Today, I am delighted to make two huge announcements about the future of Five out of Ten. We’re adding a new member to the team: Kaitlin Tremblay is joining us as our new Managing Editor, along with current staff members…
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Introducing Five out of Ten #8: ‘Space’
We’re delighted to announce our eighth issue, ‘Space’. ‘Space’ features writing from Grant Howitt, Patrick Lindsey, Tauriq Moosa, Zoya Street and Megan Townsend, as well as artwork by Christos Reid. Read about a fourteen year quest to complete Commandos, the symbolic…
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Winnable
“I don’t pretend to claim that every story on Unwinnable illuminates or enlightens. Perhaps none of them truly do. But that doesn’t stop us from trying. I’d rather publish stories that have the potential to be great, that only a…
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Write for Us
Join us. Update 14.4.14: We are no longer accepting pitches. Sorry! Five out of Ten publishes the best independent games writing in the world. We offer our writers a blank canvas: we want your essays, experiences, hopes and dreams. We…
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The Lost World of Magazines
Alan gave a talk-by-proxy at the Critical Proximity conference in San Francisco today about why magazines like Five out of Ten have a vital role to play in our culture. You can watch the full video right here.
Time For A Change
Five out of Ten was founded to improve people’s lives. That might sound pretentious, but it’s true: our founding aims were to get decent wages for our writers, by producing a magazine that was worth the money. We are still…
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Year One, and a birthday present
One year ago today, we launched the first issue of Five out of Ten, New Horizons. It was terrifying. After spending months working on this thing, what if people hated it – or perhaps worse, didn’t care? But you didn’t…
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One Year Later
Just under a year ago, we set out to create something special: a new digital magazine in an age of unlimited online writing, unafraid to be different, unashamedly premium. We’re now approaching our first anniversary and the first five issues…
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The Art of Pitching: Tips for Freelance Writers
Freelance pitches are like CVs. Actually, scratch that – pitches are CVs. They’re the first point of contact between you and an employer. Five out of Ten is not EDGE or Kotaku: you wouldn’t send the same generic CV for every…
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#4 – Storytellers
“Videogame stories are where interactivity meets cinematography, decisions change destinies and players become poets. How do games tell better stories than other media, and where do they fall short?” Featured in Issue 4: Going Stealth: When life becomes a game…
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