Just a quick one, as I’m off to work in a sec. Word count is still rising, battle’s progresing nicely. There’s really not long to go now, glancing over my plot outline. If it wasn’t for the fact I’m probably moving house next month I’d be confident of finishing! Having […]
LucasArts have re-released some of their classic adventures on Steam, The Secret of Monkey Island is making its way to the Xbox and Telltale are making new Monkey Island episodes. (more…)
I have unleashed! So to speak. Just quickie update this, as it’s late, but I simply couldn’t resist blogging about my excitement at finally getting into the climactic action at the end of my novel Evinden. This is where it all coalesces: all the pieces come together in a great, […]
Sofas: Looked at quite a few of them. I still think there needs to be some kind of market-wide price comparison system in place, whereby items of all kinds get fairly compared and priced accordingly. Because, let’s face it, a sofa shouldn’t cost the same amount as a top of […]
Yes, I’m still writing the book. Yes, I passed my second self-imposed deadline a very, very long time ago. What can I say? I’ve been busy! Vegas, Derbyshire and now moving house. Which is gradually moving along – had a couple of viewings today which seemed to go OK, another […]
Our house is now officially For Sale. It’s on the various housing websites, there’s a big bloody great sign out the front and – most telling of all – we’ve had a good old tidy up. We’re in ‘race against time’ mode currently, as we’ve spotted a rather delicious house […]
A recent exchange with Total Film and Channel 4 Film via Twitter once again raised the bitter topic of movie adaptations of computer games. Why have they been, to date, so uniformly terrible? (more…)
Euro elections coming up, which means political stuff is being dropped through our letterbox everyday. We’ve had the Tories (I think that ended up in the bin before I had even seen it), we’ve had Labour, we’ve had the Greens. Today we had the BNP. There’s something inherently unpleasant and […]
iPhone games are big business. The only problem is that most of them are rubbish – with the notable exception of Flight Control. (more…)
Seen quite a few movies over the last couple of weeks, whether on a plane, on holiday in Derbyshire or back here over the Bank Holiday weekend. To sum up – Frost/Nixon – Great little thriller, with Ron Howard pulling the Apollo 13 trick and making a story with a […]
