There’s Gold in Them Thar Internets
Friday, April 25th, 2008The IGDA held a Leadership Forum last November in San Francisco. According to people who attended, it was an amazing event and more than worth the low cost of admission. The forum consisted of eighteen sessions split across Leadership and Production topics and three keynotes. The speaker list is a veritable who’s who of presidents, [...]
The Role of the Narrative Designer
Thursday, March 13th, 2008I’m an active member of the IGDA Writers SIG. And though I do earn the substantial portion of my income by writing for games, you’ve no doubt become aware that I feel writing is one of the least effective means of communicating story via videogames. But there aren’t any People Who Believe Story Belongs in [...]
Frantic Friday Flight
Friday, January 25th, 2008I’m up to my ears-balls in tasks today. My to-do list looks like a dictionary with all the definitions left out. So, a few notes to tide the blog over until Monday…
1) The Xfire Q&A last night was a blast. When the transcripts are posted next week, we’ll see how useful I actually was. The [...]
Time Keeps On Slippin’
Friday, November 30th, 2007Thursday got away from me and it looks like Friday will too. I’m heading to NYC for the weekend, which ought to be a good time. Not only am I seeing some dear long-distant (for now) friends for the second time this year, I plan on going, where else?, to the Nintendo World Store. I [...]
Old Saw
Tuesday, April 19th, 2005As Mr. Franklin once said, “Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.” I tend to live by that precept (although I’m still waiting on the wealthy and wise portions of the program). I’m typically sound asleep by 10 PM, and my alarm beeps insistently at 4:05 [...]
I Knew It!
Wednesday, March 23rd, 2005All right, I was going to continue arguing on behalf of games being stories, but I just read something that I’d rather talk about because it’s something I’m happy about! I heard Jason Della Rocca, Executive director of the IGDA, on Talk of the Nation the other week. Jason was being asked to [...]