Paul Colls

Story time: the day they closed #2kgames up in Newcastle was such a shame. Such a wonderful, talented bunch of developers. But I have the funniest memory of that day...

I used to have great banter with the big Swede in the office. Giant of a man coulda crushed me like a grape, really fun to wind him up too. Just little things that, as a dumb Aussie you can get away with...

Asked him once if he got given a pocket knife and a block of chocolate for graduating high school. To have him shout back "I'm from Sweden, not fucking Switzerland" It was always fun, and good natured...

But anyway the day they closed 2K, I'd been up all night helping my wife with some artwork that needed stitching together for delivery that morning. I was delirious, and we all knew the studio was shutting it was just a formality...

So we got to the studio early and they wouldn't let us in until 9:30. A few of us shot across to the site cafe to get teas and coffees. I thought bugger this, and asked for a Cider. Got told that alcohol wasn't available until 11am. Then I please asked for a Cider.