My first day as a Paparazzi
Saturday, March 20th, 2010 Posted in Career | No Comments »I learned many things from last night’s Game BAFTAs: Shigeru Miyamoto is really short; Michelle Ryan is even hotter in real life; my colleague’s voice goes almost ultrasonic when meeting his favourite celebrities; and the paparazzi know absolutely nothing about ...
What I need to do in 2010
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010 Posted in Career, Misc | 2 Comments »I know New Year's is almost a month ago, but I wasn't about to start 2010 with some random post or another copy-and-paste feature for my portfolio (although I have just scheduled one of the latter for tomorrow evening). 2009 was ...
Hold The Front Page…
Friday, December 11th, 2009 Posted in Career | 4 Comments »…because I’m on it. Since joining MCV almost exactly one year ago, I have had a few of box outs and secondary stories on the front cover (I can think of three of the top of my head), but this week ...
Rolling out the red carpet
Tuesday, November 10th, 2009 Posted in Career, Comment | 1 Comment »As constant Twitter posts, forum comments and the multitude of headlines have reminded me, Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is finally here. And while the majority of gamers have been focused on the midnight launches at over 2,000 stores ...
Still Alive. Ish.
Thursday, April 23rd, 2009 Posted in Career, Elsewhere, Misc | 2 Comments »I've had some severe lapses in self-discipline before, but a month without blogging - without even putting up the regular features or a copy/paste podcast update - is unforgivable. I am still alive. Ish. My blogging schedule generally used to revolve ...
Bustin’ Is Gonna Feel Good
Thursday, March 12th, 2009 Posted in Career, Playtest, Preview | 4 Comments »Yes. That is me, grinning like an idiot and shaking hands with Ray Parker Jr., creator of the greatest theme song ever composed. Last Friday, I attended a preview of Ghostbusters: The Video Game at London’s Soho Hotel. Having turned up ...
Just Another Day
Wednesday, March 11th, 2009 Posted in Career | 3 Comments »The GAME British Academy Video Game Awards were great fun. I'm not going to spend too long bragging about the celebs I was rubbing shoulders with (read: in the same huge ballroom with), but it was a really enjoyable event. ...
Wants Vs Needs
Friday, February 27th, 2009 Posted in Career | 2 Comments »The creation of this blog tied in roughly with the start of my 'career' (still don't feel comfortable using that word yet) as a games journalist. Give or take a month, they both started at the same time. In the run-up ...
This Just In
Friday, February 13th, 2009 Posted in Career | 1 Comment »So I haven’t done a career update in a while. I’m in my third month at MCV and settling in fairly well. It’s a great team to work with, and the mag is one hell of a change of pace compared ...
Pastures New
Sunday, November 30th, 2008 Posted in Career | 2 Comments »My brief spell of unemployment is over. No longer a victim of the credit crunch, I begin my new job tomorrow: Staff Writer on veteran trade mag (and former rivals), MCV. Having set a world record for Earliest Turned Up To ...
