Sinclair User, often abbreviated SU, was a magazine dedicated to the Sinclair Research range of home computers, most specifically the ZX Spectrum (while also occasionally covering arcade games). Initially published by ECC Publications, and later EMAP, it was published in the UK between 1982 and 1993, and was the longest running Sinclair-based magazine.
Like many similar magazines, it contained news, game reviews, previews, tips, help guides, regular columns, readers' letters and cover-mounted game demos.
In May 1992 the former rival publication CRASH was notionally subsumed into Sinclair User but in practice this meant little more than the addition of the Crash! logo to the magazine's cover page.
In earlier years, the magazine built up personality cults around some of its "hilariously" monikered staff, including Bill "Incorruptible" Scolding, Jon "Disgusting" Gilbert, Chris "Lunchbreaks" Bourne, Claire "Ligger" Edgely, Richard Price (writer of the "Gordo Greatbelly" adventure tips section), and columnist Andrew Hewson (founder of Hewson Consultants software).
Every front cover in high resolution, shown over nine minutes. If you want to examine a particular cover, just pause the video.
Background music from Spectrum games:
Cybernoid II (128k)
Robocop (128k)
Hotshot (128k)
Agent X II (48k beeper with drum beats by 128k chip)
(unknown - to be confirmed)
Chase HQ (128k)
Moley Christmas (128k)
published: 30 Nov 2013
Sinclair User Magazine Retrospective
A retrospective look at several issues of the classic Sinclair User magazine.
Please support my creative work on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lairdslair
#RetroGaming #Magazine #ZXSpectrum
published: 02 Dec 2020
Sinclair User coin-op soundtracks from Virgin Games free tape cassette
A cover-mounted cassette containing arcade soundtracks given away with issue 92 of Sinclair User, November 1989. Tracks:
0:00 Silkworm
2:38 Gemini Wing
5:27 Shinobi
7:29 Continental Circus (set of 5 tracks)
8:27 Ninja Warriors
11:41 Double Dragon II
More information at: http://www.exotica.org.uk/wiki/File:Sinclair_User_Issue_92_Page_008.jpg
published: 02 Jan 2016
Sinclair User Megatape Movie
I made this graphic on my ZX Spectrum back in c. 1985 - I designed the software, and Sinclair User commissioned me to produce their graphic. The video is from my Mac - using a Spectrum emulator - where the original software from the cover-tape had already been re-loaded onto a Sinclair software database. The speed on the emulator is broadly the same as on the original Spectrum. The software took a flat picture, curled it (using simple Sin in maths), the did the same each from, just moving on one line at a time. Written in Spectrum Basic, with one short piece of machine code to shift each line of graphic at a time, then compiled.
published: 09 Nov 2015
Centipede / Centipede Attack (Sinclair User magazine type-in game, December 1983) (ZX Spectrum)
published: 27 Jan 2015
Sinclair User Operation Wolf demo
The first demo I saw which had a timeout.
published: 13 Nov 2009
Boomer (Sinclair User magazine type-in game, 1983) (ZX Spectrum)
published: 17 Jan 2015
Sinclair User vs. Crash. Which one was better?
As I continue to rummage through my old boxes, I came across the magazines I used to read as a teenager in the mid to late 1980’s and that influenced my career as a designer with a passion for publishing. Another excuse to upload something on YouTube and talk about stuff inspired by the contents of my old boxes. Music by https://ericskiff.com/music/
#retrocomputing #sinclair #1980s #magazines #computerhistory #nostalgia #retrogaming #sinclairspectrum #80s
published: 16 May 2020
The Muncher Compo (Sinclair User, 1988, ZX Spectrum)
published: 25 Mar 2016
ZX SPECTRUM Hit Charts 5/5 : SINCLAIR USER Top 50 Spectrum Software Classics
Huge playlist archive with lots of similar videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxOanVBhqd3vWEkNCfg676KQnr_rBUjbn
This is another Hit Chart from another popular Sinclair magazine. This one is different from the others and quite interesting, because it was made at the end of 1984, so it represents the hottest games for the new Spectrum computer back then. Check out all the Hit Charts here:
Hit Charts 1/5 : YOUR SINCLAIR Official All-Time Top 100 Games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHy1utDkXsI
Hit Charts 2/5 : YOUR SINCLAIR Readers' Top 100 Games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9w6qwiFFWio
Hit Charts 3/5 : YOUR SINCLAIR 2004 Special Issue Top 30: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLBbpo6qlMk
Hit Charts 4/5 : CRASH MAGAZINE Top 100 Spectrum Games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=...
