I've been accepted to study Computer Game Design and Development at Cardiff Met University. I've also found out that I'm not eligible for student finance and will have to pay the £9k per year tuition fees myself. That's why I'm asking for your help.
Author: Phil Dickens
I have a Patreon
So that I can't be accused of burying the lede, I've put it in the title and again here: I now have a Patreon, where you can support my content with a regular subscription. Of late, and over the past month in particular, I've been putting a lot of effort into maintaining a consistent content… Continue reading I have a Patreon
Happy New Year!
As we step out of 2021 into 2022, it's customary to reflect on the year that's gone by and make resolutions for the one to come. I'm not going to do any of that.
Let’s Talk About Bad Sex (Writing)
A tongue-in-cheek look at how not to do sex in fiction. Excerpts used: Katerina by James Fey, Killing Commendatore by Haruki Murakami, Scoundrels by Major Victor Cornwall & Major Arthur St. John Trevelyan, and List of the Lost by Morrissey.
The Last of Us and Christmas with Cordyceps
Does the tradition of Christmas survive a world-ending event like the Cordyceps pandemic in The Last of Us? In this short video, I talk about how Ellie and Jackson keep Christmas, how Abby and Owen mark it, and what it might mean to a world where society has collapsed and survival through winter is no longer certain.
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