I was planning to talk about our company retreat and how us nerdy game designers ended up breaking our poor facilitator’s team-building game… … but Russell already beat me to it. So, yeah, what he said. About the only thing I can add is that I proposed a system where everyone was the spy (in [...]
Martin Livings did a mini-review of “Close Encounters of the Urban Kind,” including a nice nod for “Gloomy Sunday.” (Thanks, Martin!) [T]he best compliment I can pay this one is that it ended too soon. I could see a novel growing out of this tale of genetically-implanted musical melancholy. And since I’m on the topic [...]
At work last week, during one of the rambling intellectual discussions that tend to come up in our office, one of my coworkers dropped a bomb and said that “there’s no such thing as modern noir.” Said person then followed up with “I might go so far as to say that noir isn’t a genre, [...]
For a month or so, I’ve been scrapping personal projects, pulling away from potential commitments, and generally rearranging my personal life. I mentioned in passing that I had a couple of work opportunities pop up that I was really excited about, but I needed to make my personal life more flexible to better plan around [...]
I’m back from GenCon. Well, actually, I got back Monday night, but I’ve been catching up on work since I got back. Overall, I had a great time catching up with friends, talking with fans, and making new memories. I always find GenCon to be a great way to recharge my inspiration tank – I [...]
This week I will be at GenCon, pimping the upcoming digital awesomeness coming from White Wolf from Wednesday evening until Monday morning. However, unlike previous years, looking for me at the White Wolf booth probably won’t get you good results, as I’ll be running around a lot this year. But there are some points in [...]