Every front cover in high resolution, shown over nine minutes. If you want to examine a particular cover, just pause the video.
Background music from Spectrum...
Every front cover in high resolution, shown over nine minutes. If you want to examine a particular cover, just pause the video.
Background music from Spectrum games:
Cybernoid II (128k)
Robocop (128k)
Hotshot (128k)
Agent X II (48k beeper with drum beats by 128k chip)
(unknown - to be confirmed)
Chase HQ (128k)
Moley Christmas (128k)
Every front cover in high resolution, shown over nine minutes. If you want to examine a particular cover, just pause the video.
Background music from Spectrum games:
Cybernoid II (128k)
Robocop (128k)
Hotshot (128k)
Agent X II (48k beeper with drum beats by 128k chip)
(unknown - to be confirmed)
Chase HQ (128k)
Moley Christmas (128k)
A retrospective look at several issues of the classic Sinclair User magazine.
Please support my creative work on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lairdslair
#...
A retrospective look at several issues of the classic Sinclair User magazine.
Please support my creative work on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lairdslair
#RetroGaming #Magazine #ZXSpectrum
A retrospective look at several issues of the classic Sinclair User magazine.
Please support my creative work on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lairdslair
#RetroGaming #Magazine #ZXSpectrum
A cover-mounted cassette containing arcade soundtracks given away with issue 92 of Sinclair User, November 1989. Tracks:
0:00 Silkworm
2:38 Gemini Wing
5:27 Sh...
A cover-mounted cassette containing arcade soundtracks given away with issue 92 of Sinclair User, November 1989. Tracks:
0:00 Silkworm
2:38 Gemini Wing
5:27 Shinobi
7:29 Continental Circus (set of 5 tracks)
8:27 Ninja Warriors
11:41 Double Dragon II
More information at: http://www.exotica.org.uk/wiki/File:Sinclair_User_Issue_92_Page_008.jpg
A cover-mounted cassette containing arcade soundtracks given away with issue 92 of Sinclair User, November 1989. Tracks:
0:00 Silkworm
2:38 Gemini Wing
5:27 Shinobi
7:29 Continental Circus (set of 5 tracks)
8:27 Ninja Warriors
11:41 Double Dragon II
More information at: http://www.exotica.org.uk/wiki/File:Sinclair_User_Issue_92_Page_008.jpg
I made this graphic on my ZX Spectrum back in c. 1985 - I designed the software, and Sinclair User commissioned me to produce their graphic. The video is from m...
I made this graphic on my ZX Spectrum back in c. 1985 - I designed the software, and Sinclair User commissioned me to produce their graphic. The video is from my Mac - using a Spectrum emulator - where the original software from the cover-tape had already been re-loaded onto a Sinclair software database. The speed on the emulator is broadly the same as on the original Spectrum. The software took a flat picture, curled it (using simple Sin in maths), the did the same each from, just moving on one line at a time. Written in Spectrum Basic, with one short piece of machine code to shift each line of graphic at a time, then compiled.
I made this graphic on my ZX Spectrum back in c. 1985 - I designed the software, and Sinclair User commissioned me to produce their graphic. The video is from my Mac - using a Spectrum emulator - where the original software from the cover-tape had already been re-loaded onto a Sinclair software database. The speed on the emulator is broadly the same as on the original Spectrum. The software took a flat picture, curled it (using simple Sin in maths), the did the same each from, just moving on one line at a time. Written in Spectrum Basic, with one short piece of machine code to shift each line of graphic at a time, then compiled.
As I continue to rummage through my old boxes, I came across the magazines I used to read as a teenager in the mid to late 1980’s and that influenced my career ...
As I continue to rummage through my old boxes, I came across the magazines I used to read as a teenager in the mid to late 1980’s and that influenced my career as a designer with a passion for publishing. Another excuse to upload something on YouTube and talk about stuff inspired by the contents of my old boxes. Music by https://ericskiff.com/music/
#retrocomputing #sinclair #1980s #magazines #computerhistory #nostalgia #retrogaming #sinclairspectrum #80s
As I continue to rummage through my old boxes, I came across the magazines I used to read as a teenager in the mid to late 1980’s and that influenced my career as a designer with a passion for publishing. Another excuse to upload something on YouTube and talk about stuff inspired by the contents of my old boxes. Music by https://ericskiff.com/music/
#retrocomputing #sinclair #1980s #magazines #computerhistory #nostalgia #retrogaming #sinclairspectrum #80s
Huge playlist archive with lots of similar videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxOanVBhqd3vWEkNCfg676KQnr_rBUjbn
This is another Hit Chart from anoth...
