Game Writer Guy, Author at game writer central

Movies Suck.

Movies suck. That’s the big headline today. It’s not exactly banner news for you guys, but still, it’s something that can be forgotten in the heat of the moment. I love movies; everybody loves movies. But it’s a grievous error to assume that all stories can be told in a movie format, or that movies […]

Want a PS3?

PS3 Photo Tower of Sony Playstation 3 computing power, anyone? Suggested Use I hear that Kim Jong-il has networked five thousand of these together to plot trajectories for a new Earth-to-Jupiter interplanetary expedition. They are looking for mutant ladies of the night. Now Really And no, commenting on this post will NOT win you a […]

Can You Be-Gleeve It?

The Gleeve: Frog’s New Power Glove So Frog Design has a new unstructured-play concept called the Gleeve. Cool concept that lends itself to horrible blog puns and nightmares of Nintendo’s abortive power glove. I think it has potential, although the description does seem a little light on details. I’m not about to criticize a simple […]

ChatRoulette Video Stuns and Shocks

This ChatRoulette video from Eva and Franco Mattes is a bit of black-hearted Web 2.0 culture jamming from a pair of New York artists. What would you say if you witnessed a suicide?

LOTR Conquest: Tolkien-Flavored Cheese

Rapidfire Review: Lord of the Rings Conquest Some quick game designer’s observations about this PS3 game. This thing is hilarious. Yes, unintentionally hilarious, but I give Pandemic points for making the formula easily digestible. Admittedly, I’m kind of fond of Pandemic because they’re kind of scrappy and they did a solid job with Star Wars […]

Making a Cardboard Camera

Dad, this one’s for you. This is what I call an extraordinary level of effort and precision. The thing actually works, but good luck on getting the film. You’d have to process it in a trash barrel or paint bucket. Kiel Johnson’s Cardboard Twin Lens Reflex Camera Time Lapse from Theo Jemison.

Rapidfire Review: Sengoku Basara

Hi, videogame fans. Today we’ve got an update for you about the PS3 title Sengoku Basara: Samurai Heroes, or SBSH. (It’s also been converted into an anime and a manga title.) I’m still trying to recover from the discovery that this game was developed by Capcom, not Koei, because it smells, tastes, feels, and plays […]

Scifi/Humor Rag Publishes on Clay Tablets

The scifi/humor ‘zine Space Squid has just released a special edition of their latest issue on clay tablets. As trendy as clay tablets are these days, they don’t get enough cred. One of the editors created the tablets using a cuneiform stylus like an ancient Sumerian (Iraqi) scribe and then created a hard polyurethane plate to […]

Minor Update: Company of Heroes, $3

This weekend, Steam’s offering the Company of Heroes games for 75% off, including the award-winning original for $2.50. It’s a beautifully-built RTS set at the Western Front of World War II. If you’re interested, check it out.

A Web Win-Win: We Win a Gig, You Win a Car

Check Out Our New Project and Win a Car Yup, it’s a web win-win situation. I landed a web game writing project recently, and it’s now hit the inter-web-nets. I was a contributing writer on Toyota/Scion’s new web game, Unlock the tC, which highlights the Scion tC. I can say, as objectively as I can, […]