by Will Hindmarch | Feb 10, 2009 | MMOs, Musing, RPGs, Video Games, Websites
This thing’s been sitting in my drafts for a couple of weeks, hoping for some blast of insight that would turn this post into a serious analysis revealing some essential kernel of the gaming experience. With Jimmy Fallon as our proxy noob. But who the...
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...
by Will Hindmarch | Oct 31, 2008 | MMOs, Musing, RPGs
At first, I just thought it was Jay Bushman tweeting The War of the Worlds in honor of the holiday, but I see I was wrong. It’s actually a massively multiplayer online roleplaying game taking place via Twitter: see it in action here. Participants are playing...
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 Jeff Tidball | Oct 3, 2008 | card games, Design, Musing, RPGs, Writing
I recently read an interesting article, “Mapping Memory: Web Designer as Information Cartographer” on a prominent website aimed at web designers. The author makes a case for turning the metaphor of web designer as architect around, proposing that a web...
