Like most people, I’ve been staying close to home and hunkered down in these pandemic-plagued days. If I’d known this was going to happen, I’d have spent more time at C2E2, which wound up being the last convention I attended this year. While some of those shows have been canceled outright, many of them have gone virtual, so I’ve been joining in via Zoom rather than in person.
For instance, look for me on a couple panels at the upcoming Storytelling Across Media convention held by the Comic-Con Museum. Those have been pre-recorded and should premier on October 24. One excellent panel run by Ross Thompson features him talking with Sen-Foong Lim, Elisa Teague, Banana Chan, Jon Cohn, and me about how stories and games dovetail together.
The second is a spotlight on me, which is always a little more unnerving, as it’s a solo event. The folks at SAM asked if I knew anyone who could interview me for it, and I suggested my son Marty. They loved the idea, so you’ll get a chance to watch my college-graduated kid grill and rib me for the better part of an hour.
The week before that, on October 17, I’ll also be at guest at the Fox Cities Book Festival that same day. I was originally scheduled to be at the physical show, but I’ll now be Zooming into the virtual event instead. Tune in at 1 PM Central Time to see for another spotlight on me, during which someone I’m likely not related to grill and rib me instead.
I mean, my mother was born in raised in Menasha, which is one of the Fox Cities, so it’s not impossible I’ll be related to the interviewer, but it would be one hell of a stretch. Unless it’s me interviewing myself…
It’s getting a little Inception-y this year.
Either way, I hope you can set aside some time on a couple Saturdays this October to watch me blather on about what I do for a living. It’s going to be a fun time.
