Okay, another extract of what we’ve come up with. This time, it’s an out-of-body experience from one of our main characters. There will be a fair bit of that in the story because, after all, our existences are a mixture of the real and what we perceive to be real, aren’t they? We all have our masks, and create our own realities when we see fit every now and again. Or at least I do.

Again, names have been XXX’d out where appropriate. I am pleased with the content so far, and it won’t be long now before the first chapter, or pilot, will be ready in its entirety. Thank you to Hunter Red for the comment in the last post: from someone I don’t know! It drives me… Read More

I’ve had the cold lately and it has really really disturbed my sleeping patterns, though in a good way! Been waking up sharp and fresh and ultra-early like back in primary school, ready for cereal and morning cartoons. Samurai Pizza Cats? That weird all-dark Astro Boy episode when Astro Boy died or something? Anyway, this morning I woke up automatically at 6am and just lay there, my mind still a bit hazy as the fresh air swirled in through the open balcony glass door, thinking – thinking – thinking – then suddenly: inspired. A vision in my head which I had to jot down. I think it might work well in The Secret Project or if not, just as images and feelings from a Friday morning captured into words… Read More

Here is the second instalment of my blog where I try to decipher the links between games and the unconscious mind. Some of these dreams are quite freaky and not as ‘simple’ as the ones I mentioned in the last blog, so beware.

Call of Duty 2

My dream of CoD2 came after a long night spent playing LAN with a few friends, beginning at about 9.30pm and ending at 2.30am. I have not gamed like that since maybe GTA San Andreas, and needless to say it was rather inevitable that all my thoughts that night would be a psychosomatic continuation of team deathmatch and capture the flag. Only that I was playing these modes in my dreams against… Read More

The title of this blog series could be misleading, so just to clear things up before people start getting ideas this is NOT about the titles I hope for, like a non-import Radiant Silvergun or a decent Terminator game, nor is it about female video game characters with jiggle animations. These blogs are about the games I have played over the years which have left a distinct unconscious effect, complete with my totally unprofessional attempts at deciphering their meanings. They can be puzzle games or strategy games, but regardless of genre these games really took a hold of me. Think of it as a Freudian/Jungian view of gaming without the needless and wannabe psychobabble.

Tetris

The first… Read More