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I wrote a massive blog post on Friday, but I had second thoughts before posting it. It was about the game we're currently finishing off; both the good side of development as all our ideas click into p...

We've never had any significant contact with Microsoft's Xbox division. Most of our games at Zed Two were primarily aimed at Sony or Nintendo platforms (we had existing relationships with people at bo...

I've not written anything for the blog for a while (apologies to both my dedicated readers), because there's not been much to write about as far as the new project goes. We're coming up to the end of ...

I've been fascinated over the last few weeks by the the discussion surrounding the Live Arcade game Space Giraffe, and its author Jeff Minter's reaction on his blog to its low sales (around 15,000) an...

John and I had the first go on the two player mode of our new game on Friday afternoon. John beat me 3-0. I should have won the first game, but gut flustered just as I was about to win and messed up. ...

It was parents' evening at my eldest daughter's primary school last night. They're never particularly eventful occasions; her teacher will tell us that she's doing fine but she doesn't hold her pen pr...

I did the speech at the Game Republic event in Sheffield a week or so ago, and had a really good evening - meeting a bunch of the Yorkshire lads I don't see that often, and chatting to a few people I'...

I've been asked to give a talk at a Yorkshire video game developers meeting in a week or so, on the subject of 'originality', or 'profiting from originality'. I readily agreed to do this a few months ...

John and I meet up at either his house or my house every Friday, then go to the pub for a few pints to discuss the games and designs we're working on. It's a system that's worked really well for us ov...