, and if [...]

Today I will break up my usual walls of text with videos of my favourite things to come out of E3. I may or may not update the list once I uncover more niche excellence. Dragon’s Crown looks like it could be excellent fun. I doubt it will be as good as Shadows Over Mystara, [...]

After making loads of silly predictions on the DarkZero podcast over the last few weeks, I almost forgot to blog about it. I’d like to keep this brief, so I’ll just skim over some general prediction/wish list/wild speculation stuff. UPDATE: Now that E3 is over, I’ll also go through my points and comment on what [...]

Back at the beginning of March I blew a slightly ridiculous proportion of my annual savings on a pair of transatlantic flights, seven nights in a mid-market hotel, and a ticket to GDC. It was one of the best decisions I have ever made and I will do it again next year or die trying. [...]

On DarkZero podcast #64, we talk a bit about game adverts. My favourites are the old Sega adverts from the early 90′s, and I thought I’d do a quick blog post where I gather some of them up.

I’ve previously mentioned some of my views on gender inequalities in games and gaming culture. I thought I’d come back to the topic today, since there’s been a nice convergence of recent events on the subject – I can fill this article with links and make it look like I’ve got my finger on the [...]

E3 is here again, that beautiful week-long carnival in which games companies spell out the promises that they intend to break over the coming year. I always make predictions to my friends about what will happen at E3, and this year I thought I would put them on record before it all kicks off.