filed in Articles, Gaming, Ramblings, Role-Playing Games on Dec.04, 2009
This post made me start thinking, despite not having created a complete game, much less published one, about how the business of the RPG industry should be approached. I haven’t really gotten to play Diaspora yet, but the decision by the creators to not publish a PDF until they can present the file as a [...]
filed in Ramblings, Random on May.20, 2009
My wife was wonderful enough to get me a new phone, one capable of letting me update this thing on the road. That means I might actually get to blog on a regular basis. Go me! Bookmark It
filed in Articles, Ramblings, Random on Sep.23, 2008
The Bad Astronomer, Dr. Phil Plait, mentioned a new show from CBS called “The Mentalist”. It makes me incredibly happy that a major network is growing the balls to premier a show that is blatantly skeptical. Kudos to CBS for this! Bookmark It
filed in Articles, Ramblings, Random, Role-Playing Games on Sep.12, 2008
I’ve been trying to make something of an effort to keep this blog on the topic of RPGs and gaming in general. However, sometimes some of the other things I’m passionate about are going to make an appearance. For example, you may have noticed the big scarlet letter over on the right-hand side of the [...]
filed in Articles, Conventions, Gaming, Ramblings, Role-Playing Games, Video Games on Aug.30, 2008
I had wanted planned on doing a wrapup of the first day of PAX this year, but it’s three in the morning, and I’m beat. If I have time, I’ll post tomorrow. At worst, I’ll do a full wrapup when I get back home. As a side note, I did get to meet Rym and [...]
filed in Gaming, Podcasts, Ramblings, Random, Updates on Apr.16, 2008
Wow, been awhile since I’ve updated the ol’ blog. Fear not, though; I have no intention of abandoning this site, nor the podcast, despite my lack of posts to either of them. Things have just remained unbelievably busy. So, the news. First off, Kristin decided to forgo her commencement ceremony from Chico State University in [...]
filed in Gaming, RPG Design, Ramblings on Mar.29, 2008
Wow, my semi-regular blog posting got totally hosed by my recent lack of Internet access. My thanks for that go to AT&T, who seem incapable of sticking to a connection date. Bleh. Anyway, on to the meat of this post. I’ve wanted to be a role-playing game designer since I was eight years old. My [...]
filed in Ramblings, Video Games on Feb.27, 2008
Normally, I wouldn’t post something not RPG related here, but there’s something to be said for the pure, unadulterated awesomeness of an independent musician gaining enough of a following to be included on a game like Rock Band. Jonathan Coulton performs “Still Alive” in Rock Band from Joy Stiq on Vimeo. Bookmark It
filed in Gaming, Podcasts, Ramblings on Feb.21, 2008
I’ve subscribed to a couple of AP gaming podcasts over the last couple of years, such as the World of Skell, The Game Master Show, The Rolemonkeys, and, most recently, This Is Shadowrun. Most of the time, I’ll admit, they tend to go unlistened to. I think that the problem is that, with a few [...]
filed in Gaming, Ramblings, Random on Feb.19, 2008
My taste in gaming has matured over the years. When I got back into the hobby about two years ago, I found myself looking at my old standby RPG, Shadowrun, in its shiny new edition. It’s satisfied my for about two years now. However, after listening to a lot of podcasts, and being exposed to [...]
