Rob Haines Creative Space
Personal essays and critique of videogame narrative, with a focus on games largely forgotten by the ongoing discourse.
- Created by Rob Haines
- Located in Wales
- September 2012
- Free
Recent posts
June 28, 2026
In April 2026, humankind orbited the moon for the first time in over half a century. Artemis II was the first crewed flight beyond low Earth orbit since the dawn of the internet, and the 24-hour livestreams of their ten-day mission caught the attention of the world. I recently watched some of the…
October 17, 2024
When I was a kid, I had a computer. More accurately, my family had an Amstrad CPC 464 for word processing and programming and Important Family Things, and which categorically wasn't mine. (I beg to differ, based on the sheer number of hours I spent on it.) This was the era of magnetic tapes, games…
October 6, 2024
Friday Nights in the Hostile Environment: Not Tonight and Satire The rise of authoritarianism in British politics, and how difficult it can be to balance satire and fun. Read the essay We Don't Talk Any More: Prince of Persia (2008) & Conversation Ubisoft’s Prince of Persia reboot is a game about…
