Category: Games
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The Deleted Scenes of Dark Camelot
In 2013 I spent several weeks researching the origins of the first Thief game, Thief: The Dark Project, for an article for RockPaperShotgun. This turned out to be the first in a series of investigative pieces I wrote for RPS and Eurogamer, focusing mainly on cancelled games in the Thief and Deus Ex series’. This…
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Limited Hyperbole…
Last year, I had an idea. Like most of my ideas it was borne out of frustration and dissatisfaction; it was arrogant and melodramatic and took itself too seriously. Eventually it became Unlimited Hyperbole, a podcast which is still best described in those three terms. Now, after four seasons and twenty episodes, Unlimited Hyperbole is…
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The Next Best…
Last year I collected a list of the good things I had read. I made a folder and bookmarked everything I thought was moving, important, brave or insightful. These are the things that, had I written them, I’d have been proud of writing. I posted the list as ‘The Angry Best‘. I’m not really sure…
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Unlimited Hypocrisy…
The Games Media Awards are back. Last year’s awards were cloaked in scandal, but they say the event has been overhauled this year. I’ll still frown at it no matter what, but I’ll get to that in a moment. First, I’ll say that I’m asking you to vote for Unlimited Hyperbole as Best Podcast. Anyone can…
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Unlimited Hyperbole #20
Update: Unlimited Hyperbole is no longer available. There are two episodes preserved by the Thief community on Youtube which are linked in the episode index, however other episodes have since been lost to time. When you’re talking about a theme such as ‘The One That Got Away’ then it’s easy to get…
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