2022: A return to normal. Mostly…
2022 was a return to normal, or as normal as we get, for us…
2022 was a return to normal, or as normal as we get, for us…
A review of my year and of things to come.
Peter Ray Allison looks back on 2020 and tries to find some good…
This was the year I celebrated my fifth anniversary as a full-time writer and journalist. On the day itself – 20th August – I was a guest of Adam Rosser on his Game On show for BBC Radio 5 Live to discuss Cyberpunk 2020, including the forthcoming video game adaptation. Pay attention – Cyberpunk will…
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2018 has been another great year for me, at least compared with Theresa May’s. I started the year writing for a new client (ITPro), as well as becoming a full member of the National Union of Journalists. I continued to write for the BBC and Computer Weekly, and started appearing on radio. In January, my…
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2017 was a busy year for me, due in part to Caelia returning to work and leaving me holding the baby. I cannot complain too much though, as he is incredibly laid back, is already talking and loves playing with lightsabers. Despite juggling child-care and kiddies (not literally), I continued writing for the BBC. A…
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Last month at EGX, the largest video games expo in the UK, I filmed my first video podcast for Geek Pride with website founder Matt Geary. During the forty-minute podcast, Matt and I chatted about some of the awesome games that had caught our eyes and retro games that we would like brought back, as…
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During research for my articles I have been blessed with being able to interview an assortment of experts and specialists in a variety of fields. One of the most interesting interviews I ever conducted was for my piece about The KLF (Digital breadcrumbs: Tracking down The KLF in 2017), where I spoke to Stuart Marshall…
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At times, this year felt like a novel written by George R.R. Martin: shocking twists and all of your favourite characters die. However, on the whole, 2016 was a positive year for me. I continued to write for Computer Weekly and various branches of the BBC, as well as starting to write for Alphr. Despite…
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2015 was the year I celebrated my first year as a professional writer. This was a dramatic career change after fifteen years as an engineer. Ultimately, my only regret was that I did not begin freelancing sooner. Whilst most of my writing projects were journalistic, I also performed some copy-writing for the BBC on their…
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