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Here we talk about design, development, games, the publishing industry, and any other web-related stuff that we find interesting. And, of course, we talk about what we are up to in the studio.


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Updating our work

We had a very busy 2010, and it seems 2011 is looking to be just as busy. We’re thrilled! We love what we do, so busy is good. Of course, because we are a small team and our clients come first, our own site has been largely forgotten. We will be updating our main portfolio [...]


Christmas Break!

We will be taking a break until January 3rd. Please note that any inquiries or emails sent during this time will be answered upon our return in January. We wish you all a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! We are incredibly excited for 2011 as we already have a number of great projects [...]


Hello 2010!

We aren’t the type to reflect a whole lot on things past – the good or the bad. We’d rather look forward to what the new year has to offer. 2009 has been a great year for us though with some exceptional projects. We’ve connected with great clients, publishers, authors and entrepreneurs, and next year [...]


ShadeWorks Launches its Autumn 2009 Issue

The Autumn issue of ShadeWorks is live. Because of the delay in publishing this issue, we’ve also published the fourth and final installment of the Thane of Cawdor series. ShadeWorks is a literary journal for horror fiction celebrating its one-year birthday this April.


Autumn News

Although we have been pretty quiet here (silent really), we’ve had a busy few months. For one, we moved into new offices in the Oxford city center. It’s been fun settling in and meeting others within the office building. For anyone who wants to get in touch with us by phone, we now have a [...]


Death of a Salesman

Enterprise web solutions are dead; they just don’t know it yet.

That’s a bold statement to make, isn’t it? Have one more: enterprise web solutions are dinosaurs, and there’s a big bad meteorite named WordPress that’s about to give rise to the mammals. Here’s how.


ShadeWorks (Spring 2009) Has Launched

The Spring issue of ShadeWorks is live.  Lots of improvements since the previous issue, and plenty more to come.  ShadeWorks is a literary journal for horror fiction celebrating its one-year birthday this April.


ShadeWorks Launches Its Winter 2009 Issue

The Winter issue of ShadeWorks is live, and with it comes wonderful news:  there’s a new member of the ShadeWorks editing team.  ShadeWorks is a horror zine that focuses on tales and imagery of supernatural horror.  Head over and check out the latest issue.  There are some wonderful stories and beautiful works of art.


Links of Interest

My Google Reader is packed with interesting sites and resources and it’s about time I shared some of those.


Hello 2009!

We are back in the office after a few days off. We spent most of our time reading (the pile of “to-read” books is now a little shorter) and playing new games (Santa was very generous this year). We are now eager to get started on some great new projects! We ended 2008 with the redesign of John Grisham’s site: JGrisham.com, which we are very happy with, and we are looking forward to what 2009 has to offer.