AKA “Medal of Honor: The Electronic Fun Game” or “How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love Video Games”

I tried not to turn this into a diatribe on how derivative video games are. I kind of failed.

Ever since Nidzumi was sold I’ve had a lot more free time. While as much as I would like to convince myself that Football Manager is a worthy way to burn that time, it’s probably not. So, call it a summer project with long term ambitions but I’ve recently launched my next project.

You see, ever since Nidzumi was sold and subsequently closed (apparently) I’ve been listening to more music. It’s been great really. The only problem is, and I’m trying not to sound like one of those people, that not many people are aware of the cliché-free hip-hop I’ve been listening to. Now I’m going to stop there because we’re entering pretentious music listener territory, which is the opposite of what I wanted to achieve with the site. So instead of rambling on I’ll let you visit Lesson Six.

In a shocking turn of events, I’m back where I started. Three years ago I started writing, for the first time, for MSXBOX-World.com. Three years on, I’m back writing for them. Progress!

Anyway, here are some thoughts on Tiger Woods 11.

The second of two projects that I’m finishing at the end of my 2nd year. This project started off as packaging type but soon turned into more worthwhile ways of making people appreciate type more. The problem is that the only magazines that are about typography are very serious and a little pretentious. The result was The Character Journals, a selection of articles about typography that are aimed at everyone, alienating no one.

The front cover has a flap that you can flick over to see the entire contents of the magazine.

The welcome editorial summing up the magazine and what it stands for.

A feature called Why Did I Start A Type Foundry? on Commercial type.

Towards the back are profiles on typefaces written by the type designers themselves.

In the middle the pages get thicker for the reviews section.

The main article of the issue details the store of Johnston, the London Underground typeface

Since April, or selling Nidzumi, I’ve only penned two reviews. The second is for Split/Second on GamesAreEvil. It’s not a bad little site even if the front page needs a bit of a redesign. Anyway you should read it because I’m strangely proud of this one.

Oh and encase you were wondering the first review was about those men who kick footballs. Digital men though, they aren’t real.