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 | Dec 17, 2008 | Books, Horror, Promotion
Ken Hite is a genius. He’s so bright that if you stand next to him you cast no shadow. He travels the universe absorbing books whole, transmuting information into knowledge in a clean-burning process that produces only text and conversation in its wake. In the...
by Will Hindmarch | Dec 16, 2008 | Books, Horror, Promotion
The holiday-season promotions continue. Justin Achilli, long-time developer of Vampire: The Masquerade and creator of Vampire: The Requiem, has a reputation. At game conventions, he’s a maniac, a debauchee, and a DJ. Around the office, he’s a pranking...
by Will Hindmarch | Dec 15, 2008 | Books, Promotion
‘Tis the season, as they say, so this week at Gameplaywright I’ll be plugging a few things that I’ve gotten my hands on in the last few weeks which might also make fine gifts for yourself or the other game/story fan you’re shopping for. First...
by Jeff Tidball | Dec 2, 2008 | Promotion
OgreCave has put our book Things We Think About Games on their list of the twelve best gamer stocking stuffers of 2008, in fine company with new breakouts as well as new versions of some serious classics. Thanks, guys!
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...