Peter Nolan-Smith, Author at Cliqist

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Peter is an online journalist and freelance writer trying to make it in this crazy digital world. After leaving the University of King's College's journalism program he relocated to Toronto where he's currently a working union actor and stuntman, with a short web series he's written in development. Born in merry ol’ England, Peter remembers his love of video games starting with Zelda: Link to the Past. He loves big expansive virtual worlds and long walks on the beach.

The World Is At Your Finger Tips In Prodigy

Peter Nolan-Smith - May 1, 2014

Hanakai Studios Puts The World At Your Finger Tips In Prodigy By Peter Nolan-Smith Players interact with their games through buttons, joysticks and the occasional light...

Fate of the Gods: Dragon Slayer – Reviewed

Peter Nolan-Smith - April 17, 2014

Fate of the Gods: Dragon Slayer - Reviewed By Pete Nolan-Smith Fate of the Gods: Dragon Slayer is a quick and dirty little side scrolling PC...

The End of the Ouya

Peter Nolan-Smith - March 19, 2014

The End of the Ouya By Peter Nolan-Smith Note: The opinions expressed in this editorial are not necessarily the views or opinions of Cliqist.com. It was supposed...

Pinball Arcade: Terminator 2: Judgement Day Reviewed

Peter Nolan-Smith - March 3, 2014

By Peter Nolan-Smith It’s a cold unforgiving killing machine, hell bent on your destruction. With red glowing eyes it watches from across the table, mocking...

Pinball Arcade: Star Trek: The Next Generation Reviewed

Peter Nolan-Smith - February 28, 2014

FarSight Studios Reaches for the Stars By Peter Nolan-Smith When I sat down to play FarSight Studios’ pinball table Star Trek: The Next Generation, I didn’t...

Pinball Arcade: Twilight Zone Reviewed

Peter Nolan-Smith - February 26, 2014

Balls Of Steel By Peter Nolan-Smith There used to be a place called an arcade. Usually a dark, open space filled with giant wooden boxes that...

Review – Conclave

Peter Nolan-Smith - January 29, 2014

Off the Table Top onto the Tablet, Conclave Delivers. By Peter Nolan-Smith New development studio 10x10 Room hits a small bull’s-eye with its first release, Conclave. An...

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From Fan Art to Film Crew: RJ Palmer Talks Detective Pikachu
The recent quality and appeal of CG-heavy films like the upcoming Cats, and Disney’s remakes of The Lion King and Aladdin have been called into question. The film adaptation of Sonic the Hedgehog has experienced tumultuous development, with a universally reviled design undergoing revision. A desire for a return to 2D animated cinema has been […]
Women in Gaming: Borderlands 3 Mission Designer Kate Pitstick
In the veritable shadow of larger-than-life statues of new Borderlands 3 characters at E3 2019, mission and level designer Kate Pitstick got to see her work showcased to thousands. During the bustling exhibition at the Los Angeles Convention Center, Pitstick took the time to talk about her career and work on the latest entry in […]
Equipping Your Emotions in Crystar
Though action RPG Crystar is already available in its native Japan, it will be heading to North America and Europe later this month. Along with promising action-packed gameplay, Crystar carries its own philosophy on emotions. Published by Spike Chunsoft and FuRyu, and developed by Gemdrops, Crystar follows Rei Hatada’s efforts to revive her dead sister, […]
A Community’s Lifespan in Dialect: A Game About Language and How It Dies
Embodying the spirit of encompassing all gaming, the IndieCade showcase at E3 2019 featured tabletop games too. This included Thorny Games’ Dialect: A Game About Language and How It Dies. But before players can reach the destruction of a language, they have to create it first. Communally Created Words “For every turn of the game, […]
#Voices4Devs: Voice Actors Give Online Support for Game Unionization
As more people working in video games try to form their own union, they’ve recently gotten another burst of online support. Apparently starting on April 2, voice actors united under the #Voices4Devs hashtag on Twitter to call attention to the developers they work with on games. A wide variety of voice actors from AAA titles […]