Blog, Published Work, Technology

Left 4 Dead 2

While downloading Machinarium from Steam yesterday I noticed that the long awaited Left 4 Dead 2 demo was available. Had, in fact, been available for public download since the 4th of November. Just in...
Blog, Current Events

An Open Letter…

An open letter to everyone who has asked me to sign a petition registering my disagreement with Nick Griffin’s appearance on Question Time. Dear Friends, I appreciate and understand your...
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Notes on Narrative

Some notes on narrative that, in best Blue Peter tradition, I made earlier. 16 years earlier: Narratives are made up of units of information. In Roland Barthes’ ‘Introduction to the...
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Scrivener

I’ve briefly reviewed the Mac-only writing tool Scrivener a couple of times for Macworld. This post is based on those two pieces: Most of the stuff I review goes straight...
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Notes on Focalisation

  Here’s a beginner’s guide to focalisation or “point of view”. Focalisation is the perspective from which we experience the narrative being told. I’m going to find a more concise...