Some kind of sonic fence or something
Recap of “Lost” episode “LaFleur”.
Shame and Wonder
The 2009 San Francisco WonderCon, and where to draw the line at geek pride.
Sita Sings the Blues
Nina Paley’s movie “Sita Sings the Blues” is available now, and it’s fantastic.
Who Tackles the Untackleable?
The opening credits of the “Watchmen” movie were shown at WonderCon, and they’re amazing. If the rest of the movie can live up to the first 10 minutes, I’m sold.
Myths of Videogame Storytelling
A recap of all my posts so far on the subject of storytelling in videogames.
On Brevity
Why “videogame writing should be short” is bad advice.
Oh, stop thinking how ridiculous it is!
My opinions of “Lost” episode “316”
Content Withholders
Hulu.com is going to great lengths to block boxee from accessing its “service,” and its self-serving justifications aren’t helping.
Happy Valentine’s Day!
Make your own! Some good ones available via twitter search.
All Will Be Revealed… At Once
Apparently the revolutionaries of the last few episodes were armed with low-caliber exposition rounds, Teflon-Flashback coated to penetrate the armor of the Rules of Dramatic Writing, including “Show, Don’t Tell.” But I kid “Battlestar Galactica” only because it annoys me so much. This week’s episode (“No Exit”), was paced and written as well as it…
But our pistil is in another castle!
The game “Flower” for the PlayStation 3 is short, simple, and masterfully done.
This place is AWESOME
Okay, “Lost,” I can see how watching a bunch of French-speaking scientists slowly going mad and shooting each other might not be the gripping, edge-of-your-seat drama that I’d been imagining all this time. Thanks for letting me discover that for myself, though, and showing us only the cool parts. For at least the first 20…