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I hope you all enjoyed International Motörhead Day.

The 8th of May!
The 8th of May!

(I tell this joke every year because it’s my joke)

It is done. Black Ops 6 Prestige Master.

11 years ago last night, the PS4 launch event in Covent Garden, where I got to invite @mikebithell.bsky.social , James Marsden and others. What an amazing event. If I hadn’t kept a brief diary, I’d have forgotten!

I had actually left earlier, but Ian Vinten (legend) called me back for an interview

Can a man with dodgy eyes and the reflexes of a man who will be 60 next year (because that’s me) win a free-for-all against youngsters in Modern Warfare 3?

I come bearing receipts.

Have you ever heard someone say truly magical words? Words that changed everything? I have, often, but I remember these particularly well:

I'm not going to itemise my blessings here, but look at this picture, that's my setup now. If you knew what I'd come from, you'd find the contrast shocking too. It's not that I deserve this. I'm just grateful for it. It could have gone either way.

We are now in the spring of 1984. My Word is out, in a fancy presentation box also containing a dictionary, but despite being a good game for 1-4 players and a pretty strong AI player, it wasn't marketed and so naturally, no royalties were forthcoming.

At first, I thought they were a piss-take company, their ads seemingly mocking Imagine, who were the cool kids on the block.

Here's a letter from Chris after Artic showed initial interest in my game.

And the latest update during the middle of a one hour Double XP has decided to delete my game and won’t let me install it. Just some of the worst software ever written.

I mean what the hell is this crap at the end of a game? Then 10 minutes to get the game going again. Some of the worker quality of life stuff I’ve ever seen couple with some of the very best gameplay.

It's 1983, and I'd been programming since the previous summer. I finally decide to send the earlier Raining Cats and Dogs to Virgin Games, who had recently entered the games arena. Here's their letter turning me down...