The Guardian recently ran a rather inciteful piece on gaming, which you can read here. As you peruse the article, you’ll no doubt notice the worrying lack of sensationalism; the clearly misguided lack of panic and fear; the disturbing amount Read more…
Northumberland 2008 We returned on Friday from our week’s holiday to Northumberland, where we had travelled to see castles, walk through gardens and take in some refreshing sea air. As you can see from the photo album above, we certainly Read more…
Time for an update on Evinden, I think. Current word count: 77,905Current page count: 221 Start date for project: 11 April 2001, allegedly. This is the oldest file I have archived on the computer relating to the project – a Read more…
Neil Gaiman wrote an interesting thing in his journal recently: “The worst thing in writing something for someone else, and I’ve found this several times over the years, especially in movies, is where you talk to an editor or an Read more…
Battlestar Galactica is back with season four. Remarkably, it is still extremely good. In fact, it remains quite clearly the best thing on television – at least in as much as I am aware. It’s also the best sci-fi for Read more…
The creative process is a pretty bonkers thing, especially if you’re attempting to work in a group, with everyone bringing disparate and conflicting ideas to the table of what the finished article should be. As part of a film project Read more…
I discovered something on Friday, much to my chagrin. Video, it would seem – yes, even YouTube videos – simply cannot be rushed. We were due to announce the winners of the FXhome VideoWrap competition, the selection process of which Read more…
We just attended our first convention! Or ‘con’ as everybody calls them, which was at first slightly worrying. On Friday we jumped in the car (after completing Leiali’s Integral Cleaning Regime, that is) and headed off for a lovely long Read more…
Guess who this is: Yes, that’s right. It’s me, being a tit! A rather amusing (near) end to the year at work. This week is finally a little bit quieter than the last few, so I’ve had time to do Read more…
I’m not entirely sure how it got to be December – I’m sure it was only October a couple of months ago. It’s been an extremely busy few months for me, with work going utterly nuts due to our Christmas Read more…