Yesterday, at an undisclosed location in Central London, there was a make-or-break meeting between myself and Ben There, Dan That!’s intrepid co-writer, to discuss the logistics behind the possibility of some sort of sequel.
Prime concern was where to take the two characters, and how we could pin an enjoyable adventure on the original game’s cliffhanger [...]

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Oooh, Ben There, Dan That!, eh? Ended on a bit of a cliffhanger, didn’t it? I wonder how veritable heroes Dan and Ben get out of that one.
Shame there’ll never ever be a sequel, simply because Donationware doesn’t really bring in enough cold, hard cash to make it economically viable.
That said, Ben There, Dan That!’s [...]

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What a momentous occasion – Ben There, Dan That! has just had its 10,000th download. Thinking about it, that’s quite a lot of people. It’s certainly exponentially more people than we ever imagined would play it. It’s all very exciting indeed.
People have been saying some very nice things about it on The Internet, and thanks [...]

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As part of the TIGSource ‘Bootleg Demake’ competition, a couple of guys from the Zombie Cow Forum ‘demade’ Grand Theft Auto 4 as Large Scale Vehicular Stealing, a dodgy knock-off for the NES.
It’s a surprisingly deep mish-mash of the first GTA, with Double Dragon stylee fighting bits thrown in for good measure. It’s completely free [...]

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