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Kickstarter fatigue?

I’ve seen a number of articles lately in which various people decry Kickstarted projects, and most of them have rubbed me the wrong way for one reason or another. The one that finally pushed me over the edge was Cliffski’s, … Continue reading →

California

Hello, California! It looks like I’m going to be hanging out in you. There’s this Wasteland 2 narrative design meeting for a few days, and then there’s also this IGDA panel I’ll be sitting on with Brian Fargo and Nathan … Continue reading →

Miscellanea (a fancy way for saying “stuff”)

Because I am a fan of lists, here is a list of the things I want to talk about: 1. Wasteland 2 2. Pixel of Ink 3. Oathbreaker 3 4. Unnamed Future Projects 1. WASTELAND 2 Work continues apace on … Continue reading →

Ten Questions with… Scott Fitzgerald Gray (part 2)

Here’s part 2 of the Q&A with author Scott Fitzgerald Gray, author of the extraordinarily goodWe Can Be Heroes(you can read my reviewhere). If you missed Part One… well, click on that link. He’s a very smart author. Did I … Continue reading →

Ten Questions With… Scott Fitzgerald Gray (part 1)

Way back in the summer, I read (and recommended!) Scott Fitzgerald Gray’s excellent We Can Be Heroes. You can read my review here. Now I’m delighted to host a Q&A with him about We Can Be Heroes, his other work, … Continue reading →

Eurogamer retrospective on Planescape: Torment

A couple of weeks ago, Bertie Purchese of Eurogamer asked some of the team from PS:T to sit down and do a retrospective of the game. We managed to set a time that worked that Chris Avellone, Scott Warner, Adam … Continue reading →

This is exciting.

I woke up to an email from Eurogamer’s Bertie Purchese on Sunday morning telling me that I’d made the headlines. My first reaction was, of course, “Oh no, they found the bodies!” My second (and probably more reasonable) reaction was … Continue reading →

A+: One week in. Also, announcements.

I’m one week into Monte’s A+ challenge, and I’ve noticed some actual changes. For one thing, it’s a lot easier to let the small things slide by the wayside. It’s slipping into my real life as well (and fortunately, I … Continue reading →

A fine review of Oathbreaker 2: The Magus’s Tale

Via Rob Steiner at The New Podler Review. It’s a really, really excellent review, but I think my favorite part is this: Both books in the Oathbreaker series have the character development of Rothfuss, the grittiness of Erikson, and the … Continue reading →

A+ and what it means

So I’ve decided to join Monte Cook in his August “A+” campaign. This is a bit of a personal challenge for me, because while I frequently mean well, my basic persona is that of someone who likes to argue a … Continue reading →