is an open-world superhero action game, released in 2009 which has striking similarities to the game Infamous. As part of my commitment to being a cheap gamer, I recentely picked it up second hand, and have just finished the story mode (aside from the comprehensive list of side missions, but I can never bring myself…
read moreTiny Tower is the hit iPhone game which allows players to build and manage a towerblock and its residents (or 'bitizens'!). Despite being free, Tiny Tower is continually in the top-grossing apps list due to it's effective use of free-to-play mechanics. I spoke to Ian Marsh, one half of
read moreThis year is the tenth anniversary of Quake Matrix. Quake Matrix was a mod for the original Quake, based on the film The Matrix, in which I contributed to the level creation. Starting as a small project among school friends, we went on to have considerable success, featuring on the popular (at the time) PlanetQuake…
read moreI’ve just got back from a few days in Hohenheim, at the multi.player conference, and wanted to share my experiences. The conference was on “The social aspects of digital gaming”, and was a fantastic chance to meet people working in a similar field to myself. The talk Pejman and I gave, on measuring social interaction…
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