by Will Hindmarch | May 11, 2009 | Fantasy, Horror, Musing, Video Games
Though the evidence is pretty convincing, I am being cautious with my heart. Rumors abound — e.g., at The Escapist and Kotaku — that the game being revealed today by Eidos Montreal is a new Thief title. If this is the case, you should know that I’ll do a happy...
by Will Hindmarch | Apr 23, 2009 | Design, Fantasy, MMOs, Promotion, RPGs, Video Games, Websites
Jeff reminds me that I never mentioned, here, an article of mine that The Escapist published an issue or so ago: Bow Before the Worm-Slayer. The issue’s about achievements in games — or more accurately, achievement systems. For me, it was largely an academic...
by Will Hindmarch | Feb 3, 2009 | Fantasy, MMOs, Movies, RPGs, Video Games
Machinima isn’t typically my thing… but tell me this isn’t story + game: The Craft of War: BLIND from percula on Vimeo. Wonderfully done. Fight scenes this complicated can be headaches to choreograph and cut, but the elaborate layers of action here...
by Will Hindmarch | Dec 22, 2008 | Fantasy, MMOs, Promotion, RPGs
The game I’ve been playing the most, without a doubt, and for something like the past year, is Lord of the Rings Online. I’ve written about it around here before, and I’ll write about it again soon. More fun than reading about the game, though, is...
by Will Hindmarch | Oct 25, 2008 | Fantasy, MMOs, Musing, Promotion, RPGs, Writing
This week I’ve been guest-blogging over at Ecstatic Days, the excellent blog of literary-fantasy writer, anthologist, and world traveler, Jeff VanderMeer. While my posts over there focus mostly on writing and neurosis, I’ve also written a bit about the...
by Will Hindmarch | Sep 19, 2008 | Fantasy, Horror, Musing, RPGs
I know it’s nostalgia because it aches a little. It’s something about the time of year. This is when, longer ago now than it seems, I’d sink into the thick of the school year. The air mellowed out, it got dark sooner, and summery shirts gave way to...
