Category: Blog
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The End – A Game About Dealing with Death
I attended the Second TIGA Casual Games Meet Up a couple of weeks ago with a colleague. I certainly found the whole thing a lot more interesting than ‘Bit of Alright’ last week, with Katie Bell from Stardoll really making it for me (More on that one later). Having recently lost a close relative, I found myself thinking about how…
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GIRP – A Game About Topless Ginger Climbing
At A Bit of Alright last week, I attended a talk called “Stand Up for Games” where a comedian listed a bunch stuff that some other comedians (that no-one has ever heard of) had said about games once. Largely, the talk wasn’t particularly valuable, but during the Q&A section someone in the crowd mentioned a game…
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Machinarium
While i was at university (6-9 years ago!) I stumbled across a beautiful little flash game. It took place on a stunningly composited organic alien world and put you in control of a cute little creature. You had to click around the environment, eagerly looking for interactive objects. Once you knew what they did, clicking…
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Play LCD Handheld Games at Pica-Pic.com
Like many young boys of my generation, my first encounter with handheld gaming came in the form of LCD games. Although Nintendo’s GameBoy would come along to shake the very foundations of my little world when I was but 7 years old, I was still fascinated by these more primitive toys. I was lucky enough…
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Super Mario Bros. Crossover
Recently discovered this! Some clever cloggs has re-made Super Mario Bros but, in addition to being able to play as Mario, you can now choose from a selection of classic 8-bit era heroes! Rather than just replacing the sprites, each character handles like the origina, so Ryu has his trademark shuriken and clings to walls.…
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In six days, every single living cell on earth will be dead…
… you have one chance. Incredible little flash ‘game’ full of atmosphere and dilemma. Absolutely outstanding. Play One Chance now!
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My First Game – I AM PLAYR
After around 9 months of hard graft, I’m very proud to say we’ll be launching our (and my) very first game ‘I AM PLAYR’ early next week. Enjoy the preview trailer!
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So… I landed the job!
I know it’s been very quiet around here for the last 5 months or so. As it happens I ended up landing a job as a junior designer with a social games start-up based in the heart of Clerkenwell, London, back in May this year. Very short development cycle and we’re set to launch in…
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Games Industry Events in the UK
There are three MAJOR events in the annual games industry calendar: E3, Tokyo Game Show (TGS) and Game Developers Conference (GDC). Unfortunately, I’m attending none of these as they’re not in the UK and I can’t afford to go! Since conferences and expos represent a great opportunity to network, I’ve had a butcher’s at what…
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Why the Halo: Reach Beta is so Important to me
Like many of you, I’ve recently been playing the Halo: Reach Multiplayer Beta. However, for me this is more than just an opportunity to play the new Halo game before it comes out, solely for my own enjoyment. For me it represents an opportunity it’s an opportunity to get involved with a developer before they release a…
Andreas Yiannikaris 
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