A man called Alessio Rastani trended all over the internet in the last 48 hours due to a remarkable interview he gave on the BBC. You can read all about it here. What he talked about isn’t particularly startling – it’s what any slightly cynical or rational person will have […]
‘Let me be clear’, the current political phrase-du-jour, was used by David Cameron three times today in his riot speech. Including derivations it was used eleven times. I’m beginning to suspect that there’s a correlation here, with clarity gradually dropping as the number of ‘let me be clear’s increases. There […]
I was rather a big fan of The Witcher. The sequel is also a flawed masterpiece, although perhaps with more emphasis on ‘masterpiece’ this time around. (more…)
LA Noire is coming out on PC sometime soon, which means that PC devs will have the opportunity to experience the terror of being a generation behind the curve. (more…)
A few months back I wrote this for the Writers & Artists short story competition. It didn’t get anywhere, which means I can now put it online for general perusal. It’s called The Reaper Meter and is an idea I’ve had floating around for ages, concerning a scientist attempting to […]
Above is a quick test I made using HitFilm, FXhome’s new super-amazing-does-everything video software. I may be biased. I made a little tutorial to go with that video: The lovely thing about making tutorials for HitFilm is how responsive it is – you don’t need to do any massaging of […]
The last week was an interesting one. For the last 3 years-or-so I’ve been working at FXhome on a brand new video product called HitFilm. For most of those 3 years it was entirely under wraps, which meant I spent an awful lot of time promising our video fans that […]
This is a long, rambling post, in which I’m basically working out some ideas as I go. If you’re going to inflict it upon yourself, I suggest having access to a cup of tea and a comfy chair. Update: This article from today’s Independent basically backs up everything I wrote […]
20.49 Wednesday Ok, I lied – one more blog update. It’s worth it, though, because it’s in order to show you the finished film: I’ll be blogging in new blog posts from now on. 😉 20.55 Tuesday This final blog update comes to you from outside the 48 hour period […]
In narrative games, what comes first? The story, or the game? (more…)
