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Tag: Writing

I did my first article for PC Gamer!

My preview feature on Night Call is in issue 322 – and I’m very excited to see my words in print.

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Games writing: when a hobby becomes work

Writing about games for a living? Sounds amazing, right? Well, like everything, it’s best done in moderation.

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I met the people who study the Thargoids in Elite: Dangerous

The Thargoids popped up recently in Elite: Dangerous, and I talked to a group that’s working out what they want and where they came from. It involves everything from barnacles to genocide, with a bit of torture thrown in for good measure.

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Video game writers wanted!

Things are getting busy here on A Most Agreeable Pastime. We’ve got a cupboard stuffed full of brilliant writers, but … More

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Every Star Wars Game Ever, or: How I Ended Up Writing A Never-Ending Article

Here was the pitch I made for the Star Wars article I just wrote for Kotaku UK: Every Star Wars … More

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Unlikely Games for 2016

One morning just before Christmas I was in full-on pre-Xmas deadline panic. I had a seemingly never-ending article due in … More

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Writing about Record of Lodoss War

Another of my articles for Kotaku UK went up over the weekend – The Dungeons and Dragons Session that Became … More

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I Love The Smell of Narrative In The Morning

I’m not a big fan of first person shooters set in real-world conflicts. I played through the first Modern Warfare … More

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