Posted by Steven

Fri, 3rd Jun 2011

'Cubixx HD' Episode 15 - Rain, magazines, deep fried tempura vegetables and Cubixx!

Why hello again my lovelies,

Hope you didn’t miss me too much last week! I must say that I did cry a little inside knowing I wouldn’t be able to provide you with a Cubixx HD update, but sometimes duty calls!

As you are all probably aware from last week’s blog, my colleague Al and I took Cubixx HD out on the road to some of the country’s biggest video games magazines! Exciting stuff!!!

The story begins in Bishops Stortford where both Al and I live. We then hit the road to Bath for our first day’s visit. 3 or so hours later, we arrive in Bath and head straight for the Future Publishing office. We arrive in reception only to be told we are in the wrong office! I begin to panic, but fortunately the other office is only 5 minutes walk down the road, phew!

So, off we walk to the correct office only to be hit with a huge downpour of rain! So then we turn up to the right office this time, albeit a slight bit soggy! Here we met with Gamesmaster, Official PlayStation Magazine UK and PSM3. We gave them a quick run through of the game then let them join in for a little bit of 4 player action! I think (and hope) they really enjoyed it! Official PlayStation Magazine UK is running a review in July’s issue, so make sure you pick yourself up a copy!

After this we moved on to our next location, which was Bournemouth. So, off we headed to the local Travelodge, only to realise that Al had booked us into a double room; romantic, but not really appropriate. Fortunately they changed us into a Twin room!

We had an evening to kill, so we headed for a walk down by the sea. It was a lovely afternoon! The sun was shining, the beach was clean and the atmosphere was very relaxing.

Yes, Steven is that much bigger than Al.

We continued our walk down the beach to an arcade, where I gave Al a good thrashing on Outrun 2; I was undefeated !!! (Edit: it was a bit closer than that! – Al) Then we headed for some dinner.

It was the best dinner I have had in ages and ironically, being a vegetarian, it was from a Steak House!! This was definitely my personal highlight of the trip! Look at that bad boy!! Tempura-fried vegetables, halloumi, bread, corn, beans, chips and 2 sauces!

Vegetarian Platter for 1? Yes please!

A couple of pints later we decided to call it bed time and headed in for an early night, ready for the next day’s meeting. This is where we met Imagine Publishing magazines games TM, Play and Retrogamer. Again, the meeting went really well and everyone seemed really positive about it! Play magazine also interviewed Al and I, so I’ll be sure to let you know when that gets printed! Again, very exciting!

After the meeting we embarked on the long journey home, safe in the knowledge that Cubixx HD should hopefully get the coverage it deserves!!

Remember to keep an eye on the blog, especially to get updates on the Cubixx HD release date and magazine release updates!

Steven.

xx