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26 Interview
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No comments on 26 InterviewQuestions and answers for 26, an organisation for writers: What is your day job? I’m CEO and co-founder of Six to Start. We make story-like games and game-like stories, and our most popular game is Zombies, Run!, a running game and audio adventure with over one million sales, co-created with novelist Naomi Alderman. What are…
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Kickstarter Report: November 2014
Here are the eight most recent projects I’ve backed on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1748303376/radiotopia-a-storytelling-revolution/widget/video.html Radiotopia: A Storytelling Revolution Radiotopia is a podcast network by Roman Mars, the guy responsible for one of my favorite shows, 99% Invisible. I’ve met him in person and he is a lovely, generous guy who has made it his life’s work to…
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Pride and High-Definition Prejudice
Here’s the sort of TV I watched in 1995: Red Dwarf, Star Trek: DS9, Star Trek: Voyager, Babylon 5, The X-Files – and Pride and Prejudice. I can’t recall how I was convinced to watch a costume drama based on a book genre that I had never previously shown an iota of interest in, but…
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Capital Ring Walk
Completed sections 12, 13, and most of 14 along the Capital Ring Walk today. While it was very warm and sunny, sunset was 4:30pm so it was impossible to press onward to the Thames and beyond. Clearly a project for next summer. Also, got distracted by the iMac 5K display at the Apple Store in…
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London, Chronological Ethnocentrism, Zero
Some interesting excerpts: London: all that glisters… by David Goodhart: But if London is such a wonderful place to live why do so many people want to get out? One reason for wanting to leave is the scale of churn itself which makes stable communities increasingly rare. According to the UCL publication London 2062 (edited…
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Gamergate is Bullshit
Gamergate is bullshit, and it’s certainly not about ethics in journalism. Threats and harassment against women in gaming is reprehensible for any reason whatsoever, and it’s astonishing that the very people who are pushing the boundaries of what gaming can do and express are the ones being attacked. Now, I had hoped it would go…
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Piracy
When are you allowed to pirate something? These days, I rarely pirate anything at all. I subscribe to Spotify and Amazon Prime, and I pay the BBC TV Licence Fee. I buy all my books, apps, and games from Apple and Amazon; these are all unimaginably affordable compared to just a couple of decades ago,…
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2001 and Master and Commander
Next month, the BFI is releasing a new digital transfer of 2001. I will be there. Quite apart from the fact that even a big TV can’t replicate the ultra-widescreen experience required to properly appreciate 2001, I think that most normal people – myself included – are incapable of paying sufficient attention to the movie…
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Worrying and Thinking
Over the past few years, I’ve been worrying over a knot of problems that seem to defy any straightforward answers, including: How can we use Google, Facebook, and Amazon’s services when we know they’re putting people out of work, centralising information, and often acting against our interest? There are no more jobs for life, so…
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The Podcasting Software We Deserve
As summer draws to a close and the evening appears ever nearer, a young man’s fancy naturally turns to the production and distribution of podcasts. I listen to several podcasts and I co-host The Cultures podcast with Naomi Alderman and Andrea Phillips. As such, I feel I have the bare minimum amount of experience required…
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