{"id":2,"date":"2010-02-12T17:08:25","date_gmt":"2010-02-12T17:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2020-07-02T18:44:15","modified_gmt":"2020-07-02T17:44:15","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hntdaab.co.uk\/blog\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

About The Author<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Hi!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My name is Michael Charge and I’m a UK based games developer. In my spare time, I’m also a keen wargamer. I’m working on several other projects for wargaming (including this blog). In 2017 I was the co-author on the latest<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m currently based in Edinburgh working for a major AAA games development studio. Before that, I worked as a mobile developer in Brighton. I spent 4 years at university, first achieving a BSc in Computing at Teesside University and then a year getting an MProf in Games Development at Abertay University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most of my life is available on Twitter<\/a>, Facebook and this very site. For more of my professional work, please take a look at my portfolio<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Site History<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n

HNTDAAB (Or How NOT To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb) was (once upon a time) a blog detailing the works of Michael Charge, back when I was an aspiring games developer\/journalist. The blog originally started back in August 2008 as a personal blog before increasing to a multi-person site in Summer 2009. After a database issue in March 2010, the site was restarted again as a general purpose blog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After a long time doing not a huge amount with the site I decided to focus on wargaming as it started to become a hobby. By focusing on Modern Wargaming (a niche subject) and writing my first rules comparison in November 2016, I started to attract more attention to the site. Since May 2017 the blog became focused on producing two posts a week, with Wargaming Week on Mondays and Something for the Weekend feature posts on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally, in November 2017, the blog became wargaming only with all previous posts moved to safety into an archive. I now consider the site like a weekly magazine, with an update and new content every week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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