I’m home today (like always, since I work here) with the wife and kids, enjoying another snow day. We’re supposed to have at least a foot of snow over the course of these 24 hours, including possible thundersnow. Does that sound like a northern hero’s name or what? I saw lightning here during a snowstorm earlier in the year, flashing …
GDC IDGA Party Game
While I won’t be able to make it out to the Game Developer’s Conference later this month, I’ll be there in spirit. As a card-carrying member of the IGDA, I pitched in to help the Game Writers SIG with part of the writing for a party game for the IGDA Members-Only Party. If you make it to the party, the …
Good News, Breathing Easier
A while back (9/29/2006, to be exact), I wrote about a family friend, Steve Shea, whose wife Sallie had been diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis, a progressive lung disease, for which the only hope is a transplant. They got the call today, and with any luck Sallie will be breathing easier by tomorrow. It’s major surgery, of course, so good vibes …
Blood Bowl Coming
On a lighter note–and on the day after a crackerjack Super Bowl (I didn’t have a dog in that fight, but what a great 4th quarter)–ICv2.com reports details about the Blood Bowl comic I’m writing for Boom! Studios. As reported: The Blood Bowl series, scripted by bestselling fantasy author Matt Forbeck, will be based on the Games Workshop fantasy football …
Reasoner’s Home Fire
Fellow IAMTW member James Reasoner, his wife Livia, and their family lost their home to fire last Tuesday. The Western Writers of America have set up a fund to help out, and Livia’s agent has offered to gather books to help restock the Reasoners’ lost library. Details (by way of my pal Jeff Mariotte) after the cut.
Judge’s Guild President Dying
I know, I know. It sometimes seems like half the posts on this blog are about one sort of tragedy or another. Such things are a part of life, and as the gaming industry gets older, we’re going to lose more and more of our founders and heroes. It’s good to take a moment to remember them, especially when they’re …
1 vs. 100
I forgot to mention another game I worked on that came out recently (well, before Christmas): the 1 vs. 100 DVD Game from Mattel. This recreation of the TV game show starring Bob Saget can be played with any DVD player, and it features both single-player and multiplayer versions. I wrote a few hundred trivia questions for the game, and …
Playing Birdman
I finally had a chance to play through the Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law game on the Wii, and I loved it. It looks just like the cartoon, and the actors did an excellent job with the dialog. I laughed lots, especially at the stuff I didn’t work on at all. (Jokes work better if you don’t know the punchline …