A Short Introduction

I started in the games industry way back when in 1980. In those days not only did you have to write your own games, you had to build the machine to play them on from a kit! After building my machine I was bitten by the programming bug, at the tender age of 12. I wrote games that were shared amongst family and friends and then it was suggested to me I might sell them mail order, through the range of magazines that were springing up. Leaving school 4 years later I found myself at a software house making games for those old diehards, the Commodore 64 and Sinclair Spectrum. Some 26 years later I am still in the business and have developed a range of games for just about every machine that ever existed,picked up some awards and chart success and even made games for some machines that did not exist in the marketplace, such as the ill-fated 3DO M2 console!

I have been asked to share my industry knowledge, thoughts and general rantings in this blog with you all, so over the coming weeks and months I will be casting my eye over new releases and sharing my opinions, unedited, warts and all. I will be sharing some of the latest industry gossip and generally waxing lyrical about this exciting industry that eats up so much of our spare time and income! There are no holds barred, everything from a trip down memory lane into the nostalgia of some old classics to the hot new releases are all fair game for my keyboard. Of course, just reading my prattle is hardly interactive, so I do appreciate any and all debate that my postings stir up, so feel free to comment as you see fit. I must dash, I have an appointment with a trainee Emperor in Oblivion and Lara Croft has asked me to help her in South America.. a gamers work is never done!