A sad fact about my "literary" ambitions: I've read far more non-fiction than fiction. And while I've privately written a great deal of fiction over the decades, I've officially "published" far more non-fiction to the internet. Some might even call it "journalism", though that's a term that's been sadly tainted in recent years (especially in the gaming sector). I've also never progressed past the semi-professional level, given that I've received no end of "freebies", but have yet to be paid a single brass razoo for my services.
This non-fiction has mostly taken the form of video game and music reviews, though I'm also quite chuffed about some of the interviews I've had the chance to conduct. I've been fortunate enough to quiz some of all my all-time favourite musical artists: Burton C. Bell of Fear Factory fame, Ben Weinman from The Dillinger Escape Plan, Clinton "Bär" McKinnon of Mr Bungle and Umlaut, Damian Cowell from Root! (aka Humphrey B. Flaubert from TISM), and Sym Gharial from The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster. The site these articles were published to would now appear to be sadly defunct (RIP, Music Vice!), but thanks to the good people at the Wayback Machine most of the interviews/reviews/articles are still accessible at https://web.archive.org/web/20110824184246/http://www.musicvice.com/author/michael-bowser.
Reviews have, however, remained my primary non-fiction output, and it's in the field of video games that I've been most prolific. I've written for a few sites - including the also-defunct Scared to Play, which I can't presently locate via the Wayback Machine - but more importantly, the links to my two Steam Curator pages can be found at the top of my primary Steam profile (https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198048974498/). I'll include links to some of the better-received and/or more personally satisfying examples of my work in the tabs to follow.
(I also have a possible trilogy of film review books in the works...but that's one work-in-progress that won't be finished any time in the foreseeable future, I'm afraid!)
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