I had a job interview today. No, really, you don't understand what that means. I've been looking for work since late October. The games industry is currently flooded with experienced, talented developers who have been laid off or whose companies have folded for some reason, and while I've popped up onto a few companies' radar, … Continue reading For Love of the Game
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Bigger on the Inside
Every once in a while, whilst playing a game, you might notice something a little odd. You may not be able to clearly define it, but in the course of your explorations, you might occasionally get the feeling that there's something not quite right about the setting, nagging at the back of your mind like … Continue reading Bigger on the Inside
Remap
I've mentioned before that the novel I'm currently working on is the first for which I've had a full plot outline developed before I even started writing. This is where I admit that I've had to re-outline the story, one year after I made the first outline. It's not as bad as you might think. … Continue reading Remap
Multiple-Personality Gamer
The first time I tried an RPG, it was an AD&D session in the school lunchroom after-hours with a couple friends who were badly Mary Sue-prone. It didn't go well, and it wasn't fun for me; I had only the vaguest notion what sort of imaginary world I was dealing with, and what sort of … Continue reading Multiple-Personality Gamer
Farmer Wars
This article appeared in my feed on Thursday, and it reminded me of... how damn much fun I had killing ISK farmers in my early days in EVE Online. Let me spin you a tale of a rookie PVPer, a mercenary corporation returning to piracy, and the weirdest extortion racket in lowsec. (Forewarning: there's going to … Continue reading Farmer Wars
Playing at Deities, part 2: Maps
When I was taking Creative Writing classes in high school, one of the toughest parts for me at the time was separating my own work from others'. I read a lot, and I actually read much more when I was growing up in the '90s, since my dad had a strong antipathy towards video games … Continue reading Playing at Deities, part 2: Maps
Exclamation Mask
I was going to follow up last week's post with Part 2, but Real Life rudely interrupted my weekend and Saturday was a write-off for writing. I make no apologies: family is a bit more important than a blog post. I recently read a blog post during the course of which it was mentioned that … Continue reading Exclamation Mask
Playing at Deities, part 1
I had a different post on world-building ready to go last Monday, took a read through it before posting and realised that anyone whose brain isn't affected by ADHD (hello!) would probably see it as a pile of gibberish and roundabout logic. (The fun part about having ADHD: abstract reasoning makes analysis of multiple factors … Continue reading Playing at Deities, part 1
Techno-fail
You know what's worse than moving overseas? Moving overseas at the end of the year. It took my stuff two and a half weeks to reach the US via container ship from Iceland; it's now been a week and a half in Customs, and I only got the release confirmation on Thursday. They still haven't … Continue reading Techno-fail
The Writers’ Think Tank
I've been writing stories since I was able to pick up a pencil and form letters on paper correctly, a skill I acquired at the age of three. Spelling came later, but I was already reading on my own, and I distinctly remember when I was five folding and stapling together several pieces of paper … Continue reading The Writers’ Think Tank
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