Hey,

I’m David. I’ve worked in the games industry for quite a long time and I wish to stretch those creative muscles a little more as I get a little older.

I’ve worked on a hell of a lot of stuff so far in my career, I’ve been credited in over 30 titles during my time in the business. I hope for that to continue and so indulge me in my attempt at improving my writing skills and attempting to communicate what I think is ‘good’ about the games we play. To that end, this is a website I’ve made and intend to maintain as I work through my old backlog / games collection and try something about these games. At last count I have 700 games in my possession, so this should be one hell of a long trip.

I’m also recently a father and before I get too old I intend to get back out there with some physical pursuits; cycling & football to name two examples. So I may blog about that sort of thing as well.

So stay a while and if you have any comments, drop us a line on the twitter.

ツｮマカーですか?

So ‘shomakkaa’ was an… attempt… at spelling my surname in Japanese back in the day when I was learning Japanese when I worked at Sony. I thought it was pretty funny so used it as an internet handle since…

My other handle online is ‘narren’ which I only found out after well over a decade of use means ‘fool’ in German… awesome!

Selected Credits

Sniper Elite VR // Design Lead / Producer // PSVR | Rift | Vive // JAW & Rebellion

Ice Age: Scrat’s Nutty Adventure // Producer // PC | PS4 | Xbox One | Switch // JAW & Outright Games

Casualty: First Day // Producer // PC // fish in a bottle & BBC

Killzone Mercenary // QA Test Lead // PS Vita // SIEE & Guerrilla Cambridge

LittleBigPlanet 2 // QA Test Lead // PS3 // SIEE & Media Molecule

WipEout HD // QA Test Lead // PS3 // SIEE & Studio Liverpool

Career History

Sony Interactive Entertainment

Liverpool // February 2020 - Now

Just Add Water (Development) ltd

Leeds, UK // December 2017 - February 2020

Serious Games International

Coventry, UK // September 2017 - December 2017

Viewpoint Games

Royal Leamington Spa // June 2016 - July 2017

fish in a bottle

Royal Leamington Spa // December 2014 - May 2016

NaturalMotion Games

Oxford // December 2013 - December 2014

Sony Interactive Entertainment

Liverpool // February 2005 - November 2013