eurogamer Archives - Simon K Jones

The joy of an empty wilderness in The Witcher 3

Eurogamer published a fascinating behind-the-scenes account of the launch of The Witcher 3 this week, with writer Robert Purchese having been given complete access to the studio for three days. Prime Ministers visited, developers crunched deadlines, and controversy reigned briefly for no good reason over the game’s supposed ‘downgrade’. (more…)

By Simon Jones, 10 yearsAugust 24, 2015 ago

Writing

At the final count: 159,803 words & 471 pages

My claims of “first draft compete!” earlier this week were slightly premature. Since then I’ve done some additional fiddling and formatting and only NOW have a proper first draft. Quite a respectable length, really – about 25,000 words short of Dune. Whether the quality is worth speaking about remains to Read more…

By Simon Jones, 16 years ago

Games

Eurogamer Expo: Left 4 Dead

October 29th saw the Eurogamer Expo set up in town as part of the London Games Festival. Valve were there with Left 4 Dead. (more…)

By Simon Jones, 17 years ago