Nice one Nick. Good luck!

Dinostar77 wrote:

… just wondering how many people do extra hours unpaid.

It’s normal in most creative industries, I can tell you that much.

My contracts have always included bits about working extra hours as and when a task requires.

poprock wrote:

Dinostar77 wrote:

… just wondering how many people do extra hours unpaid.

It’s normal in most creative industries, I can tell you that much.

My contracts have always included bits about working extra hours as and when a task requires.

My last job i was contracted to 40 hours a week, would often end up doing 55-60. Current jobs similar, but because there's more managers here it's easier to get the time back if i work extra. When i worked for Arnold Clark, it was 60 hours a week, just 1 day off. And that would always be the day the customer wanted to collect their car. Every bloody time.

After nearly 3 months I got my GW rejection

woo

Ah that's shite. Bad luck mate, but yeah, fuck 'em.

Irony of ironies, I am on my way to Warhammer World to play some games with some people, good to have thing cleared up.

Aye they said as much, just trying to get some feedback now

Yeah. Shit sandwich, Tempo. Sorry.

Not sure where to put this, but I guess here’ll do.

I’ve just finished writing a short book about videogames, or at least how certain games reflect different ideological positions that are relevant in modern societies. It draws on my academic work in ideology theory, political theory and psychoanalysis, but isn’t written as an academic book, so should be reasonably accessible even if it’s still kind of ‘highbrow’ (for want of a better term).

So now I need to get a contract with a publisher, which means writing a proposal. Part of that involves giving as much info as possible about the target audience for the book and the kinds of publicity I could generate to try and sell it. I’m hoping some of you lot can help here.

Basically I want to know of any online outlets that might possibly want to talk about the book, or contain groups of potential buyers. For example: other games forums, blogs or podcasts that might interview me or review/discuss it, particular people on Twitter/FB/YT etc. with a good reach – pretty much anywhere there’s an interest in games that may overlap with an interest in (lefty) politics/cultural analysis. Any suggestions would be good here – I really don’t know much about the world of game discussion outside the academic stuff.

It would also be good if 1 or 2 of you could actually read the manuscript as it is. Just to see if it’s sufficiently easy to read and I haven’t missed anything important about the games. As I say, it’s a short book – about 29000 words – so shouldn’t take long. Perhaps send me a PM if you’d be up for this. Or, if anyone would be up for doing Amazon reviews if the time comes that would also help (unless you don’t like it of course).

Luv 2 copy edit. If you want me to run over it, let me know. Having done that literal job, then an English teacher, and now checking UCAS statements, I think I'm getting good at it.

No no no that's too 2016 living in the past man.

Notes at end of every chapter
"Yes but what about Majima"

[Skinner is it me or are the kids gif]

regmcfly wrote:

No no no that's too 2016 living in the past man. Notes at end of every chapter "Yes but what about Majima"

As it happens I’m thinking of adding a chapter on Yakuza 0 later. It would fit well with the rest of the book.

They look like baby backs, from the Ginger Pig butcher in London. Full rack for £8, not cheap but beautifully marbled and deep pink meat.

fullspectrum wrote:

They look like baby backs, from the Ginger Pig butcher in London. Full rack for £8, not cheap but beautifully marbled and deep pink meat.

Nice, local butcher's round my way won't even cut them unless you pay for the full loin as well. You Londoners don't know how well you've got it.