Posts Tagged ‘Game Writing’

Another ACL TV Show Experience

Posted by Game Writer Guy | Filed under music writing

Back to ACL TV! When it rains it pours. And in a good way. Last Tuesday, it was ACL TV show time again. I was fortunate enough (and yes, willing enough to wait in line for 45 minutes in the 100 degree heat) to land tickets to the ACL TV taping for Allen Toussaint. I [...]

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Read more | Comments (3) | Jul 3, 2009

Cheetah with Bolt – Now Cheesier

Posted by Game Writer Guy | Filed under screenwriting

Cheetah with Bolt Makes My Mouth Hurt My friend Nicol and I were watching TV half-heartedly and we saw one of those Grande commercials go by, advertising some accelerated internet service in Austin called “Cheetah with Bolt.” I’m not sure what Cheetah with Bolt is. Sounds like a new costumed crimefighting team. Anyhow, Nicol admitted [...]

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Read more | Comments (0) | Jun 28, 2009

ACL TV Show Recap

Posted by Game Writer Guy | Filed under music writing

An ACL TV taping is a once-in-a-lifetime experience You ever been to an ACL TV show taping? If you live in Austin, or visit Austin occasionally, you owe it to yourself to go to an Austin City Limits taping. It’s like a backyard concert with 320 of your closest friends, listening to an amped-up performance [...]

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Read more | Comments (0) | Jun 20, 2009

The Do Not Call List

Posted by Game Writer Guy | Filed under geek skills

The Do Not Call List Is Broken The Do Not Call List is another new feature on our modern communications landscape, and it’s one I’m not particularly fond of. You see, the Do Not Call List does exactly what you don’t want it to do — it makes your phone number readily available to telemarketers. [...]

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Read more | Comments (2) | May 23, 2009

Videogame Writing Influences TV?

Posted by Game Writer Guy | Filed under Game Writing

EDGE Thinks Videogame Writing Is Affecting Television Plots Rely on EDGE Magazine to throw out some interesting memes. Today I stumbled upon this thought – that some of the hot new television writing is actually becoming more like videogame writing. And not in a good way: TV is yet another medium struggling to compete against [...]

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Read more | Comments (3) | Feb 1, 2009

EGM Magazine is Dead

Posted by Game Writer Guy | Filed under Game Writing

EGM Magazine Closed by Buyer Well, EGM Magazine lovers… I feel guilty, although I probably shouldn’t. On Jan. 7th, Ziff Davis announced that they’ve closed down the entire EGM magazine publishing operation, only days after my post criticizing the clipping problem they had on their Gears of War 2 cover. Okay, I admit that there’s [...]

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Read more | Comments (2) | Jan 11, 2009

The videogame writing smackdown of the month

Posted by Game Writer Guy | Filed under Game Writing

The videogame writing quandry Videogame writing often gets overlooked in the modern videogame development process. There’s no hiding from the raw facts. From EGM’s review of Alone in the Dark for Xbox 360: AITD wants to emulate the presentation of serial television, but neither the writing nor the “performances” compare to even TV’s least-essential shows. [...]

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Read more | Comments (4) | Sep 30, 2008

Gears of War 2 gets a new smoke grenade

Posted by Game Writer Guy | Filed under gameplay

Gears of War fans, rejoice. The gameplay for those previously useless smoke grenades is getting a facelift. In the first Gears of War, the smoke grenades were as useful as they would be in a Quake 3 deathmatch. There’s really nothing tactical about GoW; it’s a pure twitch game with zero stealth. And I’m not [...]

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Read more | Comments (3) | Aug 22, 2008

Best videogame monster

Posted by Game Writer Guy | Filed under game design

Best videogame monster: now accepting your nominations The best videogame monster. Now that’s a competitive category. Like best movie villain, except a heck of a lot more likely to make your palms sweat. Even if you’re a novice videogamer, you’ve probably seen your share of incredible videogame monsters. Some examples that spring to my mind: [...]

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Read more | Comments (0) | Jun 12, 2008

What happened to M. Night Shyamalan?

Posted by Game Writer Guy | Filed under pop culture

What the heck happened, M. Night Shyamalan? I just saw the ad for the new M. Night movie. It’s designed to look like some kind of andromeda strain movie. “There appears to be an event happening,” a man intones. This, according to our statistics, is the blandest, most uninformative, passive-voice piece of advertising ever recorded [...]

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Read more | Comments (0) | May 26, 2008

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