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UK Resistance (also written as UK:Resistance, or simply UK:R) is a video games website founded in 1996 by Gary Cutlack and Jon M (under the pseudonyms Commander Zorg and Captain Jax). Originally a Sega
Sega

is a Multinational corporation video game software and hardware development company, and a home computer and console manufacturer headquartered in Ota, Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan....
 news and reviews fansite, UK Resistance has since expanded its coverage across all formats, and has developed a style depending more on satirical updates rather than its original UK news and reviews content.

The website is frequently referenced by games industry media, and its exposure led to a writer's position at Sega Saturn Magazine
Sega Saturn Magazine

Sega Saturn Magazine was a monthly United Kingdom magazine dedicated to the Sega Saturn. It held the official Saturn magazine license for the UK, and as such some issues included a demo CD created by Sega, called Sega Flash, which included playable games and game footage....
 for Gary Cutlack.






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UK Resistance (also written as UK:Resistance, or simply UK:R) is a video games website founded in 1996 by Gary Cutlack and Jon M (under the pseudonyms Commander Zorg and Captain Jax). Originally a Sega
Sega

is a Multinational corporation video game software and hardware development company, and a home computer and console manufacturer headquartered in Ota, Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan....
 news and reviews fansite, UK Resistance has since expanded its coverage across all formats, and has developed a style depending more on satirical updates rather than its original UK news and reviews content.

The website is frequently referenced by games industry media, and its exposure led to a writer's position at Sega Saturn Magazine
Sega Saturn Magazine

Sega Saturn Magazine was a monthly United Kingdom magazine dedicated to the Sega Saturn. It held the official Saturn magazine license for the UK, and as such some issues included a demo CD created by Sega, called Sega Flash, which included playable games and game footage....
 for Gary Cutlack. The website has been described by Edge
Edge (magazine)

Edge is a multi-format computer and video game magazine published by Future Publishing in the United Kingdom. It is known for its industry contacts, editorial stance, distinctive anonymous third-person writing style, yearly awards, and longevity....
 as the place where "Europe's Sega cognoscenti gathered to discuss the burning issues of the day", and by Wired
Wired (magazine)

Wired is a full-color monthly United States magazine and on-line periodical, published since March 1993, that reports on how technology affects culture, the economy, and politics....
 gaming blog as "the popular taking-on-the-industry slam page". The site is often linked to from other gaming blogs such as Kotaku
Kotaku

Kotaku is a blog which focuses on video games. Kotaku is part of Gawker Media's "Gawker" network of sites, which also includes Gizmodo, Lifehacker.com and Jezebel ....
 and Joystiq
Joystiq

Joystiq is a video gaming website founded in June 2004 that has since become one of the most successful sites within the Weblogs, Inc. family of weblogs....
.

Notable updates from the website include the Blue Sky in Games campaign, a campaign to reintroduce light hearted environments and settings into video games, as opposed to the prevalence of "realistic" gang violence games such as Saints Row
Saints Row

Saints Row is a Nonlinear gameplay action-adventure game video game published for the Xbox 360 console. It was developed by Volition, Inc. and published by THQ....
. As UK Resistance themselves put it, "We want to play in a HAPPY PRETEND LAND, not a shit version of an American slum full of mixed-race gangsters wearing licensed sportswear!". The campaign was picked up by websites such as Eurogamer
Eurogamer

Eurogamer is a Brighton-based website focused on video games news, reviews, previews and interviews. It is operated by Eurogamer Network Ltd., which was formed in 1999 by brothers Rupert Loman and Nick Loman....
, who gave it their full backing, and PC Zone
PC Zone

PC Zone was the first magazine dedicated to Video game for IBM-compatible personal computers to be published in the United Kingdom. Earlier PC magazines such as PC Leisure, PC Format and PC Plus had covered games but only as part of a wider remit....
, who called the campaign "a just cause... that we heartily endorse".

UK Resistance became part of Shiny Media in June 2007. In October 2007, UK Resistance was voted Best Non-Commercial Website or Blog at the inaugural Games Media Awards held at the Soho Revue Bar
Soho

Soho is an area in the centre of the West End of London of London, England, in the City of Westminster. It is an entertainment district which for much of the later part of the 20th century had a reputation for its sex shops as well as its night life and film industry....
 in London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
. Cutlack was also nominated for Best Writer In Specialist Media at the same event.

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