CD Projekt & Piracy

This one's probably a bit more business-y than usual, first posted as it was over at GAMESbrief . CD Projekt's been in the news of l...

A New Survey on Information Management

I'd like to interrupt the usual programming here to ask you a favor. The startup I'm working on will ship its first product in 2012....

Reducing your electricity bills

I have been monitoring my electricity consumptions for a number of years on the basis that, in order to reduce it, i need to understand it f...

Mending a Dualit toaster

Some while ago we got a 4 slot Dualit toaster. They look great with their 1950's Italian styling but actually are made in East London. T...

Christmas Looms, Work Pervades, Sega Game is Awesome

Things have been slow around here (the blog, not the studio) over the last couple of months, and that's something I hope to correct in t...

Stories in Ulikely Places: SWAT 4

Why is SWAT 4 the singleplayer game I've replayed more than any other (ie three times)? Why does it still give me the warm sense that so...

Lessons From the Failure of Flash: Greed Kills

Adobe's decision to stop development of mobile Flash has deservedly gotten a lot of attention online.  It's a sad story for Adobe an...

Battlefield 3: Worth Writing Home About?

Was it always this hard? Were there always so many hiding places? Did it always take so long to go prone and take aim? I don't know the ...

Interview: Splash Damage's Ed Stern on Multiplayer Narrative, Baeckeoffe, and Living a Real GameDev Story

For the last 8 years Ed Stern has belonged to Splash Damage, the London-based developer that started out producing maps for 2001's Retur...

Driver: San Francisco - Post Mortem & Script Samples

So it's 18 months since I completed work, a month since release (to console, at any rate), and 48 hours since I finally got my hands on ...

Amazon vs. Apple? No, it's Amazon and Apple vs. Everyone Else

To me, there's something magnificent about a well-executed product strategy.  Features and price and marketing all come together to deli...

Ride the Wild Rumpus!

New London indie party game night, Wild Rumpus , is just what we need. Gaming isn't cool. I'm as surprised as you are. Even the name...

Some Arty Stuff From My Girlfriend

I have two tags for when I'm doing some shameless plugging - one I use for when I'm plugging my stuff, and another for everything el...

6watt LED GU10 bulb

If you have seen my other blogs regarding GU10 & MR16 bulbs , you will know that I now favour LED replacements where possible. It's ...

Interview: Jenova Chen on Bondai-gate, Cultural Boundaries & Journey

Jenova Chen first came to public attention with Cloud - a free download in 2005 following a soaring child interacting with a the clouds in ...

Mending a pair of M-AUDIO BX5a monitors

One of my sons friends asked me if I could take a look at his speakers which had stopped working. he and my son had been mixing some songs u...