Games Lounge is a brand new live-streamed show about video games, being created and produced here in Scotland. The idea for the show and the driving force behind the project, Shaun Paul Johnson is now using Kickstarter to help finds funds to make the show a reality. Shaun explained his reasoning for starting the project... Back in... Continue Reading →
BAFTA Scotland's New Talent awards is an annual competition which recognises work from students, or those just entering the film, television and games industries. The competition has categories for actors, animators, sound designers, writers, directors, producers and of course game developers. New Talent is a unique celebration of emerging talent within the screen industries. It's... Continue Reading →
Crossover Scotland's Inspiration Day was a rare event, a day designed to bring together 'creatives' from a range of disciplines - film & tv, performing arts, literature, music, games and 'other'... It's part of a larger series of events, created by Crossover Labs and The Sheffield Documentary Festival, incorporating residential labs where practitioners from all... Continue Reading →
BAFTA Scotland has supported and engaged with the games industry in Scotland for several years now. The games award in the annual competition, stands alongside film, television and is still the only award for games created in Scotland. Since the start of 2013, the BAFTA Scotland team have been working on a series of events... Continue Reading →
You may not have come across Glasgow's TRC media yet. The company is a charitable organisation, which delivers research and training programmes to the television, interactive and wider creative industries. Like it or not, the reality is that digital and interactive media is fundamentally changing almost every aspect of the creative world. From the way... Continue Reading →
Scotland Tonight, STV's flagship news programme featured a brief discussion on the future of Scotland's games industry last night. Featuring Interactive Scotland's Alisdair Gunn, industry commentator, writer, comedian and gamer, Robert Florence and your editor (Brian Baglow, me...), the discussion covered the current state of the games industry, the issues it faces and how it... Continue Reading →
Zeds is a curious new game from the team at Chunk in Glasgow. Created in conjunction with Channel 4 Education, the game has been designed to teach teenagers about sleep in a fun, entertaining and unique way. Teenagers are often unaware that disturbed sleep patterns and a rough nights sleep, thanks to studying, exams, or... Continue Reading →
Cobra's Danger Derby is a top-down, arcade style racer which brought multiplayer Micro Machines style driving to the Apple App Store in 2010. Now the company is taking the same high octane action to the new Roku streaming media player for TV. The Roku is similar to the Apple TV, giving viewers access to streaming TV,... Continue Reading →
The nominations for the 2012 BAFTA In Scotland awards were announced yesterday. Alongside the glamour and household names in the film and actor categories, the far more vital and fascinating games category nominees were named. They are, in no particular order: Bad Hotel - Lucky Frame iBomber Defense Pacific - Cobra Golf Squared - Dynamo Games Bad Hotel is, we all know, a tower... Continue Reading →
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 within the entertainment sector, most recently as Amazon UK's head of Games & Software. He was also the managing director... Continue Reading →
