by Will Hindmarch | Jun 10, 2009 | Board Games, Fantasy, Musing, Websites, Writing
Seriously, I could write a book on those Thief games. Yesterday, in issue 205: Parting the Digital Sea, The Escapist published my all-too-short article, “Robbing Gods,” which just scratches the surface of the game’s world-building by looking at how...
by Jeff Tidball | Jun 2, 2009 | Movies, Props, Story, Writing
Here’s a weird confluence of story and game for you: I’m working on a screenplay that’s about—among other things—people who play a particular game. This has been done before, of course. Take Jumanji, Zathura, and perhaps most obviously, The Game. In...
by Jeff Tidball | Apr 21, 2009 | RPGs, Writing
A short discussion of writing style in games broke out on an industry mailing list last week. It wasn’t long before discussion turned to more pointless matters, naturally, but I thought I’d share just one of my voluminous opinions on the subject. Tabletop...
by Jeff Tidball | Mar 29, 2009 | Video Games, Writing
I don’t play a lot of video games these days. I got out of the habit when I fell seriously into film and TV, and when my son was born, that was pretty much the end of it. Until Christmas, we didn’t have a current-generation console in the house. I played...
by Will Hindmarch | Jan 13, 2009 | Video Games, Writing
The Writer’s Guild of America has named its 2009 videogame-writing award nominees. Just what these nominations are rewarding is unclear. Presumably it’s something like an “outstanding performance in a comedy, miniseries, or musical variety...
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...
