Have You Played? is an endless stream of game retrospectives. One a day, every day, perhaps for all time.
There s always a gamble with Julian Gollop. Whenever I ve been lucky enough to meet the designer behind the original X-Com, I ve felt like the student to a mild-mannered teacher – the kind who makes you lean in to hear, rather than bellows for you to listen.
Boot up one of his games, though, and he becomes a crafty casino manager, rubbing his hands in glee as he watches you offer up your watch and wedding ring through the grainy CCTV cameras.