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.
Peter Hentges Needs Help
Jeff Tidball pointed me to this post on Peter Hentges’s LiveJournal earlier today. Peter did some great work on the Ars Magica and On the Edge games back in the day, although he’s not been professionally involved in the games industry for a while. More recently, he’s worked in IT, helping out with web design and business analysis. To sum …
Lone-Lands in LOTRO Up
Will Hindmarch‘s latest article about The Lord of the Rings Online (which I edited) is now up on the official website. “Hero’s Guide to the Lone-lands” covers a vast swathe of land that includes the notorious Weathertop, at which Strider saved Frodo from the Ringwraiths. Go check it out, if only to see the gorgeous screentography.
Amy and Missy for School Board
While I decided not to run for school board here in Beloit this year, a couple excellent candidates asked for my support, and I was all too happy to give it to them: Amy Oselio and Missy Henderson. Both are wonderful women and dedicated parents who truly have the interests of Beloit’s kids at heart. Amy lives two doors down …
Battle Dice Rules!
I’ve received a number of e-mails lately from people who have found Marvel Heroes Battle Dice booster boxes in bargain bins and snapped them up only to find they don’t have any rules for the game. I created this game for Playmates Toys a few years back, so people often wind up here to ask for help. The game is …