John Sweeney, Author at SuperNerdLand

John Sweeney

John Sweeney is a terribly British man with a background in engineering. He writes long-form editorial content with analysis of gaming, games media and internet culture. He also does the occasional video game retrospective with a weekly column about Magic the Gathering thrown in for good measure. He also does most of our interviews for some reason, we have no idea why. A staunch supporter of free speech and consumer rights; skeptical of agenda driven media and suspicious of unaccoutable authority but always hopeful for change.

10,000 Hours in MS-Paint No.5 – Grab Them by the Vagana

I’m sure you’ve heard by now that Aziz Ansari is the latest celebrity to be accused of ‘respecting women’ a little TOO hard. Cue the backlash and rather surprising counter backlash. Turns out Aziz may have finally been […]

10,000 Hours in MS-Paint No.4 – Virtue: The Signalling

There’s nothing quite says “Fantasy Card Game” like an ideological purge of people who’s highest crime is posting spicy memes on the internet. Nothing quite says “starting a discussion about Magic: The Gathering” either like talking about the need for […]

10,000 Hours in MS-Paint No.3 — “Klep”-tomaniac

This one needs a little introduction. Patrick Klepek wrote a very whiny article basically saying gamers were collectively responsible for apparent death threats sent to an EA developer. The only problem; the developer isn’t an EA employee at all and […]

10,000 Hours in MS-Paint No.1 — The Ballad of Sam Kriss

Welcome to 10,000 hours in MS paint, a new comic format I’ll be doing as frequently as I can badly sketch them. Today we tackle the curious case of Sam Kriss, the hardcore feminist socialist who groped a women […]

Postmortem: The Darks Souls of Game Reviews

Games journalism is dead. I’m here to conduct the postmortem. Everything is Dark Souls. Dark Souls, Dark Souls, Dark Souls. According to GamesRadar even Crash Bandicoot is now Dark Souls. Even casual readers have recognised and begun to poke fun […]

Bans, Rotation & Distribution — The State of Magic: The Gathering

Welcome back. It’s been quite a while since I’ve written anything on the subject of Magic: The Gathering, the explanation for which is a whole article in of itself, so I wanted to take this opportunity to give a snapshot […]

Movie Review: Doctor Strange

Doctor Strange is a movie I’ve been anticipating ever since it was announced, and I know I’m not alone. You’ll be pleased to learn Marvel Studios continues acing their high-wire act of creating non-stinkers and, depending on your taste, has produced […]

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