How to Branch Out from Writing RPGs

A friend of mine who writes roleplaying games (RPGs) asked if I had any advice for someone who wanted to branch out of that and into fiction or comics. Since I get similar questions from others, I thought I’d share my answer here. I think branching out of gaming work–or at least diversifying into other fields–is a good move for …

Monte Cooks up a Dungeonaday.com

My fellow Alliterate (and one of my first-ever editors) Monte Cook just announced his next big project in gaming: Dungeonaday.com. The name alone tells you how ambitious of a project it is, but if anyone can pull off such a humongous feat, it’s Monte. Here’s what he has to say about it:

Boom’s ARG

Boom Studios just announced that it’s launched an ARG to go with its upcoming comic-book series Unthinkable. I haven’t had a chance to play around with it much yet, but it’s great to see ARGs being used to promote more than just high-budget films and video games.

Free Coulton!

It killed me that I had to miss the Jonathan Coulton show in Madison last Thursday, but a consolation prize arrived yesterday via Jonathan’s Twitter feed. You can now download a legal torrent of JoCo Looks Back, a compilation of 20 of his best songs, for free. Creative Commons originally released this on a USB jump drive last year, but …

New Mutant Chronicles Trailer

Here’s a new “red-band” (essentially R-rated) trailer for the upcoming Mutant Chronicles film, for which I wrote the novelization. It premieres on HDVOD on March 27 and then in theaters on April 24. It’s gory, action-packed stuff, not appropriate for kids, but then neither is the film or the book.

A World of Warcraft Survey

My friend Liz Danforth sent me the following email about a research survey being done with players of World of Warcraft. If you’ r, see what you can do to give her a hand.