About

Who are you?

I’m Dan Griliopoulos, a writer. I’ve written some games, some books, lots of journalism (that I mostly regret.)¹ I’m Jewish with a Greek surname, and Welsh and Italian grannies. I have two kids, Ari and Harpo, who are my life.

I was brought up in Manchester, UK. Heading south to study PPE at Oxford, I tried working in politics but found it too frivolous, run by big kids. So, I joined the video games industry instead.²

Who do you work for?

I currently work for Improbable as Lead Content Editor; Inflexion Games as Senior Games Writer; and Proxy Studios as Creative Director.

Before that I was a freelance journalist for several years. I’ve written for The Guardian, Techradar, Edge, Official Xbox Magazine, RockPaperShotgun, T3, The New Statesman and a few more places. Look at LinkedIn.

Why Funambulism?

It means ‘tightrope-walking’. I say the things that need to be aired, come what may.

How can I get hold of you?

• Twitter twitter.com/griddleoctopus
• Mail at grill at funambulism dot com.
• Linked In http://uk.linkedin.com/in/grill

^{1. There are few harder things than introducing yourself in print, especially where mellifluous vocal nuance can disappear to be replaced by excessive twattery. Take all this wankbabble with a pinch of salt.}

^{2. My journalism portfolio pages are here. They haven’t been updated in 12 years…}