Owen is a game designer who writes about games in his spare time.
In which I reflect upon the games that inspired me as a child, in the days before KPI optimisation.
It has felt like another terrible year for the games industry, with more studio closures, project cancellations and layoffs. Including me! I spent most of the year...
Earlier this year I went to Develop – a big UK game development conference in Brighton – and while walking round the expo hall I was approached by a recent...
I went to Japan recently, and one thing I did there was visit the new Nintendo museum. It’s a place that lots of nerds are interested in, but it’s somewhat...
It’s been a year of… more lows, mostly? I gather it’s been a record-breaking year for games industry layoffs. It’s also been a particularly...
It’s been a year of highs and lows in the games industry, much of which felt like the long tail of the Covid pandemic wagging around in unexpected ways. A lot of...
Thoughts on (nearly) every game I've played in the year 2022.
It’s a NEW YEAR, baby! You know what that means – the relentless march of death and misery continues apace, while I sit down and write some thoughts about...
I was recently asked to provide some entertainment for my nephew’s 10th birthday party – a Saturday afternoon event with a total of nine attendees, aged...
I’ve spent over 1,000 hours playing Monster Hunter games over the last ten years, so I feel like I have some qualified opinions on the new one. In short: I like...