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Harry Mitchell

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Glasgow, Scotland
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Harry Mitchell’s Journalist Portfolio

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How Club Penguin changed the internet

How Club Penguin changed the internet

BBC — Club Penguin is the source of a lot of childhood nostalgia, but its legacy is also a blueprint for online child safety that’s still used today. Harry Mitchell examines its rise and fall, and talks to co-founder Lance Priebe about how the explosive penguin social network saved lives and changed games forever.

The Drawability Of Among Us

The Drawability Of Among Us

BBC — Are the cute Among Us beans a suspicious disguise or a genius design strategy? From unknown indie to top-selling hit, Harry Mitchell explains how the Among Us craze could be led by its own fan-art. Featuring interviews from animators Chimaru and Frosturne, and Among Us Community Director Victoria Tran.

Mike Bithell wants to make Phoenix Wright in Star Trek

Mike Bithell wants to make Phoenix Wright in Star Trek

Overlode — Thomas Was Alone, Volume and Subsurface Circular game director Mike Bithell talks to Harry Mitchell about the new Thomas Was Alone port, his dream Star Trek game, and casting Dame Judy Dench.

Behind the screens: the invisible struggle of YouTube video editors

Behind the screens: the invisible struggle of YouTube video editors

Influencer Update — An investigation into the business and visibility of YouTube video editors, featuring interviews from multiple editors coming forward about unfair pay and issues with crediting their work.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons Review

Animal Crossing: New Horizons Review

BBC — Harry Mitchell gives his review of the beastly village simulator.

How Portal 2 mastered its environments

How Portal 2 mastered its environments

Overlode — Portal 2 is still great 10 years later because it relies not only on its sharp dialogue, but on the player to think about the spaces around them.

Putting you first: how Rooster Teeth pioneered subscription content

Putting you first: how Rooster Teeth pioneered subscription content

Influencer Update — A look back to how Rooster Teeth started an SVOD (Subscription Video On-Demand) model before YouTube existed in 2003, and how their ideas can be taken forth to present day still.

Criminal: UK Season 2 - Review

Criminal: UK Season 2 - Review

Brig Newspaper — Behind all these new stories are the foundations that make a show about people talking in a room far from dull.