Atomic Swarm is in shops now! To celebrate its arrival, you can come and meet me and the Dot Robots on my book tour - I’ll be posting new venues & dates for signings as they come up but the latest are here. You can buy the books (and leave your reviews!!!) at Waterstones, Puffin, Play, Amazon. The official Dot Robot website has been upgraded - check out doyouknowanysecrets.com (Can you find the secret link? Can you beat the hidden game?)

I filmed this before and after last night’s London Natal demo for my games column on five.tv/gadgetshow

With the right developers, we could be talking about a paradigm shift in our living rooms come release before Christmas 2010 (not actually sure what that means, but it’s late, I’m tired and I’m excited!)

Wow! A breathtaking week of book signings and Robot performances is over. The launch of Dot Robot: Atomic Swarm was intense! A sold out show at South Bank Centre, newspaper, TV, radio & magazine interviews & four crazy signings all around London. All I can say is THANK YOU to everyone who joined me for real and virtually on Twitter/Facebook/Blog. And ENJOY READING THE BOKS to those of you who have bought copies this week. Dot Robot: Atomic Swarm is finally here!!! But this is just the beginning of a year’s worth of events that I’ll be tweeting & blogging about. So, stay tuned!

All the info you need to enter the online world of my Dot Robot Books and buy them is HERE.

I’ve been waiting for this week to arrive for months - the official launch of my second book, Atomic Swarm. I’m starting off with a bunch of interviews with blogs and newspapers - then later in the week I’m appearing on The Wright Stuff (Five) and Sky News. But I’m most excited about my one-hour half-term show at London’s South Bank Centre and appearances in Waterstones in shopping centres outside London (check ‘See Dot Robot Live’). MechRC and Robonova (above) are both psyched too - as they get to dance in public! Follow my exploits all week on Twitter.

*** MEET JASON THIS HALF-TERM -  18th, 19th & 20th FEBRUARY ***

Tickets are selling fast for my Dot Robot Roadshow event at London’s South Bank Centre (18th Feb) this half term. For more info and to buy tickets to the one-hour show featuring a live robot race & readings from my new children’s book click here.

And there are more books signings during half-term (18th, 19th, 20th Feb) at Waterstones in Milton Keynes, Basingstoke, Reading & Thurrock

All the times and dates you need to know are here.

THIS OFFER IS NOW OVER! CONGRATS TO THE WINNERS. BIG THANKS TO ALL WHO MADE CONTACT!

It started when I mentioned all my Twitter followers in the ‘Acknowledgment’ section of my new book, Atomic Swarm. Now I’ve got a pile of fresh, new copies, it’s only fair that I give as many of you as possible a FREE personalised signed copy!!! Just do the following & keep your fingers crossed you are chosen:

It started when I mentioned all my Twitter followers in the ‘Acknowledgment’ section of my new book, Atomic Swarm. Now I’ve got a pile of fresh, new copies, it’s only fair that I give as many of you as possible a FREE personalised signed copy!!! Just do the following & keep your fingers crossed you are chosen:

• Send me an email (see ‘About’ tab above for my addy
• Use only ‘Atomic Swarm’ as the Subject
• Tell me if you want Atomic Swarm or Dot Robot (the first in the series)
• Include your Twitter name (if you’re not on Twitter, why? But hey, no probs! x) & your dedication name & your postal address (your details will not be passed on to anyone!)
• THAT’S ALL! If you want to help me get the word out then, great - Tweet about Atomic Swarm, RT my tweets, blog it, email your reading friends, use #AtomicSwarm, review it on Waterstones or Amazon, social network the heck out of it - that would all be awesome. But you don’t have to! I’m giving my book away free because I dig it and I dig u! x

THIS OFFER IS NOW OVER! CONGRATS TO THE WINNERS. BIG THANKS TO ALL WHO MADE CONTACT!

‘… that means all of you who have (read Dot Robot) and have been to the Dot Robot Roadshow events… and my followers on Twitter - you all make it worthwile.’

