Unless you're clinically dead, pathologically uninterested in games, or use the Internet exclusively for porn/lolcats, then you'll be aware of BitSocket. They've picked up the mantle of the late and very much lamented Consolevania, producing online news, reviews and games coverage. Now the BitSocket team may - and we're going to repeat that in a …
Turing Festival, Edinburgh, August 2012
There's a new event in town. IN 2011, the first ever Turing Festival was held in Edinburgh. It was an eclectic blend of technology, digital media, design, interactive elements and featured some seriously good speakers (including your editor, at the last minute, after a VC fled...) Now the Turing Festival is back for 2012. The …
BBC In Dundee – Games Special
For a recent episode of Show Me The Money, the BBC sent reporter the excellently-named-for-a-lead-action-hero, Jack Garland to Dundee to ponder the ongoing evolution of the games sector. Mr Garland mentions the collapse of RTW (again), before moving thoughtfully onwards to the rise of casual, social and mobile gaming. Digital Goldfish are shown, strolling, like …
BAFTA In Scotland Needs YOU
Regular readers of industry bible, Scottishgames.net will know that we're fans of BAFTA In Scotland. They're a good bunch, who do much to support the screen industries in Scotland and who are genuinely trying to incorporate more interactive and games content into their programme, as well as building up membership in the games sector. Membership …
The Masques – Voiceovers, Narration, Characters, Tutorials & Awesome
A huge thanks to the team at The Masques for our recent banner. The Masques is a casting agency based in Edinburgh, which works with a wide range of actors (proper actors from film and TV). They also do a lot of corporate work, providing talented people who can do voices and act in other …
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Sic Transit Gloria TEAM – Consolevania Remembered
Because it's important, dammit... A misty-eyed Cara Ellison from Square-Go interviews a steely-eyed and chiselled Robert Florence on the legacy of Consolevania. If you're not familiar with the Consolevania 'thing', well, you should be. Thankfully you can now download all of them (including the inspirationally Scotland-heavy Fluff piece) from iTunes. Go read the piece, watch …
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Consolevania – Out Now On iTunes
In one of the most generous and artistically significant moves of the mobile age, the first two seasons of Consolevania, the ground-breaking Scottish videogames show, are now FREE to download on iTunes. This includes the monumentally important Scottish Games Industry Fluff Piece, created by the Consolevania team for the Edinburgh Interactive festival in 2008. It's …