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Can't we all just get along?
23 Dec 2013
23 Dec 2013
This is going a bit off-topic for this blog, perhaps, but I want to talk about something that has been on my mind and that is the current popularity of ‘hate culture’; all the people who think its OK to be deliberately offensive. I think this sort of behaviour is unacceptable,...
Video Scrapbook
19 Dec 2013
19 Dec 2013
I’ve been looking recently at new ways to promote my photography online and, as an experiment, have created a ‘video scrapbook’ of some of my best work…
Photography Update
01 Dec 2013
01 Dec 2013
XCOM: Enemy Unknown & Enemy Within
28 Nov 2013
28 Nov 2013
Last year saw the release of XCOM: Enemy Unknown, a sequel to a popular gaming franchise from the creators of Civilisation. I didn’t expect to become a fan of this game, but (as with Civilisation) I ended up getting sucked in. This month sees the release of the game’s expansion: Enemy...
Video Games as a Storytelling Medium
04 Nov 2013
04 Nov 2013
I wanted to take a break from my usual ranting to talk about something quite close to my heart. As part of the argument that games are (or at least can be) art, I’d like to look at something that I find particularly interesting: storytelling. In particular, I want to try...
Rewarding Bad Behaviour
01 Nov 2013
01 Nov 2013
I like achievements. Achievements are a good way to add some challenge, variety and replayability to a game, as well as to make the player feel rewarded, encourage them to improve their skills and give them a sense of progress. So why do some games give you achievements for playing them...
Fix your Audio Settings!
22 Oct 2013
22 Oct 2013
This is a rant about something that has been getting on my nerves a lot recently; the fact that that developers (and not just indies, but big ‘triple-A’ studios too) seem to be happy to release a game without seemingly any effort going into the game’s sound design and/or without proper...
Photography Feature: In the Night
28 Sep 2013
28 Sep 2013
One of the reasons that I love photography is that I am fascinated with light. I love to take pictures of interesting lighting effects, of shadows and reflections. I also love to capture things from unusual angles or perspectives and look at tricks and illusions that can be created, occasionally with...