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tinny_three's avatar

What's your favourite game of the last 10 years?

Rupert's avatar

That's a trick question isn't it? Mumbles something about Quake...

I'm not sure if it's my favourite but my mind went straight to Overcooked when I read this question!

tinny_three's avatar

Hahah Quake was exactly what I was getting at.

10 points to the AMA for spotting it

Mark's avatar

Will Brighton be the next Southampton?

Rupert's avatar

I don't think so, although of course anything is possible! I believe the club's identity and unique strengths stem from its ownership by Tony Bloom, a lifelong fan. IIRC he's talked about the club being left to his family when he dies, so there's a level of stability and a true long-term vision vs. a club that that goes through changes of ownership and strategy.

John's avatar

What was your proudest achievement with Gamer Network and why is it Metabomb?

Rupert's avatar

It's a bit of a cop out but I think it's that we managed to have such consistent success as an independent business over such a long period of time. Doing it on our own terms, organically, against the odds, with stability and everything that entails.

That and assembling such a brilliant team and group of people, and now watching so many of them go on to do awesome things in (and outside of) the games industry.

It's pretty cool that after (now) nearly 25 years people still say hello at events and mention how one of our sites or events has meant something special to them and played a part in their lives.

Joel's avatar

Will there ever be a boy born who can swim faster than a shark?

Rupert's avatar

Surely the real question is how can I kill a tiger armed only with a biro?

LukewarmGravity's avatar

Is a Hot Dog a Sandwich?

Rupert's avatar

Yes, but you'd be weird to refer to it that way.

damor's avatar

Do you stand by your decision to give Halo an 8?

Rupert's avatar

I'd have to refer you to the editorial department on that one! :) But I think history proved us right in the end..?

Mark's avatar

Is a Hot Dog a Sandwich?

For the record, I'd say no.

Tom's avatar

In the context of a bowl of cereal... is milk a sauce? If not, what is it? 🥛

Rupert's avatar

It's an accoutrement.

Dave's avatar

What is next weeks community colab?

Dave's avatar

O that one. I thought you meant there was some colab on here with a developer or something next week lol

Rupert's avatar

It won't be long until that kind of thing is happening! Lots of plans afoot...

Craig's avatar

Genuine graphic design question, do you use stock vectors / outsourced teams for Just About (and the promotional videos so far) or are they made in-house? Rare to see a platform like this that’s actually quite pretty.

Rupert's avatar

We got very lucky indeed when we hired Tom as our lead designer - he can answer all of your design questions!

Tom's avatar

Oh hey! Good timing. I've just uploaded an article about how we approach design here at JA. You can read it here:

https://alpha.justabout.com/just-about/design-at-just-about-1

To answer your specific question, we use some stock assets to speed up our process but, to date, all the creative, animation, and compiling has been done in house by myself and our super talented social & video editor Holly

We are currently on the lookout for an illustration partner to help us with some more bespoke requirements as we look to take our brand up to the next level:

https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7080197339809730560?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

If you have any other questions about how we approach design, pop them in the replies to the Q&A above and I'll do my best to answer 🤓

Craig's avatar

People will think I'm a Just About plant for asking this question. You two are absolutely smashing the design so far, it's definitely a part of the reason I keep coming back. In my old-man-government-job I've been working on design accessibility recently so your post was 10/10 reading.

Tom's avatar

Thanks so much! It's so satisfying to see real users and chats happening on here. The praise is very gratefully received 🙏. If you have any other input, good or bad (or should I say constructive?), keep it coming 🙌

Thomas's avatar

What's your favourite EGX memory?

Rupert's avatar

That's an unbelievably tough question: There's too many to choose from! But your question triggered my memory of this video, which is awesome:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAAnIrvALT8

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How's Holly settling in?

Holly's avatar

I’m loving it, hope all things are good for you guys!

Philip's avatar

Will Just About show me Temu ads when it goes live?

Rupert's avatar

I’m sure that can be arranged 😉

Joel's avatar

Testing for the emails

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