Free Xbox LIVE Gold Status for a Limited Time Xbox LIVE users, get on the stick. Microsoft’s announced that the premium status Xbox LIVE Gold status is being extended to all Xbox LIVE users on the weekend of January 28th to the 31st, 2011. It’s kind of a “you didn’t spend enough on Christmas, so […]
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Game Writer’s Deal Alert: 75% Off at Amazon
Your Friendly Game Writer Brings Year-End Dealz So… if you’re thinking of picking up GTA4, Bioshock 2, Dragon Age Origins, Mass Effect 2, or a variety of other PC blockbusters, you might want to eyeball Amazon’s year-end game downloads. They’re up to 75% off for a limited time. The big shockers are $5 each for […]
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 […]
Minor Update: Company of Heroes, $3
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, […]
Donate to Haiti – and Have It Go 2x As Far
Haiti needs donations badly, as everyone knows. The situation is bleak. But I just found out that several Austin organizations are offering a generous 1-to-1 Haiti donation match. You don’t have to be in Austin to participate. This is a great way to double the positive impact your dollars have. Many thanks to the Entrepreneurs […]
A Game Job: Not for Everyone
Do You Want a Job in the Game Industry? Game jobs aren’t easy to land, and we get pretty regular inquiries about how to do just that for game writer, game designer, and other game industry jobs. The game industry is small, insular, and fiercely competitive. There are a lot of very smart people who […]
The Avatar Movie
Game Writer Thoughts on Cameron’s Avatar Movie The Avatar movie is all the rage right now, and with good reason. Here are my quick, spoiler-free thoughts. Gorgeous. The Avatar movie is simply gorgeous. It feels real, although it does have a heavy Halo texture to it too. To be fair, Cameron’s already trod this territory […]
Uplifting Astronomer Trance Hit!
Dangit, lost a few posts thanks to the incompetence of 1&1 Internet hosting. However, I’ve found a backup and I’m reposting the goodies. Sorry if this is a repeat for you…! Take a listen to this killer tune by Carl Sagan, Bill Nye the Science Guy, Richard Feynman, and Neil deGrasse Tyson (with a little […]
A Game Hero Should Be Voiceless: Part Two
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 […]