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This episode is with the marvellous Alex Donaldson.
Alex is a video game critic, the owner of RPG Site and Assistant Editor / editor at large for VG247.
We walked around the mean streets of Solihull and took in some gorgeous, verdant sights in the blazing sunshine - a huge long walk was had. Then we popped on the train to Birmingham to have a brief visit to NQ64 before sitting outside and soaking up a few more rays.
This is the first entirely roaming episode of the season, we talked for hours about all sorts and had a great day. What you will hear is a truncated version of our huge chat travelling all around Solihull and Birmingham with topics aplenty.
We spoke about Alex’s upbringing; his unusually early start in games writing, including his first visit to E3 at the age of 18; the future of expos and the games industry; family life; Alex’s obsession with projects, some of which involve tearing up his house (and installing arcade machines); choosing a direction for your websites and staying true to yourself, before closing out with a little bit of Street Fighter chat!
Alex is great and it was real pleasure scooting around Solihull and Birmingham, seeing the sights and chatting for hours til it was time to head home to London.
Thank you so much for listening, follow me over at @garydooton and @mgifshow. Stay subbed, stay following!
Lots of Love,
Gary x