It should come as no surprise that internet shopping is booming right now. Thanks to the current state of global affairs, in the UK alone, 2020 saw the highest online sales growth in 13 years. Thanks to nationwide lockdowns, retail closure and stay-at-home orders, the country experienced its highest annual web sales growth seen sinceContinue reading “Sub Life – Living on Subscriptions”
Category Archives: Scribbles
Depths
[Depths is a short / flash fiction piece I recently pitched for an anthology submission. Unfortunately it didn’t reach the shortlist this time, but I did receive some very helpful and constructive feedback.] Deep at the bottom of the ocean is the only place I find peace. Isolated and protected from the madness of theContinue reading “Depths”
Earth Commerce
Welcome to Earth Major, 2307. Firmware 3.1.53. It has been 2 months and 12 days since the last consumer uprising. Estimated GNP loss of ¥R 42 Billion. Since the Great Capitalist Rebellion of 2205-2209, Corporations are officially recognised as the governing elite, as Commercial Autocracy washed away the obsolete ways of State and Party rule. WithContinue reading “Earth Commerce”
I’ve Been Struggling To Write Anything Lately…
My Friends Suggested I Write About It. For the past couple of months, I have been suffering from Writer’s Drought. “Block” is simply too good a word, suggesting a stream of creative discourse is merely backed up, desperate to be unclogged by some cognitive Mr Muscle. My mind is a barren wilderness. If you listenContinue reading “I’ve Been Struggling To Write Anything Lately…”
Supermash and The Art of the Hybrid-Genre
For the past few days, I’ve been playing Supermash, developed and published by Digital Continue. Supermash bids itself as a “game that makes games”. You run a video games store, that’s on the verge of closing, when you discover an old retro console that lets you combine (or mash) two different genres of game togetherContinue reading “Supermash and The Art of the Hybrid-Genre”
Partial Recall – Passing the Childhood Memory Baton
What’s your earliest memory? I have a particularly vivid snapshot from when we moved house when I was four. Sitting down on the delightfully brown carpet of the living room with boxes all around us, and watching Knight Rider with my family on our small colour television. That was thirty-four years ago. Crikey. I alsoContinue reading “Partial Recall – Passing the Childhood Memory Baton”
Welcome To The World of Tomorrow!
From Annihilation Earth to A Quiet Place, Pacific Rim to Edge of Tomorrow, The film industry’s elaborately fictitious presentations of 2020 have often been pretty grim, typically featuring monsters or alien invasions, being fought with equally elaborate technology such as giant battle mechs and advanced robotic exosuits. Where’s my exosuit? Probably in the garage nextContinue reading “Welcome To The World of Tomorrow!”
New Parenting During a Pandemic Lockdown
This is not the dystopia I had in mind. In the 2011 film “In Time”, time itself is the ultimate commodity. Those who can afford it enjoy the infinite spoils, whilst everyone else scrambles to hold on to what little they have left. Since becoming a father in February of this year, the latter hasContinue reading “New Parenting During a Pandemic Lockdown”
The DigitalGyoza Awards – 2019 in Review
The end of 2019 not only ushers in a new year, but a whole new decade. 2020 still sounds like the realms of science fiction and far flung future, but yet here we are in the flesh, and the world looks set to be as bewildering, maddening and eventful as it’s ever been. But whatContinue reading “The DigitalGyoza Awards – 2019 in Review”
James O’Brien’s How To Be Right
Not all is lost for a world gone wrong… The world is a weird and troubling place right now. (To be fair, its always been pretty weird, but right now feels especially boggling.) The current state of global affairs feels like satire adopted as policy. With fake news, alternative truths, and brazen offence in theContinue reading “James O’Brien’s How To Be Right”
