"INCOMING!" Interview with Team17 Lead Designer

Welcome to Crash To Desktop, we have a something special for you today with an interview with Team17's very own Lead Designer Grant Towell. Team17 is well known for developing some of the best known Amiga games such as Alien Breed, Superfrog and more recently their hugely popular Worms series. 

After the break you'll be treated to a delectable selection of questions that we've posed to one of the most popular UK based developers, and some tantalising tips on breaking into games development.

Crash To Desktop - 2 Months In

It's been a long few weeks between wrapping up for the winter and stocking up on food, being ill and working behind the scenes, but now I'm finally able to sit down and write.

I'm sure most of you were expecting to see our round up of Insomnia 44 by now, it was planned to go up this time last week, but looking at the calendar I realised something, this week marks the '2 months in' date of Crash To Desktop going live, and seeing as this is the last month of the year, I thought I'd write something special instead...

What I will be doing is a 'story so far' from my perspective and a look forward to what we have planned for the future - Read on for the full story

Crash To Desktop Invades Replay Expo 2011

With thousands of gaming events happening every year it's hard to keep track these days. In fact the United Kingdom itself has quite the event scene. One of those such events is the Replay Expo which is dedicated to the art (and nostalgia) of retro gaming.

"So what is Replay?"

Simply put, the Replay Expo is a huge weekend long event that celebrates gaming through the ages. The idea is simple and effective, you turn up, you find that one elusive console that you never could quite pin down (in my case the Nintendo 64DD), and you experience what you missed the first time round. With over 100 consoles ranging from the neolithic BBC Micro, to the incredibly rare and sought after Panasonic Q (basically a shiny Nintendo GameCube with DVD player inbuilt), the sheer scope of the gems found here is breathtaking.

Win Tickets to Replay Expo 2011!

Replay Expo is the unique video gaming event that prides itself in celebrating both the classics as well as the very latest titles. Following the success of last year’s debut show, Replay Expo will return to the Norbreck Castle Exhibition Centre in Blackpool on the 5/6 November 2011; the final weekend of the famous Illuminations.

Want to know more then listen to the following interview with Andy Brown, director of the event with our own Fatal Impurity.

Andy Brown Interview