What is Microcosm?Microcosm is a Cardiff-based social networking developer and community-gaming business founded in October 2007 by Clint Oldridge, Sam Roads and Michael Borgendahl.Based in the beautiful surroundings of Cardiff Bay, Microcosm is ideally situated. Recent regeneration of the Bay area has lead to an influx of new business enterprises, making it a vibrant, creative environment, inspiring us to develop new technologies and innovative business solutions.  Who is in the team?Sam Roads and Clint Oldridge have been in business together since the mid-1990s running the gaming company Game Systems International Ltd. Michael Borgendahl is a long-standing associate and is formerly a director of the telecoms business Aspiro. We are fortunate to have Ian Livingstone, founder of Games Workshop and of the Fighting Fantasy series, as an advisor. We also have an ongoing relationship with the University of Glamorgan, and have collaborated with it on numerous research and development projects.Read More... Why is the games industry so important?We believe that the UK is home to some of best game design talent in the world, and seek not only to utilise that talent, but to encourage and develop it.The UK media often reports that manufacturing is dead, or that the UK isn't producing anything any more, but they seem to overlook the fact that we have a first-class computer games industry here in the UK. World-wide, the games industry is bigger than the movie business: it is a massive and growing market, and the UK is doing very well. The UK should be proud of our achievements and supportive of businesses in this area. |