BigKid.com.au
Title
BigKid
Description
A group of Australian gamers who wanted to offer games content relevant to Australia. Ken Williamson (monty) - lives in Brisbane and works at THQ. Rob Watson and Alison Riley both work at Perception in Sydney. Bruce Collier also lives in Sydney, working as a freelance web designer/developer. Other regulars include muso and game programmer Ryan Booker, Jason Stark (author of ‘Stark Reality’), and Camille Scaysbrook (Tripitaka) who is a game designer and writer from Sydney.
How did BigKid start?
Sometime in 1998 Ken got the idea to start a gaming site (from reading about how Anand started his impressive hardware site actually). He went to Bruce who knocked up some HTML and found a server to host the page. After a few months of half-hearted updating, the site stagnated. Six months later Rob had the idea to use the site for a college assignment and spent the best part of the next several months building the content to something actually worth reading. All three saw the potential, and got on board. The site itself has undergone several redesigns, including the addition of a database-driven backend to deliver news content.
Do you actually know what you’re doing or are you just a bunch of wannabes?
Well, apart from more than 50 years of game playing between us (probably much more) and ongoing enthusiasms for the industry, almost all the site’s contributors hold senior positions at game development studios in Australia.
