Matthew “Manic Miner” Smith: complete transcript of 2005 interview
Matthew Smith, the eccentric creator of Manic Miner and Jet Set Willy for the ZX Spectrum, was ‘missing’ for years. He reappeared in the mid-2000s …
09 Aug
Thrust in Javascript (or just about)
Thrust in Javascript (or just about)
I’ve always got one beady eye on Chrome Experiments, Google’s page for cool stuff built with new web tech. JavaScript isn’t exactly your new kid …
07 Aug
Granny’s Garden creator interview
Granny’s Garden creator interview
This is my interview with the creator of the BBC Micro’s primary school cult classic Granny’s Garden. It was published on my retrogaming site in …
06 Aug
Skool Daze feature (Retrogamer)
Skool Daze feature (Retrogamer)
This is an interview with the creators of the much-loved ZX Spectrum game Skool Daze, which I wrote for Retrogamer magazine (in its Live Publishing …
10 Jan
Pixels from the past: Toki
Pixels from the past: Toki
Oh gawd, Toki. My main memories of this are playing it on some seedy city centre arcade, on a machine that only let you have …
09 Jan
Indie game: Crop Defenders
Indie game: Crop Defenders
You know the world’s running out of twists on the Tower Defence concept when you get a game where bazooka-carrying birds are protecting a vegetable …
10 Jun
Indie game: Fat Slice
Indie game: Fat Slice
Aaron Neugebauer of Chew On Glass is your new best friend. And then your most hated arch-nemesis. And then your best friend again and possibly …
10 Jun
Little Wheel
Little Wheel
Created in Slovakia by OneClickDog, Little Wheel is a lovely little thing. The aim’s to restore the electricity to a switched-off robot planet. It’s technically …
10 Jun
A Day Out West
A Day Out West
Oh dear. Now I feel even worse for not liking all the hard work that’s gone into The Pretender. Because the game you see above …
09 Jun
The Pretender – Part One
The Pretender – Part One
Hmm. I try to be nice, I really do. But the first part of The Pretender by Launching Pad Games just doesn’t seem to justify …
