Immersive gaming space race action with Bring Them HomeGround control to Major Bates. Sending scrawled notes about what’s in space. BY ROBIN BATES Share0 Tweet0 Share0 Pin0 Review Summary Product Name: Bring Them Home – An Immersive Game Experience Product Type: Immersive GamePrice: £22Summary: Bring Them Home is a fantastic and fast paced gaming experience, suitable for newcomers to the world of immersive gaming, and …
Is it delight or disappointment with the first Degusta Box of 2019?Tasty treats that can’t be beat or nasty surprises before your very eyeses? BY ROBIN BATES Share0 Tweet0 Share0 Pin0 Review Summary Product Name: Degusta BoxProduct Type: Subscription Food BoxPrice: £12.99 – or use our link for £5 off with the coupon – DEGUSTA5Summary: Lots of potential with Degusta Box but squandered on a …
Guess what Robin thinks from the page title with a review of February’s My Geek BoxI said ‘plastic tat’ and I meant it! BY ROBIN BATES Share0 Tweet0 Share0 Pin0 Review Summary Product Name: My Geek BoxProduct Type: Subscription BoxPrice: £19.99 plus about £3 postageSummary: Old unwanted crap and customer service to match. Oh how the mighty have fallen. Rating: Get It Now Last …
Prepare for a revolution with Counting Sheep at the Vault Festival 2019Do you revolve or evolve? BY ROBIN BATES Share0 Tweet0 Share0 Pin0 Review Summary Product Name: Counting SheepProduct Type: Immersive TheatrePrice: £19.50-£31.50 Rating: Book Tickets Now Entering the Vaults beneath Waterloo Station, we are transported to Kiev. Sat either side of a long table, with the cheap seats on benches either side, and …
Get ready to deduct your way out of this one with Sherlock: The Game is Now.Review of the Official Sherlock Escape Room BY ROBIN BATES, MAY 27, 2015 11:00 AM Share0 Tweet0 Share0 Pin0 Review Summary Product Name: Sherlock: The Game is NowWhat is it: Escape Room Experience in London, UKPrice: £54Summary: A well made escape room, with beautiful sets, from the team behind Time …
PodUK is a celebration of the UK podcasting scene, and is set to take place in Birmingham Millennium Point on Saturday February 2nd. Hosted by Rocksalt Events and sponsored by Present Communications Ltd and Hindenburg Systems, PodUk is a fan focussed event, allowing you to get up close and meet your favourite podcasters. Including Coaching for Geeks’ own Robin Bates. …
It’s Gobbals vs Wabits in Ankama’s BrothersEverything you need for a puzzling good time with a hint of Tetris! BY PAUL GIFFNEY Share0 Tweet0 Share0 Pin0 Review Summary Product Name: BrothersPublisher: Designers: Ankama Christophe Boelinger and Xavier HoussinPrice: 14,90 €Summary: A simple shapes-as-points game that is well made and suitable for all ages Rating: Get It Now The parcel arrived from Coaching for Geeks. My first game …
A boxful of geeky treats with My Geek BoxWhat’s in the boooooooooooox? BY ROBIN BATES, Jan 2nd 2019 Share0 Tweet0 Share0 Pin0 Review Summary Product Name: My Geek BoxProduct Type: Subscription BoxPrice: £19.99 $24.99USD $34.99AUD plus postage. A variety of themed boxes available at other price points. Summary: A surprising amount of value packed into an oversized box. Rating: Get it Now Subscription boxes. You can get them for …
Steampunk Biker Gangs vs Robotic Invaders with Steel RatsBiker Robots from Mars? BY HEATHER TINSLEY, JAN 3, 2019 12:00 PM Share0 Tweet0 Share0 Review Summary Product Name: Steel RatsFormats: PC (Steam) and PlayStation 4 (digital download) Price: Steam: £15.99PS4: £15.99 Half price at £7.99 at the time of writing. Summary: Wonky controls and a lack of heft let down a combat focussed steampunk take on Unirally, with mixed …
Hundreds voted in the Coaching for Geeks Awards 2018. Making their opinions known across multiple geeky categories. Congratulations to all the nominees, here are your winners and runners up.MOVIE OF THE YEAR 2018There were fewer than 10 votes between the top 2 showing that Marvel Studios got a few things right in 2018. In the fight between The Avengers and T’Challa there …
The Coaching for Geeks Awards 2018 The Coaching for Geeks community has spoken, putting forward their nominations for the best in geeky entertainment over the last twelve months… and the worst. The time has come to vote FOR THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE! (In each category plus a runner up). But they’re all winners here, apart from those found in …
The promoter is Coaching for Geeks whose registered office is at The Library, 102 Campbell Road, London, E3 4EA The competition is open to residents of the United Kingdom, United States, Australia aged 18 years or over except employees of Coaching for Geeks and their close relatives and anyone otherwise connected with the organisation or judging of the competition. There …
