Games
Abusing your authority: Mass Effect 2
Mass Effect 2 has a sub-plot so heinous, so wrong, that it very nearly derails the entire game. It wonโt seem that way to everybody, though. (more…)
Filmmaking
That’s quite enough politics, thank you
Gosh, it’s been a noisy few months. First there was the Digital Economy Bill debacle, swiftly followed by the Digital Economy Act debacle, then the General Election reared its ugly head, with the Paul Chambers Absurdity coming in at the end. All jolly exciting and extremely useful for boosting up […]
Politics
Paul Chambers, Twitter and justice
I became aware of a man called Paul Chambers today. As best I can tell, Paul is an entirely normal sort of chap. A bit like me, a bit like you. He has an active online presence, including regular updates to Twitter. In January of this year, after heavy snowfall […]
Politics
Hit and run voters?
You remember that awful moment during the Digital Economy Bill debacle, when after a few hours of rushed debate in the Commons in which only a handful of MPs showed any kind of understanding of the topics (hello, Tom Watson) the vote was finally called and suddenly around 200 MPs […]
Games
Heavy Rain review
OK, I admit it: I did cheat slightly. I rewound the story and repeated a scene to get a ‘better’ outcome. And I feel guilty about it. (more…)
Reading
Comics you might enjoy
Although I’m by no means an authority on comics (in fact, quite the opposite) I have been reading them for many, many years now and have uncovered quite a few gems. A friend recently mentioned that he’d like to read more comics, so I thought this was a good opportunity […]
Writing
70,743 – heading towards a confrontation
I’m moving swiftly towards the finale of my second novel, Of Rock And Earth. It’s considerably shorter than Evinden, but that’s by design – plus the current word count is a little deceptive as the first third of the book needs some serious bulking up once I start editing. Halfway […]
Filmmaking
Back to normal
Two weekends have passed without any kind of 48 hour challenge involved, which is an immense relief. Although it was good fun and hugely rewarding, I certainly wouldn’t want to do more than one a year – and next time I don’t intend to shoot and edit, which meant that […]
Filmmaking
48-hour film challenge: how it happened
The Orphan Factory Here’s the finished film: Monday, 4.20pm I have absolutely no idea what day it is or what the time is, despite the title I wrote just above. My body clock is backwards, upside down and inside out. That’s because we just made a short film in under […]
Filmmaking
Sci-Fi London 48-hour Film Challenge incoming
We’re doing a 48-hour film challenge this weekend. That means at about midday Saturday we receive a title, a prop and I believe a line of dialogue, and we then have to run with that any turn it into a proper short film between 3 and 5 minutes in length […]