Winter is upon us once more and the darkness swallows up the light. Something ancient, hungry and sinister stirs beneath a former British coal mining village. “Coal Face – The Devil in the smoke.” An industrial fairy tale. My illustrated supernatural fantasy book. Out now!

‘It’s the end… but the moment had been prepared for.’ This account will be properly deactivated tomorrow. Just in case anyone still here wants to hang out and chat, I can be found below at the place with the blue sky. Bye, bye. Peace and respect.

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Come over… All you have to do is let go of the fear of a lower follower count. And honestly, were those big numbers really making you happy? Or was it just the fun conversations you had along the way with good people. Discovering new art, games, books and films. Be good. :)

I have finally decided that I am out of here. No problem at all if you don’t transition or find me on 🦋 . I did enjoy my time here and consider a lot of you as good friends. I’ll keep this open and check in on some of you but I’ll not be tweeting for the foreseeable future.

Yes you can stream it from various sites, and I highly recommend it. But I love to buy and own media, especially the sorts of subjects that I cherish and love to have on my shelves. https://t.co/1XWArwWhjw

Some wonderful British films don’t get blu ray releases over here. I had to order a disc release of a film from Germany that celebrates British film as it has no UK disc. The Martin Scorsese documentary film “Made in England - The films of Powell & Pressburger.” The irony!

I think that I’ve gotten to the stage where I’m kind of bored of most social media.

Slowly setting up a new hangout. Not bothered by huge follower counts, just having fun quality chats with likeminded people is my jam. In case you are out there too. 🦋

Slowly setting up a new hangout. Not bothered by huge follower counts, just having fun quality chats with likeminded people is my jam. In case you are out there too. 🦋

Plus, I never follow fashions! 😄 Sometimes this works in your favour with success, big budgets and awards. And at other times you take risks to do your best original creative work but are financially poor. It’s all in the creative risks.

Another reason why the games was so long in development (as stated) was that we were a tiny team constantly finding ways to fund/produce the game. Sony liked what they saw and bought the IP and studio which secured the next few years and allowed us to hone and polish the game.

Tidying up and found this old preview of “MediEvil” from PlayStation Magazine 1998. With comments on how we weren’t following current trends or fashions in game/visual design. That’s the key to enduring (cult) titles, you may never be super mainstream but you remain memorable. 💀

The Apprentice is well worth seeing. As a social relic it's unparalleled, and as a movie it gleefully hits all the lowlights of this damaged sociopath's career. Well cast and persuasively acted by all. https://t.co/V7qVjYCOEE

Apt…

Faustian. https://t.co/UiBbrSpBJT

I hope this is real and that other unseen elements are inside those boxes. 😃💀👁️

Vintage concept production art from Michael Mann’s “The Keep.” Production Designer John Box (and department).

The illustrated novel contains a wealth of behind the scenes material and photographs of my experiences of working coal mines, early video game development, writing and story development and dealing with publishing and the winds of change. It’s a perfect spooky wintertime read.

I completely rewrote and restructured the story during covid and released it as an illustrated novel for young adults entitled “Coal Face - The Devil in the Smoke” and took the plunge to self publish it in 2023. Link below… https://t.co/dJJ5MDtrwf