Steve Hammond’s Manual Override – Reality, Complexity & Emotion

If his cultural references seem old, it’s because he was frozen in carbonite for a bit. Gangnam style is still beyond him… Some time ago, 2K’s Christoph Hartmann, in an article with Games Industry.biz, talked about future …

4Talent 4Dundee 4Shizzle

4Talent, Channel 4’s new talent scheme will be in Dundee tomorrow, hosting a workshop aimed at 16-25 year olds who are interested in games development as a career, a goal and a fabulous way of …

Indie Game: The Movie Comes To Dundee with NEoN 2012

Following over a year of email campaigns and fan requests, the coveted video-game film epic finds a home in Scotland’s original game making hub. Indie Game: The Movie follow’s the story of the makers of …

Tag Nabs Amazon Exec Launches Hotel GB For Four

Last week was a busy week for Dundee’s Tag Games.  A gentlemen by the name of Graham Chambers has just been appointed as the company’s new head of global sales. Graham has years of experience …

Compendium Of Interest – Turing & Technology & The World Of Tomorrow

A week ago, the second Turing Festival took place in Edinburgh.  The inaugural event in 2011 was astonishingly good.  Diverse, eclectic and expert, it pulled in speakers and participants from a huge range of disciplines …

Dare Protoplay 2012 – Day 0

 If you’re reading this, Dare will probably be in full swing already. if you’re yet to go though, allow me to get you in the mood by sharing what makes this year’s even so important. …

Virtual Worlds Meets Kids TV In Potato-Based Mash Up

Virtual worlds company Huzutech, has signed a deal with US-based Little Airplane to develop an avatar creator for the company’s popular Small Potatoes brand. If you’re unfamiliar with Small Potatoes, it’s a kids TV show …

BitSocket On TV?

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 …

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 …

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 …