Andrew Moore's Blog, page 54
April 19, 2024
How Rifts Can Succeed as a Movie Franchise
I'm surprised it isn't already. Somebody call a rich guy and make it happen.
April 18, 2024
Deep Thoughts on Videogames
"The greatness of a console generation may be determined from the variety of its motion control offerings." - Oliver Wiindell Holmes
April 17, 2024
How Dungeons & Dragons Can Succeed as a Move Franchise
I don't think anybody makes Move games anymore, so the field is open. That's how business works.
How Dungeons & Dragons Can Succeed as a Movie Franchise
Release separate Dungeons movies and Dragons movies. Everyone will see the dragon one and then rent the dungeon one to get the whole story.
How Dungeons & Dragons Can Succeed as a Move Franchise
Release separate Dungeons movies and Dragons movies. Everyone will see the dragon one and then rent the dungeon one to get the whole story.
April 16, 2024
Rearrangement
Normally you have the big atmospheric entry scene at the end of the first third or at the very end. Why not start with it? What a hook!
April 15, 2024
A Legacy of Intimidation
"Don't stay up too late, Papa!"
"I will stay up exactly long enough!" The man chuckled as he turned away from the door to return to his workbench. Behind his teasing lay the certainty that he would not stay up late, because at last his work neared its completion.
No more than an hour later, he stood and yawned. Everything was ready for the big demonstration later in the week. Just then, he heard a noise. Intending to lecture his daughter or a pet for unwarranted nocturnal activity, he walked through the house looking for the source only to find his door torn from its hinges and on the ground next to it, a paper wrapped around a key.
"Give up your foolish scheme! You're hurting us all! Including yourself!" He read that and crumpled the message in his angry fist. Determined, he placed the key on his workbench next to his project.
"You fiends," he said, unable to keep his indignant thoughts silent. "Threatening me because of how my invention terrifies you."He compared the two, nodded, and picked up his model. "This key which doesn't disappear when it's used will ruin your Keymakers' Guild!"
Finis
"I will stay up exactly long enough!" The man chuckled as he turned away from the door to return to his workbench. Behind his teasing lay the certainty that he would not stay up late, because at last his work neared its completion.
No more than an hour later, he stood and yawned. Everything was ready for the big demonstration later in the week. Just then, he heard a noise. Intending to lecture his daughter or a pet for unwarranted nocturnal activity, he walked through the house looking for the source only to find his door torn from its hinges and on the ground next to it, a paper wrapped around a key.
"Give up your foolish scheme! You're hurting us all! Including yourself!" He read that and crumpled the message in his angry fist. Determined, he placed the key on his workbench next to his project.
"You fiends," he said, unable to keep his indignant thoughts silent. "Threatening me because of how my invention terrifies you."He compared the two, nodded, and picked up his model. "This key which doesn't disappear when it's used will ruin your Keymakers' Guild!"
Finis
April 13, 2024
The Proper Audience
How about spelling "castle" as "cassel?" Nobody will know what you're talking about, but the audiobook narrator will appreciate it.
April 12, 2024
Word Corner
There aren't nearly enough synonyms for hair. It's time to ransack some other languages, fellas!
April 11, 2024
A Brutal Takedown of Monarchy
Why is monarchy and not monocracy? Or, alternatively, why not demosarchy? Or, failing that, why not onerule and peoplerule? Why are we bothering with this Greek nonsense in the first place? An inferiority complex?
