Simon Best

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The Water Under Her Stairs

August 9, 2016by Simon Leave a comment

  The Water Under Her Stairs is a short story about fear, tenacity, and facing the rising darkness. Available as a free epub on the Kobo Store, and below in its entirety.   […]

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Fiction

The Shared History of Tennis and PONG

August 7, 2016by Simon Leave a comment

  Please read on Eurogamer.net.

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Eurogamer

FIX

March 31, 2016by Simon Leave a comment

  FIX was written for NaNoWriMo 2015 and is my first novella. It explores the horror of tightening screws and crushing walls, of airless fear and unknown sounds, and the power […]

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Fiction

Looking for Michael Bay: The Video Game

March 31, 2016by Simon Leave a comment

  Please read on Eurogamer.net

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Editorial, Games

Long tail: the near-endless joy of unlockable content

January 24, 2016by Simon Leave a comment

Please read on Eurogamer.net

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Editorial, Games

Review: Spectre

January 22, 2016by Simon Leave a comment

Sky(fall)’s the limit. James Bond’s 24th outing reputedly had more than a few troubles in production, ranging from creative differences to total last-minute rewrites of entire sections. This happens far more […]

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Film

Thanks, Back To The Future

January 22, 2016by Simon Leave a comment

In 1992, seven years after *Back To The Future* came out, I bought a guitar and a skateboard, and it was directly responsible for both. One of those lasted no […]

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Editorial, Film

Review: It Follows

January 22, 2016by Simon Leave a comment

Behind you. There’s been much discussion as to what the ever-creeping terror in *It Follows* represents – STDs, AIDS, the dangers of promiscuity, the end of puberty, the inevitable chase […]

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Film

All Hail PS4’s Sleep Mode

January 22, 2016by Simon 2 Comments

And praise be to the Suspend/Resume function. Childbirth is a miracle. I’ve seen a tiny human being come out of another human being twice – the first emerging like a […]

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Editorial, Games

Review: American Ultra

January 22, 2016by Simon Leave a comment

Improbable as it may seem,  it’s not Jessie Eisenburgs’ transformation from anxiety-stricken stoner to peerless fighting machine that causes *American Ultra* to stumble. In fact, the choreography of the fight […]

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Film

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