Benjamin
Charles Maydon
Introduction
Throughout my
three years reading English at Nottingham Trent University, I was a staff
writer on the reviews team for the student newspaper Platform, commissioned to provide arts and game reviews on a
bi-weekly basis. In my second year we introduced the pull-out section Sessions, devoted to reviews, and I was
part of the team which put this together.
After
university, I was a founding staff member of the now defunct video game website
realvg.org. To write the reviews, I worked through games of various formats and
on different systems. These reviews were also often requested by the games
suppliers, as a form of feedback on new gaming. The contributions to this site
required specialist knowledge we were aiming at a gaming audience that valued
the honest opinions of other gamers, success proved by the sites popularity
over three years.
All of these
reviews were published under by nom de
plume, Pooka.
Original
formatting has been removed and this selection contains the raw text. I can
provide scans on request, where available.
This portfolio
is intended to serve as an introduction to my work. On request I can provide
many more articles from the publications mentioned. Please do not hesitate to contact me for
further information remove the nospam from the
e-mail address provided.
Text & Site © Benjamin Charles Maydon
2011