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Digital Media Consultant Tom Chick Joins Asia Rugby

Asia Rugby is delighted to announce that highly renowned Digital and Social Media (DSM) expert and self-confessed lover of fan engagement, Tom Chick, is joining the Regional Association as its first ever designated Digital Media Consultant.

Tom is well-known in global Rugby circles having been a key part of the team which managed the record-breaking Rugby World Cup 2015 social strategy, which was…

Deep Sixed Sounds Like Linux on the Desktop in Space: The Game, But Fun

A few times a year I spend anywhere from 5 to 15 hours digging through some Linux garbage. Deep Sixed is a spaceship management roguelike game in space about managing a spaceship the way we see in movies. Tom Chick: Deep Sixed also loves that moment in Dark Star. Maybe not specifically that moment, but that kind of moment. Actors…

I’ve done alright recently!

A script I wrote was nominated for a BAFTA New Talent Award.

Myself and Tom Chick are extremely close to finishing our short documentary about the Port o’ Leith and there’s a slick new trailer up to prove it.

I also have a new fiction project called “Wiyuld” which was recently commissioned as part of the Scottish Shorts programme.

Here’s a fun wee gif from some very early tests for Wiyuld.

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So here's a lovely thing: Tom Chick talks with himself from 18 years ago (when XCOM had a dash).

It's lovely because it's the review for those that were alive and playing the original eons ago. Neatly, the review notes concerns veterans may raise while bundling it up with what the new game does. Oh, and there's lines like this:

2012 Tom: Yeah, we’ll get into that another time. But these days, it takes an indie project like Day Z to really turn off the lights.

1994 Tom: Day Z? What’s that?

2012 Tom: It’s a zombie game.

1994 Tom: They made a whole game about zombies? Like, the whole game? Cool.

Tom Chick's review of Journey created quite a stir. Having given the game "two stars" of a possible five, many perceived Chick to be beating up on the indie darling. They let him know, in kind. As a result, he posted a somewhat funny but strictly serious FAQ dealing with his review. An excerpt follows: