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What Makes a Choice Interesting? 29 Oct 2012 | 10:59 pm
Recently I was on a panel at Pax Prime, discussing indie role-playing games. During the Q&A, someone asked a really good question. Good enough to take up a little sacred space here in my blog. The to...
Ten Awesome Comedians Most People Have Never Heard Of 16 Oct 2012 | 10:09 am
I've long been a huge fan of stand-up comedy. The other night, after a really good Patton Oswalt live show, the friends I went with asked me if I could recommend anyone else to check out. My answer wa...
I Took the Bing It On Challenge ... AND LIVED!!!! 21 Sep 2012 | 12:00 am
Since you are currently on the World Wide Internet, as it is called, you are probably able to use what is called a Searching Engine to find the things you want, be they My Little Pony jpgs, or Gangnam...
A Little Bit of Genius at PAX 14 Sep 2012 | 01:54 am
0 false 18 pt 18 pt 0 0 false false false There were things I saw at Penny Arcade Expothat I wanted to go on about. Something besides Microsoft trying to push us into our exciting Windows 8/I...
How Indie Games Can Be Cheap and Awesome 6 Sep 2012 | 09:35 am
I got to go to PAX over the weekend and be on a panel and see cool gaming stuff and meet lots of cool people and fans of my games. One of the things I learned is that a lot of people actually read my ...
Watch Me Talk About Something! 23 Aug 2012 | 02:38 am
Casual Connect is an annual convention in Seattle dedicated to the discussion of casual computer games, the design and marketing of same, and how to write games that milk every last penny from your au...
A Couple of Cheap Shots at Big Movies. Because I'm So Smart. 9 Aug 2012 | 10:36 am
I just went to see the new Batman movie, which was so long that I am still watching it. It's about a guy named Bane with a weird accent and a bunch of issues, who is only defeated when the good guys f...
OH GOD MY FACE MY HORRIBLE HORRIBLE FACE 3 Aug 2012 | 02:13 am
There was one more thing I wanted to say about Mass Effect (to accompany my earlier articles on the title). After heavy play of the second and third games in the series, I want to propose a rule to al...
Mass Effect 3 Review: The Ending, Before and After! 6 Jul 2012 | 01:21 pm
The ending of the Mass Effect series has been discussed a lot. A LOT. It's kind of an unprecedented situation. BioWare, a company known for awesome video game storytelling, creates a trilogy of game....
Mass Effect 3 Review: The Good Stuff 3 Jul 2012 | 12:56 pm
Since I write so much in this space about fantasy role-playing games in general and Bioware stuff in particular, I feel kind of lame for saying nothing of note so far about Mass Effect 3 (ME3). The Ma...