Tag Archive | gaming
Weekend Roundup: May 19-25
Tweet of the Day: 3 Ways to Add Repetition That Pleases Readers ——- Here we go again. Not a good day. Lousy internet connection all week, off this morning, then I loose my bank card. Grrr…. Yeah, just one of those days, eh! But I’m still here, in one piece so lets see what last […]
Space for Rent: Selling digital products means knowing when to give up the ghost
Tweet of the Day: About my fiction: the weird and wonderful world of Hedron ——- Possession might be nine tenths of the law, but it is not ten out of ten. Every first year law students are taught that ownership is like having a bundle of sticks with each stick representing a set of rights […]
Mid-Week Update
Tweet of the Day: BLUE MAGIC ——– Another apology post of sorts. I’m still very busy with other projects, including my take on the Xbox One reveal and the coming Techno-Apocalypse (should be posted on Nerd Trek tonight or early tomorrow morning). I did manage to post the last part of my Mass Effect fan […]
TV Tropes Monday: Pre-Climax Climax
Tweet of the Day: How To Get By In Elvish ——- This trope is about doing the deed before the deed is done. In other words, it’s about sex. It is a nice way to tie the romantic subplot just before the story ends. But it does have two problems. The first, it might come […]
Mass Effect/AEC Chapter 12: Plans
Main Conference Room, TRS HQ, Bekenstein, Boltzmann, Serpent Nebula, May 24, 2196 Rodan walked into the conference room with a Turian female. Her facial markings were a fierce neon red that clashed with her cream colored scales and short fringe. She wore the dark uniform of the Turian Fleet. “Colonel, this is Captain Valena D’arqui, […]
Space for Rent: The Conversation Never Ends
(NSFW due to language) Done with the video? Good. Jim brings a good point about dealing with gender issues, or for that matter any socially divisive issue, especially in creative circles, be it game design, literature or media. But it is not as simple as exchange a couple of emails and you’re […]
Weekend Rounup: April 28- May 4
Tweet of the Day: L’Apres Midi D’une Smelly Terrier ——– First, May the 4th be with you! Yes, it is Star Wars day and any sci-fi geek worth his salt already knows about it, but here it is none the less. Now that we gotten that out of the way, lets see what this […]
Lessons from the Aether: Game Design and the Challenge Curve
Tweet of the Day: It is Pitch Black. You are Likely to be eaten by Paul Ricoeur. ——- One challenge facing any game designer is how to find and maintain the right balance between a players/characters skills/abilities and challenge so as to maintain a modicum of tension throughout the game experience. If the game is […]
Weekend Roundup: April 21-27
Tweet of the Day: The Littlest PA: A Story of a Middle Child ——- Good news everybody! Ahem, I am now the newest contributor to Koobismo.com ( link to first article here ) a game fan sight made by fans and game designers alike. I sent a couple of game related re-prints to them […]
Mass Effect/AEC Chaper 11:Memories
Tweet of the Day: The Care and Feeding of Chapter Breaks ——- ——- Thompson-Ramos Private Residence, Sagan Bay, Bekenstein, Boltzmann, Serpent Nebula, April 23, 2196 The hammock swayed on the gentle night breeze that blew from Sagan’s Bay. It was a rare break from work; planning attack/defense scenarios, intelligence gathering, resource allocation. I put down […]
