From what I’ve been told, my latest book–The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Drawing Superheroes and Villains, Illustrated–is in stores as of yesterday. If you’re interested in drawing all sorts of different types of super-powered characters–or seeing a whole slew of new ones that I created for the book–be sure to pick it up. While I’m plugging that, let me give …
Pulsipher on Prototypes
Lewis Pulsipher (designer of the board game gem Britannia ) had an article published at GameCareerGuide.com yesterday about the value of using paper (or tabletop) prototypes when designing video games. Good points all around.
Alternate Reality Reviews
Early last year, before Wizards announced it would release a new “fourth” edition of Dungeons & Dragons this year, I completed work on The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Creating Dungeons & Dragons characters. Unfortunately, because the book was written for the game’s third edition (3.5, really), it was bound to be outdated pretty quickly. Delays in the process added up …