Is that you? Do you recognise yourself in there? (even if you don’t, and you think you deserve a free copy stay tuned)

I’ll post the details of how to win my little Atomic Swarm lottery, as soon as I’ve decided them, on Twitter. So, check back here real soon!!!

To learn all about the Dot Robot books, my schools and festivals visits and crazy Dot Robot goings on, try here.To buy the books, try Puffin, Waterstones, Play or Amazon (I’ll update with Atomic Swarm urls very soon.) The books’ official site is doyouknowanysecrets.com (can you find the secret link?)

Tired of planting Claymores and calling in UAV’s? Okay, neither am I – but there is an alternative. 1 vs 100 is definitely worth a bash, if you’re looking for a completely new experience from your Xbox 360.

1 vs 100 is a free to download quiz game from Xbox Live. Unlike most games, it’s organised into scheduled shows but there are a fair amount of quiz event’s to play every night. All planned shows can be found easily in the 1 vs 100 tier on your dashboard and here you can also set reminders.

The format of each show is simple: you have the crowd, which mops up most users and you have the mob, where one-hundred lucky people are selected to take part. And there’s THE CHOSEN ONE! That solitary, blessed user, gets to go up against a whole hundred people in a brain melting fight for fame and prizes. Yes, prizes! The most exciting thing about 1 vs 100 is the fact that you get to win stuff. There are chances to win actual TV’s and even holidays, and there is a whole heap of Microsoft Points to be won, which 360 owners will know can be spent in the market place.

The question and answer structure of a show follows the expected TV quiz show format - you are presented with a question and three answers. Interestingly, It’s not just answering questions correctly that is important, there are bonus points available if you can answer quicker than other players. Indeed, there are numerous ways of earning points, improving your rank and enhancing your chances of eventually joining the 100 or even being the much vaunted 1 in subsequent shows. And there’s something called ‘Amping’, the process open to all players of unlocking groovy dance moves for your avatar to use. As trivial as these pep ups may seem, like the ‘perks’ system in Call of Duty Modern: Modern Warfare 2, they contribute to a gaming experience based around reward and loyalty and are extremely effective at keeping players coming back for more.

1 vs 100 is clearly trying to open up the Xbox Live experience – shows are normally hosted in the evening, so they are accessible to families & working-folk, as well as Live’s usual hardcore online crowd.

One thing is for sure, 1 vs 100 is a bold experiment – a video game that’s more like the Family Fortunes TV show than traditional gaming fare - and if not for any other reason than that, you should give it a go. You never know, you could even end up as the chosen 1!

Written for Jason by Corporal Kitty

I’m taking my Dot Robot books on the road. The first few dates for my 2010 Dot Robot Roadshow are in, so come and get your books signed, see some robots, win some prizes and hear me read from the second book in the Dot Robot series, Atomic Swarm.

Tuesday 2^nd Feb (6.45pm) Bristol. Bristol Grammar School. For info & tickets check out ‘An Evening with Jason Bradbury’ here.

Thursday 18^th Feb (11.30am) London. Imagine Children’s Festival, South Bank Centre, Purcell Room. Billed as ‘the UK’s brightest children’s festival’ I’ll be bouncing around the Purcell Room with robots, readings and gadgets galore. Read about my event and the rest of this exciting children’s festival.

Thursday 18^th Feb (3.30pm) Milton Keynes

Waterstone’s Milton Keynes, Midsummer Place MK9 3GA.

Appearance and book signing.

Friday 19^th Feb (12 noon) Basingstoke

Waterstone’s Basingstoke, Festival Place Shopping Centre RG21 7BE

Appearance and book signing.

Friday 19^th Feb (3.30pm) Reading

Waterstone’s Reading, The Oracle RG1 2AQ

Appearance and book signing.

Saturday 20^th Feb (1pm) Thurrock

Waterstones Lakeside Shopping Centre, West Thurrock, Grays, Essex RM20 2ZG

Appearance and book signing.

More dates coming soon! For more info about Dot Robot and for pics of some of the festivals and schools I’ve already visited with the Dot Robot Roadshow click here.