Moved by Physics

Posted on | October 19, 2008 | No Comments

“Action and reaction” is one of the few things that I remember from my school physics lessons, but while recently playing a physics-centric game I found it wasn’t just the objects that were reacting to actions, so was I. Forget your interactive-narrative, character-focussed, multiple-storylined experiments; I’m going to tell you why a game about physics moved me more than any professionally penned ‘narrative driven game’.

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Category: Design, Games, Opinion

The Crystal Ball Says I’m Hip

Posted on | September 6, 2008 | No Comments

I was recently lucky enough to hear Tom Savigar , Strategy and Insight Director at The Future Laboratory, give a presentation about future trends. It was one of those eye-opening, learning experiences that I’ll probably quote for a long time to come. Read more

Category: Misc, Random

Welcome to Thunkd

Posted on | August 24, 2008 | No Comments

So I’ve finally decided to join the 21st century and start writing a blog…I thought it was a good time to break out of my bubble and speak to the world. Having experienced the ins-and-outs of game development for a dozen or so years I’ve got a lot of experience (and opinions!) to share.

Looking forward; there are some really exciting games that I’ll be working on, and I’m going to be involved with some amazing and interesting schemes and programmes that should provide plenty of fuel to keep my blog simmering away.

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Category: Misc
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