Jared Sorensen and Luke Crane, both men of the brilliant game design kind, have been teasing me for months with hints about their an upcoming game: Project Donut. This is the first game these two have worked on together, and it promises to blast the airlocks off RPGs. Sight unseen, you can sign me up for it. Here, so far …
The Frodo Franchise
A couple weeks back, a copy of The Frodo Franchise by Kristin Thompson arrived in the mail. In it, Kristin describes how The Lord of the Rings went from literary classic to licensing powerhouse. For this, she interviewed 76 people, including me in my capacity as one of the developers of Decipher’s The Lord of the Rings Roleplaying Game. If …
Cons and Storytellers
It’s that time of the month again, and my latest post is up at Storytellers Unplugged. Given where I’ve spent the past week, I ramble on a bit about the nature of networking at conventions and how I like to view such things.
Back from the Big Con
I rolled in from Gen Con late last night, but I can barely talk about – mostly because I’ve all but lost my voice to the show. In short, I had a wonderful time, saw lots of old friends, and made lots of new ones. More soon.
Off to Gen Con
I’m leaving for Gen Con in about 12 hours. I hope to see many of you there. If you’re around, please show up to the Brave New World film short and documentary on Thursday evening at 8 PM. To whet your appetite, see the BNW movie MySpace photos page, which features posters for the film. Here’s my favorite of the …
Gen Con Schedule Update
I’m scrambling to get ready for Gen Con next week, at which I’m a guest of honor once more. Here’s my updated schedule, which includes brand-new panels showing off details on the Brave New World film pilot. I hope to see many of you there!
Pre-Gen Con Goodies
Two of the books I’m looking forward to most at Gen Con are Hobby Games: The 100 Best and 40 Years of Gen Con. I had a tiny hand in each of them, just enough that I don’t have to pay for copies, but I’d be happy to hand over my cash for either. For the first, Jim Lowder collected …
Birdman Date and Blog
While at Comic-Con, I stopped by the Capcom booth and checked out their demonstration of an early build for the Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law videogame I worked on with the fine folks at High Voltage Software. It looks great, and I can’t wait to see the final package. A postcard given out at the show, though, tells me I’ll …
Mutant Chronicles Novelization Details
According to Amazon.com, my novelization of the upcoming Mutant Chronicles film is now slated for release on August 26, 2008. It’s slated to weigh in at 320 pages and come to you courtesy of publisher Del Rey. I got the chance to meet my editor, Keith Clayton, again at Comic-Con, at the Del Rey booth. He told me I’d just …
Ciao, Doomzine
Fabio Dall’Ara writes to let me know that the interview he conducted with me a while back is now available in issue #23 of Doomzine, an Italian fanzine devoted to all things Mutant Chronicles. It also has a translation of the “Mutant Memories” essay I posted here a while back. Sadly, my command of the Italian language doesn’t extend very …