Huge playlist archive with lots of similar videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxOanVBhqd3vWEkNCfg676KQnr_rBUjbn
This is another Hit Chart from another popular Sinclair magazine. This one is different from the others and quite interesting, because it was made at the end of 1984, so it represents the hottest games for the new Spectrum computer back then. Check out all the Hit Charts here:
Hit Charts 1/5 : YOUR SINCLAIR Official All-Time Top 100 Games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHy1utDkXsI
Hit Charts 2/5 : YOUR SINCLAIR Readers' Top 100 Games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9w6qwiFFWio
Hit Charts 3/5 : YOUR SINCLAIR 2004 Special Issue Top 30: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLBbpo6qlMk
Hit Charts 4/5 : CRASH MAGAZINE Top 100 Spectrum Games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogT-Pmgdyuk
Hit Charts 5/5 : SINCLAIR USER Top 50 Spectrum Software Classics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPSWfOswWyY
The games can be found on these two sites:
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/
https://www.planetemu.net/roms/sinclair-zx-spectrum-tzx
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This is the channel with the biggest ZX SPECTRUM support and 1000s of videos. We have spot on all the latest news in GAMES, DEMOS, AY CHIPTUNES, BEEPER CHIPTUNES, PIXEL ART etc. etc. We also feature new re-releases of modified games and retro gaming of classic games, and for your pleasure download links are included in all our videos. SUBSCRIBE to get all the latest ZX news!
****************************************************************************************************
Compilation videos with new stuff:
2017 - Best games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciY0-rYXXKA&t=204s
2018 - Best games and demos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6FckGQTRII
2018 - Best mods/recracks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUl8spXdmBA&t=939s
2019 - Best games and demos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bo6o-y6i1fU
2019 - Best mods/recracks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpvUgvH0HPQ&t=834s
2020 - Best games and demos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIoUXNtd6QA
2020 - Best mods/recracks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVJUx9VXtIo
2021 - Best games and demos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LSKBVmJFaU
2021 - Best mods/recracks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yN1qfviaUk
Other compilations:
2004-2019: PLAYER'S GUIDE - 100 awesome modern games from the last 15 years: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45Tm30NZErg&t=6324s
1982-2016: 5½ hours with 600+ top quality colorful games!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLN4WhGruUY&feature=youtu.be
DIZZY: All 30 Official & Fan Made Games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1JBlDXJjpE
ZX SPECTRUM 1983-2019: 50 Racing / Chasing / Driving games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXDhXof-Txs
ZX Spectrum 48k: Best Graphics & Beeper Music 2017-2021: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLIlERGEEaw
ZX Spectrum: Extreme Graphics & Artwork: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DH6TxssPdQs&t=12s
ZX Spectrum 128k: Demos / Scene Demos Cavalcade (vol. 1) 1986-2017: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vtUCTX4qrA&t=523s
ZX Spectrum 128k: Demos / Scene Demos Cavalcade (vol. 2) 1986-2019: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9787UTNvD0&feature=youtu.be
ZX Spectrum 128k: New Age & Modern Demos / Scene Demos that ROCKS! 1995-2019: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvCl0XFW5Ys&t=6545s
ZX Spectrum 48k & 48k+AY: Demos / Scene Demos Cavalcade 1982-2017: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSmnfCtmG3s
ZX Spectrum 128k 1986-2017: 3½ hours with top quality AY-MUSIC from games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WAEqR92ekY
Check out the channel's playlist for many more compilation videos!
Huge playlist archive with lots of similar videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxOanVBhqd3vWEkNCfg676KQnr_rBUjbn
This is another Hit Chart from another popular Sinclair magazine. This one is different from the others and quite interesting, because it was made at the end of 1984, so it represents the hottest games for the new Spectrum computer back then. Check out all the Hit Charts here:
Hit Charts 1/5 : YOUR SINCLAIR Official All-Time Top 100 Games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHy1utDkXsI
Hit Charts 2/5 : YOUR SINCLAIR Readers' Top 100 Games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9w6qwiFFWio
Hit Charts 3/5 : YOUR SINCLAIR 2004 Special Issue Top 30: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLBbpo6qlMk
Hit Charts 4/5 : CRASH MAGAZINE Top 100 Spectrum Games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogT-Pmgdyuk
Hit Charts 5/5 : SINCLAIR USER Top 50 Spectrum Software Classics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPSWfOswWyY
The games can be found on these two sites:
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/
https://www.planetemu.net/roms/sinclair-zx-spectrum-tzx
****************************************************************************************************
This is the channel with the biggest ZX SPECTRUM support and 1000s of videos. We have spot on all the latest news in GAMES, DEMOS, AY CHIPTUNES, BEEPER CHIPTUNES, PIXEL ART etc. etc. We also feature new re-releases of modified games and retro gaming of classic games, and for your pleasure download links are included in all our videos. SUBSCRIBE to get all the latest ZX news!
