One of my all time favourite game trailers ended with the line “Hell, it’s about time!” a phrase that I have come to rather appreciate. I realise that it has been a while since my last blog post, and this is something which has been playing on my mind for a while now, but it just kind of fell by the wayside as a number of other projects have engrossed me.
Initially this blog was set up to cover my work as a writer,
but since embarking on this two and a bit years ago, I have dabbled in a number
of different areas, and I struggled about whether to catalogue everything I do
on here, or just focus on the writing articles.
Decision time; what do I use this space for? Answer; this is
my blog, about my interests, my aspirations and dreams – brought down to earth
from time to time with news about what is going on, and other random thoughts.
As such, I now find myself;
- Working as a writer on Vinland. The big news here is that my first full draft of the novel is DONE, I am currently working on editing ready to find a publisher. Leif has successfully traversed the North Atlantic and set foot for the first time in America. I’ve made some copies available to those who are interested in the project. Please do get in touch if you want to help provide feedback.
- Working as a writer / designer at my own company, Zatobo. The PC version of our debut title, Vinland: Arctic Assault was released last year, and we are working on an Android version to be released soon. Actually, its already available, it’s just not working on the google play store for some reason. Stay tuned!
- Working as a writer / designer with American company Gwythdarian on a new browser-based space strategy game called StariumXCV. It’s a really ambitious project, and I am responsible for much of the background lore. I cannot say much on it yet due to an active Non-Disclosure Agreement, however as and when I can, I will release more here.
So you can see things are moving quite quickly at the
moment, and that I am involved in a number of different projects at the moment,
so this blog is likely to cover articles from writing, to gaming, to design and
everything in between.
P.S That trailer was the announcement for Starcraft II,
Wings of Liberty. I didn’t actually end up getting the game, partly because it
wasn’t available on Steam, and more recently because I’ve taken the painful
decision to boycott Blizzard products after their repeated failure to secure my
account from hackers. Still a nice piece of video though! You can find the full trailer here; http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=r7d5XheWiBk. All credit for the awesome video go of course, to Blizzard!
