If you noticed it’s been quiet around here, that’s because I just spent the last week in Stockholm, working on a new video game for Avalanche Studios. I can’t say much more about the game than that at the moment, but I’m having a ball working on it, and most of that has to do with the hospitality and creativity …
Egyptians
Sterling has a full listing for the Lost Worlds: Egyptians book I’m working on right now. It currently lists a different name for the author, but that should change soon I believe. I’m having fun working on the book. Researching a subject and then writing all about it reminds me of writing papers in school. This time, though, I’m doing …
Next IGDA Madison Meeting
The next meeting of the IGDA Madison chapter will be April 1, 2008, at Herzing College (5218 East Terrace Drive), starting at 7 PM. Despite being one of the board members, I’ve not been able to attend the last couple meetings, but I’m planning on making this one. We have three speakers scheduled for the event: Ben Geisler of Frozen …
Another Storytellers Unplugged
My latest essay is up at Storytellers Unplugged. It’s all about the different sorts of writing I do and how that makes me a different and hopefully better writer. While we’re at it, here’s the Amazon listing for the book I’m writing right now: Lost Worlds: Egyptians. More about that after I, um, finish it.
Photos from the Funeral
The guys at Kenzer and Co. took some photos of Gary Gygax‘s funeral. They caught me in a few of them. In the second, I’m talking with Brian Jelke and Chris Clark, and in the third, that’s me between Brian and Monte Cook. Some folks reported from ENWorld videotaped the ceremony and the gathering afterward too, with the family’s kind …
Patch Hiring
Patch Products, a top mass-market game publisher here in Beloit, is hiring. They’re looking for a Product Designer (someone to design games) and a Job Sourcing Agent (someone to find all the components for a game at the best quality and price). I’ve not worked with Patch in the past, other than to playtest some of their upcoming games. However, …
Tweaks
Just handling a little housekeeping around here. I don’t know if anyone but me noticed, but the link to the Downloads (now Freebies) page was broken. I fixed that and revised the About page and put up a new photo there. I also put a new photo in the header. That’s me in Monteverde, Costa Rica, last summer, crossing a …
Happy St. Patrick’s Day
As my son Patrick is so excited to tell everyone today, “Happy Patrick’s Day!”
Revisions, Revisions
I spent the last week revising things, it seems. This includes the latest draft of the Mutant Chronicles novelization and the final draft of Blood Bowl: Killer Contract #2, both of which I can’t wait to see in print. While revisions are a necessary evil for writers of all stripes, they’re never as much fun as working on the first …
Birdman on Sale
The Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law game for the Wii is the Video Game Deal of the Day at Amazon.com today. For today only, you can nab it for just $25 on the nose, which means it ships free too. That’s about $15 under the suggested price, so if you’ve been on the fence, this is a good day to …