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Thief of Time… 6 Aug 2013 | 01:33 pm
I can’t leave well enough alone. No sooner did I leave games journalism and cancel my podcast than I return to games writing by penning a piece for Rock Paper Shotgun. The article in question, Steali...
Limited Hyperbole… 4 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
Last year, I had an idea. Like most of my ideas it was borne out of frustration and dissatisfaction; it was arrogant and melodramatic and took itself too seriously. Eventually it became Unlimited Hype...
Lenin in the Desert… 15 Jul 2013 | 02:03 pm
I shouldn’t have to remind myself how much I love language. I’ve spent pretty much the first half of my life studying it and all the time since getting paid to wield it. It should be obvious. I lov...
The Next Best… 8 Jun 2013 | 05:16 pm
Last year I collected a list of the good things I had read. I made a folder and bookmarked everything I thought was moving, important, brave or insightful. These are the things that, had I written the...
Unlimited Hypocrisy… 28 May 2013 | 11:23 am
The Games Media Awards are back. Last year’s awards were cloaked in scandal, but they say the event has been overhauled this year. I’ll still frown at it no matter what, but I’ll get to that in a mome...
Unlimited Hyperbole #20 24 Apr 2013 | 11:34 am
Subscribe with iTunes / Subscribe by Email / Other Subscriptions When you’re talking about a theme such as ‘The One That Got Away’ then it’s easy to get stuck thinking on the small scale – cancelled g...
Unlimited Hyperbole #19.5 23 Apr 2013 | 03:48 am
I’ll be frank and brief; Unlimited Hyperbole costs money to run. Normally I’m happy to swallow that cost, but with one more episode left to publish the show has run out of hosting capacity and the cho...
Unlimited Hyperbole #19 17 Apr 2013 | 01:24 pm
Subscribe with iTunes / Subscribe by Email / Other Subscriptions These days, publishers and journalists love to talk about how big a business games are. Just a single big title can bring in millions o...
Unlimited Hyperbole #18 10 Apr 2013 | 01:33 pm
Subscribe with iTunes / Subscribe by Email / Other Subscriptions There’s a temptation when you ask someone about a cancelled game to delve into the details of the idea itself. What was the game like a...
Unlimited Hyperbole #17 3 Apr 2013 | 01:16 pm
Subscribe with iTunes / Subscribe by Email / Other Subscriptions They say there’s more than one way to skin a cat and, likewise, I say there’s more than one way things can get away from people too. Th...
