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TRIPPING THE LIGHT FANTASTIC

Jeff Minter remains one of the most interesting developers still working in the industry today. Despite his prolific career, he remains on the outskirts of the industry, happy to do his own thing and make the games he wants to play. He’s now the subject of a fascinating new documentary called Heart Of Neon. We caught up with its director, Paul Docherty, to find out how the project came to be.

You started off as a game artist, why did you move into TV/film?

It was the product of coinciding

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