Well, 2021 was another slightly strange year wasn’t it? I know i’ve been a bit quieter than usual on the creative front so here’s some things that have been keeping me entertained over the last 12 months instead: The Force is With Respawn One of Read More …
I should probably get a bit better at announcing stuff long before I release it, but I’ve just released a brand new album: This is Not a Chiptune Album. Written exclusively for the sound hardware found in a Sega Megadrive, this is not a typical Read More …
Typical isn’t is? You take a few weeks off to move home and lo and behold those weeks turn out to be some of the busiest in your website’s history! Consequently I thought I’d put a quick post together to say hello! If you’re a Read More …
It’s fun seeing how far you’ve come over the years anyway? Lets have a look at some of the Mechafatnick front pages over the ages: Overall, I’m pretty I’m pretty chuffed at how this place turned out considering it started life as a very simple Read More …
Whoops. Sorry It’s been a bit quiet around here hasn’t it? I know it’s normal to announce these things in advance, but I’ve been on Holiday! Back in the middle of October the long-suffering Mrs FatNick and I loaded our little FatNicks into a plane, Read More …
Originally, I wasn’t enamored with the Sega Dreamcast. In fact, it’s a bit strange I even remember my first encounter, really: While my first encounters with new hardware generations were generally outlook-changing, my first look at the Dreamcast was a bit of a damp squib. Read More …
Colour Palettes (the number of colours a console has to choose from, rather than the number of colours it can display on screen) were one of the most important tech specs used to market gaming hardware back in the 80s and 90s. Why would want Read More …
So yesterday I attended the Play Margate gaming exhibition, held in the..err…lovely Kentish coastal town of Margate. Sun, sea and old video games – What could possibly be better? Before I begin, I’d like to note that i was only present for a couple of hours Read More …
Well, in case you haven’t noticed, there’s nothing I like more than tinkering with things around here – and up until today the store was a bit of a bug bear. Not only did I have the vague intention of introducing Paypal integration at some Read More …
Last year I actually made some New Year’s Resolutions. Lets see how they went: Do a spot of tidying up around ‘ere Finish the E.P. I started at the end of last year Make an actual fully fledged game. Well i completed 1 at least Read More …
To celebrate, here’s a festive pixel dinosaur head. See you all in 2016!
I’ve been thinking of writing something on the whole music streaming world for a while now. Thankfully, Jasper Hamill over at The Mirror has given me an excuse with his vaguely partisan article on Apple Music. As both an artist and a keen listener, I’ll Read More …
Ten years ago London, my home in pretty much every sense of the word you could possibly imagine, came under attack. Given the circumstances, I doubt anyone who was in the city on that day will ever forget what they were up to/who they were Read More …
It’s the first proper working week of 2015. Eeek. Before we get back to the depressing reality of the endless, monotonous grind towards inevitable death, I thought I’d quickly share my plans with 2015 with you all. So, in no particular order: Do a spot Read More …
Hello! Yes, sorry about that. Things have been a but busy over at Fatnick Towers, what with an exciting weekend break to New York, getting everything ready for Christmas and. . . Erm. . . Finding time to play through the whole of Alien: Isolation. Read More …
Don’t panic everyone! I’m not dead, I’ve just been on holiday! After 3 weeks touring the US…and a couple of weeks sorting myself out…I’m back and ready to begin the music making afresh. Hurrah! Until then, here’s a specified New York for you:
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