My most recent contribution to the Maraoke video game karaoke songlist – first performed 08/11/2024. It’s pronounced gibs as in “giblets”. The full length version may (eventually) follow. “American McGee” – after “American Pie” (Radio Edit) by Don MacLean A long, long time ago I can still remember, how I’d boot that DOOM.EXE file And […]

Ten years since I started regularly writing words on the internet it has occurred to me that there might be people willing to offer me money to do this. The first fruits of this experiment can now be viewed on Eurogamer, where I’ve contributed a piece to their regular Sunday morning retro strand about the […]

In the last couple of years, the line between PC and console gaming has been (in some respects) almost completely erased. The simultaneous release of high profile titles on PC, Xbox 360 and PS3 is becoming the norm. It’s easy to forget that before the mid-1990s, computer and console gaming were completely different worlds – […]