- UK Resistance
UK Resistance (also written as UK:Resistance, or simply UK:R) is a
video game s website founded in1996 by Gary Cutlack and Jon M (under the pseudonyms Commander Zorg and Captain Jax). Originally aSega news and reviews fansite, UK Resistance has since expanded its coverage across all formats, and has developed a style depending more on satirical updates rather than its original UK news and reviews content.The website is frequently referenced by games industry media, and its exposure led to a writer's position at "
Sega Saturn Magazine " for Gary Cutlack. [cite journal| title=Rings of Saturn| journal=Retro Gamer | author=Damien McFerran | date=Christmas 2007| issue=45| pages=86–91] The website has been described by "Edge" as the place where "Europe's Sega cognoscenti gathered to discuss the burning issues of the day", [cite journal|title=Requiem for a Dream: The Life and Death of Dreamcast|journal=Edge|author=Edge staff|date=Christmas 2001|issue=105|pages=49–54] and by "Wired" gaming blog as "the popular taking-on-the-industry slam page". [cite web|url=http://blog.wired.com/games/2006/03/uk_resistance_u.html|title=UK Resistance, US Resistance, Sega Ads|author=Chris Kohler |date=2006-03-09|accessdate=2007-02-03|publisher="Wired"] The site is often linked to from other gamingblogs such asKotaku andJoystiq .Notable updates from the website include the Blue Sky in Games campaign, a campaign to reintroduce light hearted environments and settings into video games, as opposed to the prevalence of "realistic"
gang violence games such as "Saints Row ". As UK Resistance themselves put it, "We want to play in a HAPPY PRETEND LAND, not a shit version of an American slum full of mixed-race gangsters wearing licensed sportswear!". The campaign was picked up by websites such asEurogamer , who gave it their full backing, [cite web|title=Bring blue skies back to games!|url=http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=61700|author=Ellie Gibson|date=2005-11-15|publisher=Eurogamer |accessdate=2007-02-03] and "PC Zone ", who called the campaign "a just cause... that we heartily endorse". [cite web|title = Crime Life: Gang Wars review|url=http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=132231|author=PC Zone staff|date=2006-01-11|publisher=PC Zone |accessdate=2007-02-03]UK Resistance became part of
Shiny Media in June 2007. [cite web|title=Shiny welcomes Gary Cutlack of UK Resistance fame| url=http://www.shinymedia.com/2007/06/shiny-welcomes-.html| author=Ashley Norris, Gary Cutlack| publisher=Shiny Media| date=2007-06-29| accessdate=2007-12-19] In October 2007, UK Resistance was voted Best Non-Commercial Website or Blog at the inaugural Games Media Awards held at the Soho Revue Bar inLondon . Cutlack was also nominated for Best Writer In Specialist Media at the same event. [cite web| title=Games Media Awards finalists revealed| url=http://www.mcvuk.com/news/28177/Games-Media-Awards-finalists-revealed| author=MCV Staff| publisher=MCV| date=2007-08-31| accessdate=2007-12-19] [cite web| title=2007 Games Media Awards results| url=http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=29519| author=GamesIndustry.biz Staff| publisher=GamesIndustry.biz | date=2007-10-12| accessdate=2007-12-19]References
External links
* [http://www.ukresistance.co.uk UK Resistance]
* [http://ukresistance.co.uk/2005/11/blue-sky-in-games-campaign-launched.html Blue Sky in Games]
* [http://ukpforum.com UK Persistance - Unofficial forum]
* [http://ukpforum.com/support UK Persistance Chat - Europe's Sega cognoscenti chat room - Unofficial forum]
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