Mostly works in marketing. Mostly.
Author of gaming books including Aliens: The Video Games, published August 2026 and available to pre-order now.
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Mike Diver
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I've watched the gen ATLAS reveal trailer 112 times.
Said developer: LOL, why did you pick a VCR as a prize? Who has a VCR anymore? This shit is ancient.
(Several months later)
How fortunate that we, the makers of Alien: Isolation, have access to a VCR, actually.
This book is a 10/10.
YES.
Let me be a palaeontologist.
FOOTBALL.
CAPE VERDE WINS 0-0.
Did you know that the crackly footage in Alien: Isolation was achieved by using a real VCR, fortunately won by a developer's partner in a raffle, and wiggling the SCART lead to create the distortion?
Read all about the making of the horror classic:
www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Aliens-The-V...
If you're looking for a games-y Father's Day gift, hey, I have some books that might appeal?
Find these on Amazon or other places. Most of them are cheap. Retro Gaming (paperback, so, the newer edition) is only £3.99 right now on the Big Online Book Shop!
"The guys were huge franchise fans and they wanted the game to be a love letter..."
🗣 Tony Beckwith, producer of Alien 3 on SNES.
"I was over-my-head excited to work on it..."
🗣 Missy Castro, artist on Aliens Online.
"You had to pinch yourself once in a while, because you couldn’t believe you were getting to contribute to that lore."
Jason Hough, designer on AvP Extinction
Something that came through from a lot of devs I spoke to was how proud they are to have been a small part of a series they totally love.
