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I have cancer. 21 Aug 2013 | 10:51 pm
Well, this is without a doubt the strangest post I’ve ever had to write, and I’m honestly not even sure how to start without just diving right in: after a long past few months riding a medical merry-g...
Podcast: I Am In Another Castle 14 Apr 2011 | 10:47 am
So IndieCade’s Sam Roberts just reminded me of this, and I felt bad that I hadn’t mentioned it here sooner, but then I realized they hadn’t blogged it yet either. [edit - This was a lie! They did blog...
GDC 2011: What just happened? 24 Mar 2011 | 05:44 am
Wait, so I hear there was a Game Developers Conference this year? This is all I remember: I ate spaghetti with Eric Chahi. I did a microtalk (watch at top, watch the rest here), my first to the wide...
Book: 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die 3 Jan 2011 | 08:11 pm
I probably definitely should’ve mentioned this sooner, if only because it’s the first time I’ve ever appeared in something hard-bound, but last October, as I was on a train to Nottingham for GameCity,...
Video: ‘All Play is Personal’ Keynote at Australia’s Freeplay ’10 24 Dec 2010 | 10:29 am
In August of this year, the organizers of Australia’s Freeplay games festival very kindly invited both Adam Saltsman and I to come and be their 2010 keynote speakers (aka international men of indie ga...
Slides: Begging For Game Diversity at an IGDA Austin Microtalk 14 Sep 2010 | 06:54 am
Back in May of 2010, then-chair Kain Shin invited me to speak in front of the Austin chapter of the International Game Developers Association, at a microtalks session that would also include a handful...
Video: GDC 2010 Indie Rant On Videogame Journalism, Snark 10 Sep 2010 | 11:18 am
Basically the very first real speech I’ve ever actually given, my five-minute rant at the 2010 Independent Game Summit was addressed not so much to the developers in the room, but the press. Granted, ...
Interview: Confessions of a Very Professional Game Journalist 10 Sep 2010 | 09:58 am
Shortly before the 2010 Game Developers Conference, Beth at Game Writers Quarterly — a newsletter from the International Game Developers Association’s Writing special interest group — asked to intervi...
Where in the world is Brandon and Offworld? 8 Oct 2009 | 12:40 pm
I am here, or rather, was when I started the post yesterday morning. I know I’ve been neglecting the site for too long, having moved most all my Awesome Links to my infinitely-easier-to-update and mor...
links for 2009-08-17 18 Aug 2009 | 04:04 am
zOMG u r funny, LOL – or CYU in Welsh | Technology | guardian.co.uk txt acronyms for the Welsh, I'm a little obsessed with these sorts of abbreviations in other languages. (tags: www culture) ...