This month sees a few changes in the magazine – nothing major or terrifying, but as far as I’m concerned, long overdue. This includes the addition of a regular short tech section.We’ve increased Phone Home and we’ve also brought back competitions!
I am now and have been, for most of the years of my life, a fiercely single-player focused gamer. I’m not devoid of a competitive nature, but I know that I frustrate easily when placed in the wrong situation, and am far better suited to team sports where praise and blame can be shared around, as opposed to tennis – or even cricket, for that matter – where failure can only be my own bloody fault… more »
I had a chance recently to ask Eliot Fish about the origins of the word ‘blau’. I am unsure, exactly, as to how it came to be that I felt this was an important thing to find out, but – in its own small way – I suppose it is a piece of Hyper’s history. It frequently filled the pages, oh, must be about 100 issues ago now. That general era, maybe a bit earlier? Or a bit later? Shows how much I know… more »