This curious package arrived this morning. I’ve had to keep the gold bar away from my daughter, who wants to chew it. I suspect it’s mostly lead. It’s a packet of seeds for an ARG, obviously, and by blogging about it I am doing exactly what the seeders want. Best of luck to them. I [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on April 29th, 2008 | 10 Comments »
The nominations for this year’s Origins Awards are out. Once again the system’s been changed: this year, instead of nominees, there are ‘semi-finalists’, ten to a category. Gratifyingly, in the non-fiction publication group I have pieces in three of the semi-finalists: 40 Years of Gen Con (Atlas Games); Hobby Games: the 100 Best (Green Ronin); and Second Person: Role-Playing and Story in Games and Playable Media (the MIT Press). [...]
Filed under: 2007, Second Person, awards, book, game design, history of games, hobby games on April 27th, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Regarding the whole Milliways info-release fiasco, I would like to thank Simon Wistow for writing the post I was going to, and thereby saving me an hour or two of what looks like it’s going to be a very busy weekend. I particularly want to thank him for the line: “Sadly, at this point, the [...]
Filed under: history of games, interactive fiction, internet, journalism on April 19th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Raph Koster gives you a brief tutorial on how to hack MMOs. I tell you, he’d be a legend if he didn’t keep posting poetry to his blog. Get an LJ, man.
Filed under: Uncategorized on April 18th, 2008 | No Comments »