****************************************************************************************************
Compilation videos with new stuff:
2017 - Best games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciY0-rYXXKA&t=204s
2018 - Best games and demos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6FckGQTRII
2018 - Best mods/recracks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUl8spXdmBA&t=939s
2019 - Best games and demos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bo6o-y6i1fU
2019 - Best mods/recracks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpvUgvH0HPQ&t=834s
2020 - Best games and demos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIoUXNtd6QA
2020 - Best mods/recracks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVJUx9VXtIo
2021 - Best games and demos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LSKBVmJFaU
2021 - Best mods/recracks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yN1qfviaUk
Other compilations:
2004-2019: PLAYER'S GUIDE - 100 awesome modern games from the last 15 years: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45Tm30NZErg&t=6324s
1982-2016: 5½ hours with 600+ top quality colorful games!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLN4WhGruUY&feature=youtu.be
DIZZY: All 30 Official & Fan Made Games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1JBlDXJjpE
ZX SPECTRUM 1983-2019: 50 Racing / Chasing / Driving games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXDhXof-Txs
ZX Spectrum 48k: Best Graphics & Beeper Music 2017-2021: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLIlERGEEaw
ZX Spectrum: Extreme Graphics & Artwork: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DH6TxssPdQs&t=12s
ZX Spectrum 128k: Demos / Scene Demos Cavalcade (vol. 1) 1986-2017: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vtUCTX4qrA&t=523s
ZX Spectrum 128k: Demos / Scene Demos Cavalcade (vol. 2) 1986-2019: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9787UTNvD0&feature=youtu.be
ZX Spectrum 128k: New Age & Modern Demos / Scene Demos that ROCKS! 1995-2019: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvCl0XFW5Ys&t=6545s
ZX Spectrum 48k & 48k+AY: Demos / Scene Demos Cavalcade 1982-2017: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSmnfCtmG3s
ZX Spectrum 128k 1986-2017: 3½ hours with top quality AY-MUSIC from games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WAEqR92ekY
Check out the channel's playlist for many more compilation videos!
Every front cover in high resolution, shown over nine minutes. If you want to examine a particular cover, just pause the video.
Background music from Spectrum games:
Cybernoid II (128k)
Robocop (128k)
Hotshot (128k)
Agent X II (48k beeper with drum beats by 128k chip)
(unknown - to be confirmed)
Chase HQ (128k)
Moley Christmas (128k)
A retrospective look at several issues of the classic Sinclair User magazine.
Please support my creative work on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lairdslair
#RetroGaming #Magazine #ZXSpectrum
A cover-mounted cassette containing arcade soundtracks given away with issue 92 of Sinclair User, November 1989. Tracks:
0:00 Silkworm
2:38 Gemini Wing
5:27 Shinobi
7:29 Continental Circus (set of 5 tracks)
8:27 Ninja Warriors
11:41 Double Dragon II
More information at: http://www.exotica.org.uk/wiki/File:Sinclair_User_Issue_92_Page_008.jpg
I made this graphic on my ZX Spectrum back in c. 1985 - I designed the software, and Sinclair User commissioned me to produce their graphic. The video is from my Mac - using a Spectrum emulator - where the original software from the cover-tape had already been re-loaded onto a Sinclair software database. The speed on the emulator is broadly the same as on the original Spectrum. The software took a flat picture, curled it (using simple Sin in maths), the did the same each from, just moving on one line at a time. Written in Spectrum Basic, with one short piece of machine code to shift each line of graphic at a time, then compiled.
