Games Quarterly Magazine No More

It’s true. I found out from Mark Simmons himself last week. The official release is below. It’s a crying shame. Mark’s been one of the industry’s biggest boosters, even from before he started the Games Quarterly Catalog 16 years ago. He turned around the Origins Awards before handing them over to Charles Ryan and then went on to rescue GAMA …

No Games Expo for Me

Sadly, I won’t be able to make it to Games Expo 2007, much as I wanted to. A rash of illness running through the house has put me behind on my deadlines, so it’s staying home, shackled to my computer instead. (Thankfully, it’s a laptop.) It kills me not to be able to join my friends behind Games Quarterly for …

Campbell in Games Quarterly

I just received a copy of Games Quarterly #12 in the mail. Among other wonderful things, it features an interview I conducted with actor Billy Campbell. I really enjoyed talking with Billy, and I think you’ll enjoy reading the results. The magazine also comes with articles by Jeff Tidball, Mike Selinker, and Mur Lafferty, plus an interview with Will Shortz, …

Games Quarterly #11 Hits Shelves

The latest issue (#11) of Games Quarterly Magazine just showed up in my mailbox. This issue features my interview with Anthony Zuiker, the creator of CSI. A Las Vegas latchkey kid, Anthony created over 500 tabletop games as a kid, and his first published effort hit shelves this fall: CSI: Senses. Be sure to check it out.

Next Up: Billy Campbell

Last week, I conducted the third in my series of celebrity gamer interviews for Games Quarterly Magazine. This time around, I talked with Billy Campbell of The Rocketeer, Once & Again, The O.C., and The 4400 fame. He’s a true gentleman and a great fan of games, and he made my job a breeze. I found out years ago that …

Zuiker Interview Turned In

I just transcribed and submitted my interview with Anthony Zuiker to Games Quarterly Magazine. Anthony made for a fantastic subject. My favorite quote from the whole thing: My sights were set so if I could just one time walk in and buy a game that had my name on it, I could’ve just died there.

Wheaton Interview in Latest GQM

My interview with Wil Wheaton appears in the latest issue of Games Quarterly Magazine. They had copies to hand out at Gen Con, and I found more waiting for me when I got home, so it should be in stores soon. Wil is a true gamer and a wonderful guy as well–as you’ll see when you read the article.

Wheaton in GQM

After many near misses, I finally managed to interview Wil Wheaton for Games Quarterly Magazine‘s summer issue. I had a great time with the conversation. Wil is human, funny, and loves games of all kinds, which made him the perfect first subject for this series. Special thanks to Wil’s pal and mine, John Kovalic, for helping us reach each other.

Celebrity Gamers

I’m amassing a list of celebrity gamers–that is, famous people who play tabletop games. Games Quarterly Magazine has asked me to interview such personages for their pages, and I’d like to know just how large my potential pool of interview targets happens to be. See after the break for a full list of what I’ve come up with so far. …

Play This! Lunch Money

In my first few articles for Games Quarterly Magazine, I pushed some of my favorite games. I wrote an article about Lunch Money from Atlas Games for issue #2, but the editors decided that the game’s subject matter might be a bit too edgy for the family-friendly magazine they wanted to produce. I just remembered the other day that this …