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Versu SDK Closed Beta 28 Jul 2013 | 01:44 am
We’re now launching a closed beta for the Versu SDK tools. An open beta will follow in a few months, and other content creation tools in time, but for right now, we’re looking for code-savvy people wh...
Assorted Interesting Projects 2 Jul 2013 | 03:45 am
Tim Fowers — for whom I worked on Clockwords back in the day, and who has produced several other board and computer games — is doing a deck-building word game called Paperback. It looks like a terrify...
The Statue Got Me High (Ryan Veeder) 16 Jun 2013 | 11:54 pm
One of Ryan Veeder’s particular strengths is a gift for manipulating player expectations and guiding player behavior for humorous effect. In You’ve Got a Stew Going, he steers the player into a bunch...
The Statue Got Me High (Ryan Veeder) 16 Jun 2013 | 11:54 pm
One of Ryan Veeder’s particular strengths is a gift for manipulating player expectations and guiding player behavior for humorous effect. In You’ve Got a Stew Going, he steers the player into a bunch ...
XYZZY Award Reviews 9 Jun 2013 | 01:27 am
The XYZZY Awards blog has daily reviews coming out of each category of XYZZY nominees from 2012, which I’m really enjoying reading, and not just because it means coverage for some of my stuff. These ...
XYZZY Award Reviews 9 Jun 2013 | 01:27 am
The XYZZY Awards blog has daily reviews coming out of each category of XYZZY nominees from 2012, which I’m really enjoying reading, and not just because it means coverage for some of my stuff. These a...
Assorted Projects 13 May 2013 | 06:41 pm
Boon Hill is a successful-but-still-in-progress Kickstarter for a project in which the player/reader explores a graveyard full of epitaphs. It’s an invitation to create your own meaning out of scraps ...
Tabletop Storygames: The Quiet Year 12 May 2013 | 02:35 pm
The Quiet Year is a story game about one year in the life of a threatened community. The War with the Jackals (not explained) is just over. The Frost Shepherds (also not explained) will turn up in a y...
A view from a different rock 10 May 2013 | 05:03 am
Here are some things I want to say from my own perspective about the IF community. I acknowledge starting out that my perspective is one of considerable privilege and good fortune, and that I know my ...
More about yesterday’s post 9 May 2013 | 03:35 am
I’ve gotten a lot of email about yesterday’s post, and it’s clear that at a minimum I need to say a few things to clarify what I meant by it. I intended to say: — when I hear about things … Continue r...
