Last week I was invited by friend and gaming buddy Aaron Pavao to judge two groups of student game designs last week at the high school where he teaches — among other things — game design and theory. While I can think of several people in the area who might have been better choices — […]
Read MoreWhen I first saw the preview trailers for Walking Dead, I was sold. They were effectively put together, gripping, and tense. I was ready to see it, even having no experience with the comics or graphic novels. After the pilot, I was completely sold. This was something fresh and different; a decent treatment of the […]
Read MoreI’m appearing on panels at OdysseyCon, one of my hometown conventions. The guests of honor this year are authors Richard Lee Byers and Troy Denning, and game designer Peter Lee of Wizards of the Coast. I’ve never met Richard before, and know Troy and Peter only a little. Getting to know all of them better […]
Read MoreI was a little under the weather last week. I also had a very time-sensitive short project fall into may lap that required some immediate attention, so I was not able to post as usual. I’m back in the saddle now and ready to talk about all kinds of stuff. As soon as I get […]
Read MoreI’ve been a fan of Judge Dredd for years, thanks to my brother Mike’s comic collection from the 1970s and 80s. One that amused him and me greatly was Judge Dredd, published in the UK in the pages of 2000 AD. Part satire of American culture and part futuristic crime story, Judge Dredd lives in […]
Read MoreKickstarter, Indiegogo, GoFundMe, and other crowd-funding sites are serving a tremendously useful purpose by providing a funding venue for creator-owned properties that might not see publication otherwise. A great many niche products were produced using these vectors, and some have even discovered that they were perhaps less “niche” that they thought. Kickstarter is the best […]
Read MoreMany people seem to think that, once they start earning a paycheck as a freelancer, they can quit their day job and live The Life. That’s partly true, but only partly. An old cliche’ saying tells us not to count our chickens before they’ve hatched. What that means is that in publishing like with eggs, […]
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Achtung! Cthulhu: Keeper’s Guide To The Secret War The Secret War has begun! A terrifying World War Two setting, fully compatible with the Call of Cthulhu, Sixth Edition and Savage Worlds Roleplaying games. Discover the secret history of World War Two: stories of amazing heroism, in which stalwart men and women struggle to overthrow a […]
Read MoreI’ve worked in the games industry now since 1984. Most of that time was spent working retail, some in distribution, some working for a manufacturer, but all of that time was spent gaming, and trying out new stuff. I enjoy roleplaying as much now as I did in my teens, even though most of the […]
Read MoreThe reality of being a freelance writer is that sometimes you won’t get paid for your work, even if someone else profits by it. That happened to me once and I consider myself very lucky that it’s only been once so far. A decade ago, I was writing for some gaming magazines that were published […]
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