Being a game designer is a dream job, but it’s not always easy. As with any creative endeavor, it’s hard to get anyone to pay attention to you at the start, and even if you manage to get published, that’s just the first step in building any kind of career. Of course, some people have it harder than others. Much …
Credits Update
A toy company requested a professional résumé from me yesterday, so I took the opportunity to update my résumé and my CV (list of professional credits). I tallied up something north of 265 entries in the CV, which doesn’t include many of the paid magazine and website articles I’ve written over the years. That sounds like a lot, but over …
IAMTW Logo
The International Association of Media Tie-In Writers (IAMTW) has a new logo on its website, which is pretty snazzy. I joined the group just as co-founders Max Allan Collins and Lee Goldberg got it rolling, and it’s been a good ride so far. Any other tie-in writers out there, I encourage you to check out the site and join the …
Games Quarterly Magazine Available as PDF
Games Quarterly Magazine is now available in PDF format through DriveThruRPG.com. Right now, you can pick up issue #8 for only $1.99, half off the retail price for the print edition. I’ve written an article for every issue to date, and in #8 I chronicled my meeting with model, actress, and game designer (how often do you hear those labels …
Death Match Imminent
I got my first copy of Blood Bowl: Death Match in the mail today as part of the regular shipments I get from the kind and talented folks at the Black Library. The book officially hits stores in April, but it’s currently the top entry on the Black Library website and available for preorders. They’ve also posted a larger version …
Games Day Chicago Set
The Black Library has asked me to be a guest at this year’s Games Day Chicago again. I gladly accepted and will be there to flog signed copies of all three novels in the trilogy of Blood Bowl novels I’ve written for them. That’s on July 29, 2006. I hope to see you there.
Quarter-Million Spider-Men for US Schools
According to GamingReport.com, Playmates Toys is distributing 250,000 Spider-Man figures and a battle die to 1,000 middle schools across the United States. The report states: The sampling is focused in the Atlanta, Chicago, Columbus, Dallas, Fort Worth, Pittsburgh, Milwaukee, and Sacramento areas. Very cool, although it perhaps implies that the Spider-Man clone saga got a little out of control.
Brave New Rant
Over at Cinerati, Christian Johnson posted an excellent rant about my post here yesterday on my Brave New World RPG and Marvel Comics‘ upcoming Civil War event. While I enjoyed the essay (go read it, and then come back here), I want to clarify one of the comments I made on my own post, which Christian quotes. I wrote: BNW …
Echoes of Brave New World
ICv2.com has an article on the upcoming Civil War event from Marvel Comics. It quotes a New York Times article on the subject (you may have to register to read this). According to the reporter: The question at the heart of the series is a fundamental one: “Would you give up your civil liberties to feel safer in the world?” …
R.E.V.s Information
It seems I can tell you that R.E.V.s stands for Radically Engineered Vehicles (a name I came up with). Also, Figures.com has a gallery of R.E.V.s photos from the Toy Fair, plus an article about the line. (It turns out they covered the line last fall too, with an article and a gallery of early prototypes.) As they write: The …