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h2g2.action is an online high bandwidth documentary project. Inspired by 'Last Chance to See' h2g2.action brings you the latest news, features and evidence about three of the world's most endangered species.

h2g2 takes the enduringly popular fiction of the original Hitchhiker's Guide the Galaxy and makes it real, creating a collaborative on-line Guide to Life, the Universe and Everything.

From 1995 to 1998, I ran my own new media company called lush. I produced both independent work as well as specific commissions.

A point-and-click adventure game, it is stocked with beautifully observed characters. Your mission is to blag your way from the Titanic's steerage to first class by puzzle-solving and verbal interaction with the characters.

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h2g2 takes Douglas Adams' fiction of the original Hitchhiker's Guide the Galaxy and makes it real, creating a collaborative online Guide to Life, the Universe and Everything. h2g2 is an organic guide, providing an unconventional wisdom built around the contributions of its global community. Users can browse the Guide by geography and category, search for entries of interest to them, contribute new entries and comment on those already there.

I was responsible for the initial launch and conception of the Guide, I see the Guide as a project rather than product. My aim was to provide a community with a storytelling mechanism that allows anyone with something interesting to say to contribute, we built this based around a forum system linked to a database of text entries.

The launch introduced five fictional Field Researchers who deliver guideline reports, background story context and built up awareness of the community pre-launch.

I am most proud of the characters we built for launch and have linked to my favourite animations:

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'Gaming for grown ups' best describes the fundamental principle of Dreamer. Essentially a platform game, Dreamer builds an interactive fictional world that combines high action, absorbing game play with emotional drama.

I was Production Director at Zone (UK) Ltd., my responsibilities ranged from producing the original Vid Zone consoles to contributions to UnZip (the UK's first CD-ROM magazine) published in 1995.