I’ve long wondered if and when I’d ever write about epilepsy in the context of gaming. Well, turns out I had a reason a few weeks ago, so here it is.
As usual, whenever I write something I don’t hate, Lara Crigger shows up and writes something that makes me feel like a 2nd grader.
EGM has closed it’s doors. 30 good people out of work. Latest of four magazines I’ve written for shutting down.
Time to consolidate. I’m not spending a TON of time here. When something awesome happens, I’ll post a link, but really, how many homes can one writer have? I post the random stuff on twitter, [...]
I finally have a decent post up again at Gamers With Jobs. I’ve been in a combination of a slump, an overload of work, and family vacations. On top of that, I’m failing to keep up with Marathon training. Regardless, the launch of Spore got me thinking about elegance in games, and so I [...]
Hopped into the city to do Games for Windows radio, which you can grab here. Was a total blast, and completely different than the normal podcasting I do, which is far more structured and done remote (with all of us in different rooms.
Also a lot whackier (there’s no other word for it, safe for work [...]
My column this week is about Star Wars. Not just about Star Wars, but about this ill-concieved pet theory I have that it’s the presence of religion in the SW universe that makes the fiction resound so strongly with kids.
Separately, check out 2d6feet.. It’s a gaming podcast I listen to (and [...]
… and I wrote a little piece about it’s passing for Gamers With Jobs.
Also, a piece I did for print months ago is on the front page of 1up.com, for reasons I don’t get. It’s about kids MMOs. It’s not a bad piece, and I guess it’s time-irrelevant, so it got the recycle [...]
Another almost random “quick, we need this” article over at 1up.com. In a way, it’s karmic payback for getting to play iPhone games on someone elses dimes all day – I had to spend an evening playing Runescape.
Still, if you’re looking for an MMO that’s free and lets you kill monsters, you could do [...]
Some days, it’s good to have this little side gig. I spent most of yesterday downloading, playing and writing about all the halfway-decent or otherwise top-of-mind iPhone games for 1up.com. Verdict – a mixed bag.
I’m trying to love MobileMe too, but it’s part of the great iPocalypse of July 11, 2008, it seems.
This weeks column at Gamers With Jobs is a self-indulgent navel gaze on how writing has changed how I play and think about games. It’s an interesting juxtaposition with my first formal appearance int he pages of EGM, which, to be honest, isn’t so hot. It’s simple little sidebar stuff, which is just an [...]
Well, not really, just an interview. So here’s the thing. I’ve been working on a piece for EGM on the ins and outs of intellectual property in the games business. I get a ton of work done, get the early sidebars into the next issue, then start working on the full feature. It [...]