James Wallis levels with you
I need your help. One of my designs has been shortlisted in a competition run by Cadburys the confectionary giant for what they call a ‘pocket game’. The first prize is £3000 ($4500) and more interestingly, thousands of copies of the winning game being given away to the public. The next round of voting is [...]
The committee of the Diana Jones Award has released the shortlist for its 2010 award. This year the shortlist contains four nominees that in the opinion of the committee exemplify the very best that the world of hobby-gaming has produced in the last twelve months. In alphabetical order, they are: BOARDGAMEGEEK, a website edited by [...]
Following on from the meme that has gone through Kim and Alice and Dan and David and no doubt elsewhere, here are five things I’ve been thinking about: 1. Games 2. Games 3. Games 4. Sex 5. Games (with apologies to Hunt Emerson. Sorry Hunt. Also sorry that Fantasy Advertiser never published that interview I [...]
‘Kidnapped by Ninjas’ is a new video podcast about games—mostly but not completely video games—put together by a games designer, a games developer and a games modder. The modder is wunderkind Harry Hughes; the developer is Cat Burton of Mind Candy, and you won’t be surprised to hear who the games designer is. Episode 1 [...]
Over at my visiting-lecturer-in-games-design gig, we are approaching the end of the academic year. Final coursework is in, vivas are over, exams are done. Here’s what I’m doing with my game-design students right now. Academia and the real world don’t often touch, but over the eighteen months that I’ve been teaching game design on this [...]
…though I may be soon. Yes, this is available for sale.
1. Gamecamp is this weekend. It’s been sold out for weeks, but if you’re in the London area and want to come, there’s still a chance you can get a returned ticket by clicking here. And if you’ve got a ticket but now can’t attend, please get in touch and let us know so we [...]
It’s a few hours to the Oscars and here’s what seems obvious to me: The Academy is dominated by actors. It’s largely an actors’ club. And what Avatar says in flashing blue letters a mile high is “All you guys can be replaced by CG.” Turkeys don’t vote for Christmas. Avatar may well clean up [...]
I like me some breaks
For reasons that will become clear around the first of April, I find myself needing a good name for a baby girl. And because it’s me, I want a name that has some resonance. I am called James because my parents liked the name James. I should have been Thomas, the name given to the [...]