Oliver William Walker designs games at Just Add Water. He mets Robin to talk about his career, from college, through university, experiments with games, networking, and moving into the real world of work. Robin met Oliver at EGX, where he was participating in a ‘disabilities in the gaming industry panel’ as Oliver has bipolar disorder. The two touch on …
Jess talks about what video games took away from her life, and how they ultimately saved her. Blood covered body parts lined the floor with a larger than necessary ‘victory’ prompt sprawled across the centre screen. I was alone in watching the feat of violence, and I jolted back in horror as the victory scene played out. If you’d like …
Jackson Pope makes boardgames by hand. With cardboard, craft knives, and a lot of patience, he’s published 6 games in this manner. Now he’s Kickstarting Flick Fleet – https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/eurydice-games/flickfleet-the-space-combat-dexterity-board-game Robin joins Jack to talk about the games, tools, and inspiration that led down this strange career path. Listen in here, or find us on iTunes and Spotify. FLICK …
Hello fellow geeks and welcome to December’s Coaching for Geeks Creator of the Month! In this section we pick out one of our very own epic geeks to highlight the amazing creations they produce. We want to show the whole wide world just how cool, creative and outright geeky we are. So let’s dive into December’s artist, Victoria Sol. …
Interviews Made Easy with our Free Guide It’s time to get ready for your next interview with our Pre-Interview Checklist. 20 pages of info including what to do, when to do it, plus the all important checklist to make sure you haven’t forgotten anything. From one week before, right up to the day of the interview itself, we’ll lead you …
Lauran Carter Manages Communities From the heady days of Fable with Lionhead Studios and Microsoft, to the now of Two Point Hospital with SEGA. Lauran Carter knows how to manage a community to get the best from them, and for the brands she’s working with. Listen in to find out exactly how it’s done, and maybe start your journey …
How to Do World-Class Research on a Company when Looking for a Job Whether you’re making an application, already got that interview, or are a runner trying to break Jinteki’s latest ICE subroutines – information is power. The right info can help give you an edge over all the other applicants at every stage of the recruitment process. …
It’s darker here in London’s east end and just down the road is where Jack the Ripper committed his foul acts. Only one thing can keep me from the terrors of the night…. YOUR BEST HORROR GAMES EVER! Did you pay for your misdeeds in the otherworld of Silent Hill? Perhaps you go back to the Amiga for your Horror Zombies …
165 companies who recruit using Twitter (and bonus Bad Ads job postings). I love twitter. You might be reading this because I posted it on Twitter. The mix of content can be overwhelming so it’s important to cultivate who you follow. Before we get going Really Bad Job Ads has great examples of what not to do when recruiting …
I used to be terrible at playing video games. But not in the way you might be thinking. When I played video games, I often felt that I needed to maximize myself before I can begin to have fun. For example, Pokémon HeartGold came with an accessory called a Pokéwalker, a pedometer that granted experience points for your Pokémon and …
Your Social Media profile represents your employ-ability – use it to your advantage. I’m a Xellenial. The first part of my childhood was largely free of technology – no mobiles never mind smartphones, no internet, 4 channels on the telly (3 for the first 5 years of my life) with remote controls being a luxury. The latter part …
The Coaching for Geeks Show returns! And what better way to celebrate Season 2 than with terrible heroes who got picked last for adventuring. You can listen in here or head over to our new home on Radio Public, or the old favourites of iTunes, Spotify, or most places that have podcasts. Not Stitcher though because they still suck at …
THE TEN THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW TO WIN AT JOB INTERVIEWS: Job Interviews! It seems we’ve had plenty of CV success in the Coaching for Geeks Community, and also some job interview success, but not as much as we want… so let’s recap! 1. Do Your Research Before The Job Interview Almost everything that follows hinges on this. DO …
