Hitman: Absolution: In Support Of

 I played Hitman: Absolution this week. Like everyone else I was disappointed by the radical departure from the original gameplay format, bu...

The Windows 8 Muddle

This isn't shaping up to be the transcendent week that Microsoft wanted it to be.  The Windows 8 announcement isn't a failure by any...

Ir/rational Investigator Heads to IGF 2013

This is, of course, no guarantee that it will actually arrive there. All the same, 3am this morning marked the deadline for this year's ...

Interview: Blendo Games on Quadrilateral Cowboy

Brendon Chung of Blendo Games  has been responsible for some of the smartest, most varied and distinct indie games of the last few years, in...

"Social" as a Business Tool, and Richard Windsor Unchained

I'd like to call your attention to two new information resources on the web. "Social" as a business tool.   First, my friend a...

Guest Post: Speech v Silence - Why Less is More

Hi there. I�m Will Swarbrick. I used to write stuff for  Gamer's Guide to Life , SystemLink , and a few bits and pieces that are foreve...

LED Light bulbs

I have seperately blogged my experiences with LED replacements for halogen bulbs, where their size, low heat and beam characteristics work w...

The Unanswered Question About Apple Maps

I agree with almost everyone else that Tim Cook was right to quickly apologize for the problems with Apple Maps.  If you're in the US, y...

From Inside the PAX10 - Part 2/2

This is the second half of my post-PAX report. You can find the first half here . Saturday - PAX Day 2 Saturday is the big day. That's t...

Judging Apple: It's Really (Still) About Steve

It's been interesting to watch the passionate reactions flow back and forth about Apple's iPhone 5 announcement.  Most of them fall ...

New Release - FTL: Faster Than Light

As of today (and until 21st September) you can buy FTL direct from the developer for the low, low price of about �6.50. I strongly urge you...

From Inside the PAX10 - Part 1/2

A bouncer outside a sitting-room-only Seattle cocktail bar tells me politely that he's going to tell me what he thinks of my country. He...

Project Announcement: Ir/rational Investigator

This is probably the biggest day in my career to date. It's certainly the most exciting. Today I'm announcing (and bringing to Steam...

Appearance: PAX Prime 2012

So PAX is disconcertingly lurking just around the corner. I say disconcertingly because I was still writing the script for The Swapper PAX1...

The Seductive Foolishness of a Facebook Phone

The rumors about Facebook making a smartphone have died down -- for the moment.  Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said last month that it wouldn...

Stories in Unlikely Places: Conker's Bad Fur Day

Things change fast around here. One minute we're making platformers about plumbers, the next we're doing high resolution first-perso...

I'm on the Unlimited Hyperbole Podcast

This week another brave soul has sat me down for an hour and grilled me - this time it was Joe Martin 's turn. The topic of this season...

Project Announcement: PAX10 Nominee, The Swapper

This is one of my favourite parts - getting to talk about something new. When that something new is already winning awards and is looking in...

Kef Cresta speaker renovation

Left had example is 1968 ( one of a pair). Right hand example is 1970 model ( one of pair) I recently managed to acquire two pairs of vintag...