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40+ years of making games, from Jet Power Jack & Rick Dangerous to Wreckreaction - with Simon Phipps

40+ years of making games, from Jet Power Jack & Rick Dangerous to Wreckreaction - with Simon Phipps

Update: 2025-06-17
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This episode's guest's fingerprints are all over some of the most iconic games of the 80s, 90s and beyond - Simon Phipps, aka Simes. 

From the 8-bit bedroom coding scene to the heights of AAA development, Simon’s career has spanned hits from Rick Dangerous and Shadow Man, to the Harry Potter games for EA.

In addition to finding out about his long career in computer and video games, we hear about his love for art and making Star Wars props and costumes. This feature-length episode covers a lot of ground, and is essential listening for anyone working in the creative or gaming industries - or just wants to find out about them.

 

🔗 Links:

Websites - www.simonphipps.com

YouTube  - @SimonPhippsArt

Instagram - @SimonPhippsArt

Facebook - @SimonPhippsArt

X / Twitter - @SimonPhippsArt

Plus Three Fields Entertainment (where Wreckreaction is mentioned) 

 

🎵 Music:

Neon Gaming, by Dope Stuff

Captain Blood soundtrack - "Ethnicolor" by Jean Michel Jarre 

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40+ years of making games, from Jet Power Jack & Rick Dangerous to Wreckreaction - with Simon Phipps

40+ years of making games, from Jet Power Jack & Rick Dangerous to Wreckreaction - with Simon Phipps

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