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Brainy Gamer Podcast - Episode 42 23 Aug 2013 | 09:24 am
In this episode I make my guest Steve Gaynor squirm uncomfortably in his seat. Of course, we also discuss his new game Gone Home, creating authentic characters, an important lesson from Ken Levine, an...
The games we deserve 22 Jun 2013 | 11:57 pm
What is a good man but a bad man's teacher? What is a bad man but a good man's job? If you don't understand this, you will get lost, however intelligent you are. --Tao Te Ching, ch....
A humongous adventure 18 Jun 2013 | 10:55 pm
This is about a train, a game, and a girl. A few days ago I took my daughter Zoe on her first train trip. We boarded Amtrak's Hoosier State bound for Chicago at 6:58 AM. Zoe was exuberant, equipped w...
Notes on Genre 31 May 2013 | 09:10 pm
The term 'genre' eventually becomes pejorative because you're referring to something that's so codified and ritualized it ceases to have the power and meaning it had when it first started. --Christoph...
Shooter apotheosis 9 Apr 2013 | 01:36 pm
Elizabeth: I can't believe you did that. They're all dead. You killed those people. Booker: Elizabeth, I... Elizabeth: You're a monster! Booker: What did you think was going to happen? ...
Brainy Gamer Podcast - Episode 41 27 Mar 2013 | 02:47 am
This is the final episode in my series of conversations about the State of Games. I encourage you to listen to the first three shows featuring a variety of smart and thoughtful guests. In this ed...
Brainy Gamer Podcast - Episode 40 19 Mar 2013 | 08:58 pm
This is the third in a series of conversations I'm hosting on the State of Games. I encourage you to listen to the first two episodes and stay tuned for the final installment which will appear in the ...
Brainy Gamer Podcast - Episode 39 16 Mar 2013 | 04:00 am
This is the second in a short series of conversations I'm hosting on the State of Games. I encourage you to listen to the first episode and stay tuned for the final two which will appear in t...
Brainy Gamer Podcast - Episode 38 11 Mar 2013 | 08:29 pm
This is the first of several round-table conversations I'm hosting on the State of Games, an admittedly unwieldy topic, but well-timed, I think, in this transitional period for games and the gam...
Why baseball is better than democracy 19 Feb 2013 | 11:16 pm
I don't often stray from video games on this blog, but sometimes my interest in games and my work as a stage director converge. My production of Richard Greenberg's Take Me Out opens tomorrow night, a...
