A moment’s sadness at a passing of an object that’s accompanied so much of my life. Actually, I don’t know how long I had my old wallet. I don’t know where I got it, or where, so constant that for the past decade - two decades? - it’s seemed always near.

Almost always. I know I lost it twice, first on a train. I helplessly remembered just as it left the platform. But I reclaimed it at the lost property office at Bristol Temple Meads with the heady sense that calamity had been averted.

The second time I lost it for good.

The leader of the Roaches’ preeminent labour union lies gutted in an alley, trying to work out where it all went wrong. A 40K short story.

Two children encounter an unsettling visitor to the alleys by their home. A 40K short story.

A lowly arbitrator travels to the darkest part of the hive and unwittingly serves an evil that lurks in its shadows. A 40K short story.

I’ve written a new book. It’s called Making Videogames and it’s about the art and the tech behind 12 of the best-looking games of today. From Half-Life: Alyx to Return of the Obra Dinn; Control to Thumper, I talked with their lead developers to tell the stories behind their visual design.