POCGamer Progress Report

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Barcino

1532 words

New Geneva

1038 words
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Canteen Fish

741 words

Jin Ning Fish Sausage

679 words
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World Ember 2025

616 words
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Kuthoric Tetrapods

824 words

Fort Hamilcar

518 words

Xindalu

319 words

Spore Season

465 words
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Barcino Spore Fever

464 words
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Fungal Rot Lung

545 words
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Deep Sea AtmosDiver

886 words
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POCGamer Progress so far

13690 words 136.9% completed!

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My name is Graeme Barber, and I have become a writer in the most roundabout way possible. I've been a soldier overseas, a commercial diver, done archaeology, and got into writing via TTRPGs. Then a friend got me to do a NaNoWriMo and here I am!   My writing career so far has been game oriented, with highs like being involved with Blue Planet: Recontact, Hard Wired Island, and Rivers of London. I've also written my own games, where Fight City: The Roleplaying Game has been a surprise sleeper success. I love world building and now I'm bringing it all together here.

Interests & Hobbies

Scuba diving is the biggest one, I also enjoy range days and putting holes in paper, swimming, and a variety of other activities. I also low key keep my hand in archaeology and continue to be fascinated by Carthage.

Favorite Movies

Classic Hong Kong Action Movies like Hard Boiled and Project A; I love the Wu Tang Collection channel and app. Then a lot of classics like Aliens, Clerks, and trash like the Fast and the Furious series.

Favorite TV Series

Live Action
Classics like Columbo, Red Dwarf, Space: Above and Beyond, Stargate SG1, and a lot of British comedy. On the modern end, there's Black Lightning and Murderbot.
Cartoons
The Justice League and Justice League Unlimited series, Adventure Time, Steven Universe, Young Justice, Teen Titans Go!, Cybersix, and things like the old Iron Man and Hulk: Agents of SMASH shows are all things I've enjoyed.
Anime
I like anime. I enjoy stuff like Restaurant to Another World, Flying Witch, Legend of the Galactic Heroes, and classics like Bubblegum Crisis, Ruin Explorers, and Armor Hunter Mellowlink. Love the VOTOMS series.

Favorite Books

I enjoy reading. Some of my favourites:

  • In the Time of the Sixth Sun series by Thomas Harlan
  • Laundry Files series by Charles Stross
  • Honor Harrington series by David Weber
  • Hammer's Slammers series by David Drake
  • The Deed of Paksenarrion by Elizabeth Moon
  • Mighty Good Road by Elizabeth Scott
  • The Fifth Millenium series by S.M. Stirling et al.
  • Santiago: Myth of the Far Future by Mike Resnik
  • Warhammer 40k novels (these are my trash, leave me be!)
  • Favorite Games

    Videogames
    GTA V and Online, Forza Horizons, Need for Speed, and a lot of hand console games like Pokémon up to Ultra Sun and classic or classic style JRPGs. Phantasy Star was a big influence on me.
    Tabletop RPGs
    I like a lot of games. Traveller (T4 and TNE), FATE, Basic Fantasy, and Pathfinder (both editions) are all faves.

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