Divide and Conquer. But Divided We Fall. Divide and conquer is a great approach to solving a single problem. Break it up into parts, allocate the best person for each job, get it done, all pulling in one direction. But all too often divide and conquer becomes divide and fall. Make sure that everyone is […]
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4 Meta…Okay?
4 Meta…Okay? So, today someone drove past me and they had the licence plate “4 META”. Now, I can’t be certain that they meant they are totally committed to the world of Meta, but, it kind of seemed like that’s what they were saying. I don’t have a Facebook account any more and I went […]
The Mind Gap
The Mind Gap The Gap is vital to creative realisation. The anecdotes of taking a hiatus, taking a break, stepping away for a moment and then returning, only to discover the perfect solution, are ubiquitous. And, I have to say, in my experience, unrefutable. I have experienced it in branding brainstorm sessions, in […]
Controlling the Narrative… A Mugs Game
Controlling the Narrative… A Mugs Game History is written by the victors, as Winston Churchill once pointed out. The trouble is, the victors are eventually defeated. It is the inevitable, slow, irresistible force of cause and effect. The oppressed become the oppressors, the winners the losers, and we descend into endless cycles of tit-for-tat […]
That Could Have Gone Smoother
That Could Have Gone Smoother In my opinion, one of the greatest little bits of dialogue ever delivered in a game is in a cut scene from Red Dead Redemption 2. The primary protagonist, Arthur Morgan, and his gang have just pulled off another messy robbery. One of the gang chirps: “Well that […]