Whilst growing up playing games was the start, it was attending Lancaster University that opened Nick's eyes to how gaming is a door to community. He joined the Lancaster University Gaming Society (LUGS), volunteering as Social Secretary in his second year and being made President in his third year. Nick found that when applying for jobs after leaving university, interviewers were far more interested in learning about his experience for LUGS than his actual job experience. This was also when Nick created his YouTube channel and dabbled with reviews and video blogs.

After moving around the country a little with his then girlfriend Heidihihi, Nick got into streaming on Twitch, at first playing Dead By Daylight, but also streaming League of Legends & Teamfight Tactics, Blasphemous, and eventually a full run of every main series Metal Gear game, Nick's favourite video game series. Nick also created the Mansions of Madness Stream Experience, a series where he would host sessions of the board game on Tabletop Simulator whilst taking on the persona of The Host, a cruel games-master who dictated the action to the guest investigators.

Following the conclusion of his Metal Gear series, Nick decided he didn't want to stop there and figured speedrunning the first game might be fun. He'd learnt to speedrun Klonoa 2: Lunatea's Veil a few years back, but had never taken speedrunning seriously. The decision to try speedrunning came just as the UK's second COVID lockdowns took effect, and being furloughed from work, Nick had a lot more time on his hands to give it a decent attempt. This time, the hobby cemented and Nick became a speedrunner.

As well as games in the Metal Gear series, Nick is most well known for also speedrunning Klonoa 2: Lunatea's Veil, as well as UnMetal and Mini Ghost, two games developed by UnEpic Entertainment. Nick is the self-proclaimed "best UnMetal player" in the world, and the developers do consider Nick the world's biggest fan of the game. Outside of these, Nick has also completed speedruns of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Pokémon FireRed/LeafGreen, Little Nightmares, Flashback, Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse, Wacky Races: Starring Dastardly and Muttley, Choo Choo Charles, and Zone of the Enders.

Nick's been very involved with speedrunning marathons, both running and volunteering. He's ran in over 30 marathons, including travelling to the US to run Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes as Summer Games Done Quick 2023, which he also hosted for - he was the first host of the event! He's made appearances for GDQ Hotfix, UKSG, ESA, and Prevent-a-thon, to name just a few.

Nick's had plenty of experience volunteering as a host and tech crew for various marathons. He ran a few events for Metal Gear Speedrunners, co-founded the now defunct Pixel Perfect Events and is currently the tech lead for Fast For The Kids, having customised his own NodeCG setup and created custom layouts for the marathon. As a result Nick has developed skills in HTML, CSS and Javascript coding, as well as C# having written autosplitters for Klonoa 2, Metal Gear: Ghost Babel, Mini Ghost, and Pampas & Selene.

Nick's custom NodeCG setup is part of a bigger package he's developing that he's named 'SpeedrunToolsUK'. It's still very early in development, but does also include a set of dummy Twitch streams and an event guide that can be read on this site. If event organisers are looking for help and solution to help with putting on events, please reach out. Nick's biggest ambition is to create a live UK speedrunning event that could be the UK's answer to GDQ/ESA - if this is something that interests you, definitely get in touch!