Game Journalist

This could be it, the next big story for your games magazine. Piers Blitter has promised an exclusive review of T.I.M.E. Inc and an in person interview as well! This could make sales of the magazine reach the big time plus be a major feather in your journalistic career as well. Assuming he's not promised others the exclusive. Hopefully they'll have Twiglets at the buffet.

Game Programmer

Handy getting the invite to the launch party, but you know it's because Starfield Interactive want to generate publicity by getting you and other well known programmers to sing the praises of T.I.M.E. Inc But you can't complain, that’s the way of the industry, plus you've been promised free drink and food all weekend. Add to that the chance of being offered a better paid programming gig and you have to go! Hopefully they'll have cocktail sausages on sticks at buffet.

B list Celebrity

Sure, it’s not the most fancy gig in the world but your manager and his 20% cut have promised this is going to be a major boast to your career. You’re going along because they have paid 50% upfront, which covered the rent on the flat for the rest of the month, there’s free food and drinks, plus it was this or opening a supermarket in some backwards part of the country where most adults have a two tooth maximum policy. Brrr. No, bring on this C.L.O.C.K. game or whatever. Hopefully they’ll have egg vol-au-vents at buffet.

Competition Winner

Oh… my…. giddy….aunt, you won! You found a golden ticket in that copy of Computer and More Video Games you brought from WHSmiths! What are the chances? Everyone was buying multiple copies of the magazine just searching for a ticket and there you are, walking out with your copy and a half-priced bar of slightly out of date chocolate and the golden invite dropped out. All expenses paid trip to the biggest launch party of a game – ever, brilliant! Maybe they’ll have a pineapple and cheese hedgehog at the buffet.

Musician

Your newly acquired manager got the ticket for the event and pretty much said you have to go to increase your publicity, especially with your new album on the shelves for the last year and only lurking at number 251 in the charts. You argued that maybe a slot on the Old Grey Whistle Test might be a better choice for your career but no, your manager is saying this is the event of the year. Sigh, fine, you don’t see how but you’ll go. Maybe they’ll have unlimited Babycham at the buffet.

Newspaper Journalist

The Super Soaraway -insert name of newspaper you wish to work for- has sent you to the game launch to find out if this game is worth all the fuss Starfield are making about it and write a story, with a view to see if computers games as a whole are making a comeback after the ’83 crash. There’s mutterings about having a section on computer games in the newspaper to drum up sales and your name is being banded about as being the chief editor on that section, so you’re not going to mess this up. Plus maybe they’ll have mini sausage rolls at the buffet.

Terribly Mysterious Wildcard

What could this be? It might be something as minor as a florist who supplied flowers to the launch event and hasn’t been paid. It might be something as major as a corporate spy who has been sent from Acorn to steal the program. Who knows? (we do, clearly) but roll the dice and be lucky!