Posts Tagged ‘Game Writing’

Brain Game Answers

Posted by Game Writer Guy | Filed under Game Writing

As promised, our quiz answers…! Mount Everest was still the tallest, but we just didn’t know it yet. Also known as Mount Chomolungma or Sagarmatha. The child was born before the founding of the United States, which wasn’t really that long ago. Once, and then it becomes 20, not 25. Although we’re also accepting the answer “infinitely” [...]

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Read more | Comments (0) | Apr 26, 2011

Rapidfire Review: Fret Nice

Posted by Game Writer Guy | Filed under Game Writing

Game Write-ups on Ritalin Hello, game writer central denizens. We’re rolling out a quickie review tonight of the PS3 demo Fret Nice. For the time-constrained gamer, game demos are an ideal way of assessing the longevity of a videogame before the actual purchase. Game demos aren’t always a perfect reflection of the final product, but [...]

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Read more | Comments (0) | May 13, 2010

The Janus Fund Fee Game

Posted by Game Writer Guy | Filed under Fund Games

The Janus Performance Fee Proposal The Janus fund fee (“performance fee”) recently pitched by Janus Funds is a good example of gamesmanship for higher stakes than seen in your typical RPG or RTS. We don’t usually talk about financial matters here at Game Writer Central, but I believe that it’s important to recognize game elements [...]

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Read more | Comments (8) | May 7, 2010

Today’s Prose Poem

Posted by Game Writer Guy | Filed under Game Writing

A Bit of Marketing Writing Writing about a light is today’s little gem. I bring you a prose poem by the good, if perhaps inebriated, people behind “Safety Warning Flashing Lamp”: Especially for the children, blind men old men in the morning or evening and the cloudy day when the bright is not enough, to [...]

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Read more | Comments (0) | Apr 18, 2010

Austin Game Tester, Part II

Posted by Game Writer Guy | Filed under game job

New Game Tester Job We’ve got an urgent call for game testers to work at Bioware, one of the best studios in Austin. “We are looking for 20 Game testers for Bioware. We need to hire them by Friday. There are onsite interview on this Friday for this job in our office and start on [...]

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Read more | Comments (0) | Apr 15, 2010

Game Designers Actually Write?

Posted by Game Writer Guy | Filed under game design

Game Writers Aren’t the Only Developers Who Need Writing Skills “Game designer” is an oft-misunderstood label that, like all labels, sometimes fails completely in describing the variety and depth of tasks tackled by the many talented people who fall into this bucket. Many times game consumers and friends have told me they thought game designers [...]

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Read more | Comments (1) | Apr 7, 2010

A Game Hero Should Be Voiceless: Part Two

Posted by Game Writer Guy | Filed under game writer

The Rude Game Hero The voiceless game hero? He’s an ass. Well, inadvertently. Have you ever noticed how a voiceless game hero fails to respond to mid-mission communications? I recently finished Resistance on the PS3, and the game’s avatar, Nathan Hale, is a classic, cliche game hero with little to say and a lot to [...]

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Read more | Comments (0) | Dec 16, 2009

Hogwarts’ Harry: Top Five Europe Photos

Posted by Game Writer Guy | Filed under game writer

Hogwarts’ Harry and Other Pics Hogwarts School and Harry Potter don’t actually appear in any of my “game writer on vacation” photos, but there is a connection, as you’ve probably already noticed. So I’ve decided to jump the gun and throw up a top five of the photos I took in London and Paris, with [...]

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Read more | Comments (0) | Oct 8, 2009

Out of town

Posted by Game Writer Guy | Filed under game writer

Game Writer Land posting has slowed to a crawl because of a little vacationing. Here are some sample images. Hope you all are well.

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Read more | Comments (0) | Sep 5, 2009

Power of the Human Voice

Posted by Game Writer Guy | Filed under music writing

Saw this on Facebook. (Jamal, I think it was yours.) I love musical instruments, but we often forget that one of the most effective and adaptable instruments is carried with us everywhere we go. A single voice can haunt or inspire, whether in a video game cutscene or in concert. You just need to know [...]

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Read more | Comments (0) | Aug 1, 2009

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