Archive for September, 2008
Working, processing
One week down in the freelance life. Honestly, it feels more like working two jobs than anything else, which is strange, as my brain has gotten used to having just the one job… but I’ll get by.
Eurogamer Expo is looking pretty damn good. There’s a list of games on the site right now, but tomorrow we’ll be updating it with more confirmed stuff – and there are at least a few more that should get added to that list before too long, as well. There’s still the possibility that even more publishers will sign up as well, so stay tuned on that. Not exactly a bad day out (or evening) for a fiver, and it’s going to charity too, sooo… you should go.
The other gig right now is for a small agency here in Brighton, Qube, who have been really cool and good to work with so far. I’m helping them with some community stuff on a game that’s shipping in a couple of months; probably not one you’ve heard of, to be honest. In a couple of weeks when the site that’s at the heart of it launches, I’ll happily link you along so I can engineer the tiniest boost in traffic… for now though I’ll keep quiet. Read the rest of this entry »
Tropic Blunder: the pics
I know I ‘owe’ you a post about the event, but honestly… I don’t know if I want to talk about it. Suffice to say, many old faces were present, many drinks were drunk (but not that many) and good times were had.
In other words, everything I loved about my job, encapsulated in one evening and one very early morning.
To ensure this isn’t a complete loss for those of you who couldn’t make it though, I’ve made a Flickr set (which incidentally, resides on my newly minted ‘Pro’ account, so you can expect more images to make their way online over time).
Enjoy. Back soon.
Eurogamer Expo: the new gig
Posted by Rockjaw in MMO-related, Pimpin' on September 22nd, 2008
The future revealed – well, the short-term future anyway.
Thanks to the contacts of the man in the photo above, and my own (ahem) smooth talking, James Spafford and I will be working part-time for Eurogamer.net for the next six weeks or so, helping to promote and then ultimately run the first ever Eurogamer Expo. Read the rest of this entry »
Limited Edition… featuring me
Posted by Rockjaw in Gamey, Links of Others, Nerd Alert, Personal on September 22nd, 2008
(I almost wrote the subject line ‘Wearing Yellow Spandex’ but I get enough random weird search queries as it is…)
Limited Edition, the new podcast from John ‘Shuttler’ Nicholson, ex-host of TabulaCast, and his partner in crime Matt, has moved on to Episode 2 – and said episode has a brand new voice in the mix, namely me! Yes, after hearing episode one of the show I thought I could help these ‘babes in the wood’ on the subject of comics and superhero-type stuff, so I volunteered my services.
Did I completely take over? Are they regretting ever asking me to appear? Did I vent my spleen on the subject of NCsoft? Even worse, did I spill precious secrets about Issue 13??? Read the rest of this entry »
This side of the morning
Posted by Rockjaw in Personal, Too Much Information on September 21st, 2008
Although of course, it’s afternoon as I write this. (TTBM Points for anyone who can identify the subject title without Google.) Really hard to put things into words today, but I’m a writer, dammit, so I’m going to try my best. Read the rest of this entry »
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