by Will Hindmarch | Feb 4, 2009 | Design, RPGs, Websites
Jared Sorensen is an instigator. Last year, he challenged would-be game publishers to form companies, make games, and publish them for a price of exactly $1 apiece. On February 3rd, Sorensen named his winner: The Five. I haven’t played it, I don’t know if...
by Jeff Tidball | Jan 21, 2009 | Board Games, Design, Miniatures, Video Games
I’ve been playing in a Blood Bowl league for the past year or so with a group of guys I haven’t otherwise been much in contact with since high school. As we get together on the second Sunday of each month, I frequently find myself thinking, this game...
by Will Hindmarch | Jan 19, 2009 | Board Games, Design, MMOs, RPGs, Video Games
Krist Novoselic, bassist of Nirvana, tries out Rock Band: More recently, while walking through a one-stop shopping center, I encountered the Rock Band 2 video game. It was set up on display for customers to try. I know about Rock Band, because Nirvana has some songs...
by Jeff Tidball | Jan 6, 2009 | Board Games, card games, Design, Movies, RPGs, Story, Writing
A couple of months ago, I read a post on Signal vs. Noise about the virtue of packing half of what you think you’ll need. They’re generalizing from travel advice like this… You see that pile of stuff sitting on your bed, waiting to be stuffed into your...
by Jeff Tidball | Dec 16, 2008 | Design, Movies, Musing, Story
I heard last week on a mailing list for USC film school alumni that Nina Foch has passed away. Nina taught the course on directing actors that was required of all first-semester students in the graduate screenwriting program at USC. As new students, none of us knew...
by Jeff Tidball | Dec 4, 2008 | Design, Musing
Just wanted to draw your attention to a discussion that Will and I (and soon, perhaps, you?) are having in the comments of the DSU post. It started out answering a question Ben posed about what the core one minute of gameplay in Ars Magica might be, and is evolving...