As I continue to rummage through my old boxes, I came across the magazines I used to read as a teenager in the mid to late 1980’s and that influenced my career as a designer with a passion for publishing. Another excuse to upload something on YouTube and talk about stuff inspired by the contents of my old boxes. Music by https://ericskiff.com/music/
#retrocomputing #sinclair #1980s #magazines #computerhistory #nostalgia #retrogaming #sinclairspectrum #80s
Huge playlist archive with lots of similar videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxOanVBhqd3vWEkNCfg676KQnr_rBUjbn
This is another Hit Chart from another popular Sinclair magazine. This one is different from the others and quite interesting, because it was made at the end of 1984, so it represents the hottest games for the new Spectrum computer back then. Check out all the Hit Charts here:
Hit Charts 1/5 : YOUR SINCLAIR Official All-Time Top 100 Games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHy1utDkXsI
Hit Charts 2/5 : YOUR SINCLAIR Readers' Top 100 Games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9w6qwiFFWio
Hit Charts 3/5 : YOUR SINCLAIR 2004 Special Issue Top 30: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLBbpo6qlMk
Hit Charts 4/5 : CRASH MAGAZINE Top 100 Spectrum Games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogT-Pmgdyuk
Hit Charts 5/5 : SINCLAIR USER Top 50 Spectrum Software Classics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPSWfOswWyY
The games can be found on these two sites:
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/
https://www.planetemu.net/roms/sinclair-zx-spectrum-tzx
****************************************************************************************************
This is the channel with the biggest ZX SPECTRUM support and 1000s of videos. We have spot on all the latest news in GAMES, DEMOS, AY CHIPTUNES, BEEPER CHIPTUNES, PIXEL ART etc. etc. We also feature new re-releases of modified games and retro gaming of classic games, and for your pleasure download links are included in all our videos. SUBSCRIBE to get all the latest ZX news!
****************************************************************************************************
Compilation videos with new stuff:
2017 - Best games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciY0-rYXXKA&t=204s
2018 - Best games and demos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6FckGQTRII
2018 - Best mods/recracks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUl8spXdmBA&t=939s
2019 - Best games and demos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bo6o-y6i1fU
2019 - Best mods/recracks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpvUgvH0HPQ&t=834s
2020 - Best games and demos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIoUXNtd6QA
2020 - Best mods/recracks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVJUx9VXtIo
2021 - Best games and demos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LSKBVmJFaU
2021 - Best mods/recracks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yN1qfviaUk
Other compilations:
2004-2019: PLAYER'S GUIDE - 100 awesome modern games from the last 15 years: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45Tm30NZErg&t=6324s
1982-2016: 5½ hours with 600+ top quality colorful games!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLN4WhGruUY&feature=youtu.be
DIZZY: All 30 Official & Fan Made Games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1JBlDXJjpE
ZX SPECTRUM 1983-2019: 50 Racing / Chasing / Driving games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXDhXof-Txs
ZX Spectrum 48k: Best Graphics & Beeper Music 2017-2021: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLIlERGEEaw
ZX Spectrum: Extreme Graphics & Artwork: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DH6TxssPdQs&t=12s
ZX Spectrum 128k: Demos / Scene Demos Cavalcade (vol. 1) 1986-2017: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vtUCTX4qrA&t=523s
ZX Spectrum 128k: Demos / Scene Demos Cavalcade (vol. 2) 1986-2019: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9787UTNvD0&feature=youtu.be
ZX Spectrum 128k: New Age & Modern Demos / Scene Demos that ROCKS! 1995-2019: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvCl0XFW5Ys&t=6545s
ZX Spectrum 48k & 48k+AY: Demos / Scene Demos Cavalcade 1982-2017: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSmnfCtmG3s
ZX Spectrum 128k 1986-2017: 3½ hours with top quality AY-MUSIC from games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WAEqR92ekY
Check out the channel's playlist for many more compilation videos!
Sinclair User, often abbreviated SU, was a magazine dedicated to the Sinclair Research range of home computers, most specifically the ZX Spectrum (while also occasionally covering arcade games). Initially published by ECC Publications, and later EMAP, it was published in the UK between 1982 and 1993, and was the longest running Sinclair-based magazine.
Like many similar magazines, it contained news, game reviews, previews, tips, help guides, regular columns, readers' letters and cover-mounted game demos.
In May 1992 the former rival publication CRASH was notionally subsumed into Sinclair User but in practice this meant little more than the addition of the Crash! logo to the magazine's cover page.
In earlier years, the magazine built up personality cults around some of its "hilariously" monikered staff, including Bill "Incorruptible" Scolding, Jon "Disgusting" Gilbert, Chris "Lunchbreaks" Bourne, Claire "Ligger" Edgely, Richard Price (writer of the "Gordo Greatbelly" adventure tips section), and columnist Andrew Hewson (founder of Hewson Consultants software).