Brown is the new brown.
Issue #197 of Hyper (on sale now, to my knowledge) is a really important issue to me, for two reasons. The first being that it’s my last issue as news editor. While I wouldn’t have minded doing the news from France, it would have been a logistical nightmare trying to interview people (email interviews are not an option – you just end up with the response of some PR person and it makes for really lame articles) and staying in tune with the Australian gaming scene while being overseas. The second reason is I have a feature published in this issue – my first-ever feature for Hyper – about the fall of Red Ant Enterprises.
This article is probably the biggest thing I have written to date, taking more time and research than any other piece I’ve ever worked on and requiring more sensitivity than any subject I’ve had to tackle. My editor was kind enough to give me six pages in the magazine to tell the story of the collapse of the company and I’m really excited to finally see it in print after months of work. I’m pretty proud of it.
So if you find yourself with a pocket full of gold coins while you’re at the newsagency, pick up a copy of The Australian to get your hit of political analysis, and then pick up a copy of Hyper. Also, a packet of Zappos, because they’re delicious.
