Here you can find a selection of articles I’ve written over the years. As well as the ones published here, you can find hundreds of other posts about board games at Best Play, and plenty of film reviews at Every Sci Fi.

Thinking

Why what you’re doing today will probably disgust your grandchildren – read >

The catch 22 of liberalism – read >

Not eating meat: something that makes it even harder – read >

Why is it rude to ask about someone’s political persuasions? – read >

Change my mind: transhumanism is a good thing – read >

Privacy is terminally Ill, and it’s all your fault – read >

Rambling

What on earth does ‘trill’ mean? – read >

The magic 5p machine and other great hypothetical questions – read >

An archive of all the cool dead things that sadly roam no more – read >

That time I climbed the highest mountain in California – read >

Food in the USA: counting the calories – read >

A student’s guide to Brighton nightlife – read >

An amazing true story about motorways and the sheer weight of traffic – read >

Marketing

Marketing to millennials: why brands are getting it so, so wrong – read >

Infographics aren’t dead, they’re just lazy – read >

Brands, memes and Twitch plays Pokémon – read >

Stop trying to be my friend: some advice for brands on social – read >

How sophisticated is your brand? A proposed model for social media maturity – read >

What happens online after you die? Exploring the digital graveyard  – read >

Brands can and should shape the future of social media – read >

Gaming

Online games and why they’re a reminder of just how terrible people are – read >

A defence of day one patches in videogames – read >

Gaming as an actual language and why it might matter – read >

Charlie Brooker and how videogames became normal – read >

The evolution of quick time events (QTEs) – read >

Reviewing

Review: Game of Thrones – read >

Review: Gregg’s vegetable pasty – read >

Review: Gregg’s cream apple turnover – read >

Review: I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream – read >

Review: De Blob 2 – read >

Review: Halo ODST – read >

Review: Gigs by DJ Shadow, Delphic, The Big Pink & more – read >

Interviewing

Interview: Jonsi from Sigur Ros – read >

Interview: Eugene Hutz from Gogol Bordello – read >

Interview: Big Grey from Fire Tusk Pain-Proof Circus – read >

Interview: James New from Mirrors – read >

Interview: Dr Jerry Kane from MIT – read >