Closing the Loop
Another article for Gamasutra about videogame storytelling, more or less.
Initiative
Castle Ravenloft is Dungeons & Dragons for the rest of us. Assuming I count as “the rest of us.”
Chicken and Waffling
On Chick-fil-A and marriage equality
Hate and Nudity
Fun with search terms.
Collective Chocolateness
I’m genuinely impressed by the global, decades-long lie that is Nutella
Two Dental Mirrors and a Bottle of Expectorant
True Grit does for westerns what Miller’s Crossing did for gangster movies: make me begrudgingly like them.
Twee’s Company
A little charm goes a long way, and I think Ilomilo lapped me.
This is why I can’t finish nice things
My favorite game so far in 2011 has surprised me. (Spoiler: It’s called A World of Keflings)
Shameless
More insomnia means a curiously revealing and yet still dull year-end list.
Joyful Noise
Alternate post topics: favorite colors, this wacky dream I had, how I really need to get a Tumblr blog for this kind of stuff.
Sour Milk
A writer suggests that the It Gets Better project is toothless, feel-good slacktivism, and I’m reluctantly forced to play the “you wouldn’t understand” card.
Seven Days
Sometimes you just have to know when to quit.