A four-eyed Scottish creature most commonly found coding, gaming, or out in the wild hunting for enough testosterone to finally grow a beard.

The X is for decoration; It's pronounced "four eyes." Get it? 'Cause I wear glasses?!

'x4iiiis' is my Xbox gamertag, and has since become my alias for just about everything else too. Github, Discord, Twitter, Steam... You name it, it's x4iiiis.

x4iiiis is a brown-eyed, long-sighted, glasses-wearing, bodybuilding, metalhead who loves to write code and play video games.

Let's dissect that a little bit. My hobbies include working out in the gym, programming, gaming, reading, and experimenting with new skills. My other interests are football, snooker, and heavy metal music (although I'll listen to most genres).

I started out with a part-time retail job while I gained my Higher National Certificate in computing and a degree in video game development. I did a further year in that role after qualifying as a game developer - totalling almost six years - before taking a job as a full-time web developer for a live-streaming and video-on-demand company in the sports industry - primarily Scottish football.

For four football seasons at Stream Digital, I indirectly worked for many football clubs as well as a handful of other clients including a speedway team and some big names in music. As a result, code I have written runs in the browsers of hundreds of thousands of users every weekend throughout the football season, as well as the administrators at each club using the associated content management systems.

Having outgrown that position, as of June 2023 I find myself in a position that bridges the gap by bringing my web development career into the games industry; PHP developer at Tebex, a subsidiary of Overwolf.

Overwolf's mission is "to turn in-game creation into a new profession and build the next generation of games;" And we’re just getting started.

As you'll see from my portfolio, I work outwith my employment too. If you like what you see and are looking for a site, give me a shout!

I'm also a contributor and shareholder in a new company my good friend - and colleague - started in 2020.

That particular project is *Razed.gg; A platform for distributing websites to streamers and content creators. These sites provide a more affordable and customisable product than the pre-established alternatives. If you are or have a friend who is into content creation, by all means check it out!

*Razed.gg is not specifically featured in my portfolio as it's not my IP. I'm proud to be a part of the team but I won't take credit for another man's idea.