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Dan Griliopoulos

Huh. Who are you?

I’m Dan Griliopoulos. It said it just up there. I guess I’m a writer? I’ve written games, books, lots of journalism and that horrible stuff they call content.1 (You can see my portfolio pages here.)

I’m a secular Jew with a Greek surname, and Welsh and Italian grannies. I have two kids who are my life.

I was brought up in Manchester, UK and headed south to study PPE2 at Oxford. I tried working in politics but found it too frivolous. So, I joined the video games industry instead (haha?)

What do you do?

I’m currently freelance, designing narratives and writing for games. Things like Total War: Warhammer 40,000 and PUBG: Black Budget. I’ve also worked with Proxy Studios as Creative Lead for like 13 years, on ZEPHON / Warhammer 40,000: Gladius. You can see the full list of Work Stuff here.

Last time I was full time was working for Improbable/Inflexion as Lead Content Editor/Senior Games Writer on Nightingale. Before that, I was a freelance journalist for years. I’ve written for The Guardian, The New Statesman, Edge, IGN, Gamespot, Eurogamer, RockPaperShotgun, T3… and a lot more places. I also have consulted on 30+ AAA games including The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.

Oh, almost forgot! I wrote a book too, with Jordan Erica Webber. The Guardian called it “a fascinating trip through the philosophical canon, showing how games illustrate key existential questions.” It’s called Ten Things Video Games Can Teach Us (about life, philosophy and everything) and you can find it here.

Why Funambulism?

It means ‘tightrope-walking’. Modern life can feel like that. I’m scared of heights, but plain terrified of falling.

How can I get hold of you?

  1. Looking back, I don’t like much of my journalism. But life is about trying, making mistakes, learning and doing better next time. And sometimes apologising too! Sorry! ↩︎
  2. Politics, Philosophy and Economics. Yes, like all those Prime Ministers. No, I do not plan on being Prime Minister. There are twenty years of ill-thought-through opinions here to dig through for dirt. ↩︎