Short Version: Back from Origins. Working to beat next deadline now. Had a great time. Saw lots of friends. Made new ones. Presented an award at the Origins Awards ceremony. GAMA treated the guests like royalty. Reactor 88 Studios showed up Sunday for a quick tour of the show. Long Version: Must wait until later.
Origins Schedule
As a part of my guest of honor duties at Origins this weekend, you can find me taking part in the following seminars. If you’ll be there too, be sure to look me up. I haven’t been to Origins in a few years, and I’m looking forward to seeing many old friends again and making new ones too.
The BNW Movie Shoot
This past Sunday, I drove down to Chicago for the final day of shooting for the pilot (proof-of-concept short) for the Brave New World movie that Reactor 88 Studios is working on. I can barely begin to tell you how much fun I had and how impressed I was with everyone involved. The pilot brings to life the 8-page comic …
Rumble in the Jungle Away!
Last night, I turned in the final portion of Blood Bowl: Rumble in the Jungle. This book, the fourth in the trilogy (as Douglas Adams used to say), took me a bit longer than the last one in the series, mostly because I had to come up with all-new plot threads after tying off most of the ones I’d left …
Laws on Writing
The latest issue of The Escapist features an interview with my pal Robin Laws about what it’s like to work on both your own material and licensed properties. Robin is one of the few people who does the same kind of work I do on many levels, and his answers are, as always, well considered and spot on.
Great Geekerati
I had a great time on Geekerati, Christian Johnson’s online radio show tonight. As always, Christian proves to be an excellent conversationalist, as did his other panelists, Eric and Bill. You can listen to the entire episode online now. If you listen for the trivia questions right around the 1-hour mark, Christian’s offering up free copies of my Blood Bowl …
Diana Jones Award 2007 Shortlist Announced
The Diana Jones Award committee is proud to announce this year’s shortlist for the award. Congratulations to all those people and products that made the shortlist!
Geekerati Radio, Monday, July 2
This Monday night, July 2, 2007, join me in a live radio show on Geekerati Radio at 7 PM PDT. Geekerati is the brainchild of Christian Johnson, frequent commenter on this website and head wrangler of the excellent and intelligent Cinerati blog as well, where you can find the full details. While I’m perfectly happy to blather on with Christian …
Harvey Birdman, Gamer at Law
I’ve finally been given clearance to mention one of my favorite upcoming projects. Earlier this year, I worked with the fine people at High Voltage Software on a brand-new video game based on the hilarious Cartoon Network show Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law. It’s slated to be released this fall for both the PS2 and the PSP. I had an …
Good-Bye, Dan Matheson
From reliable sources, I’ve heard that Dan Matheson died last Sunday from a heart attack. Most people in the gaming industry know Dan from his decades as the warehouse manager of Black Hawk Hobby Distributors, located in northern Illinois, just south of my home here in Beloit. That’s where I met him. Black Hawk was the first game distributor I …