My article in Escapist Magazine #83 hits screens today. According to the website’s front page, “A Prayer for Prey” is the issue’s featured article, and it’s available for free right now. Be sure to check it out, then stop back here and let me know what you think.

Mike Bohlmann tells me that he and his wife have started a new gaming website: Gamer Chicks Rule. While it’s aimed at female gamers, they happily accept readers and writers of all genders. Check it out.

I’m doing more work on computer games than paper games these days. Unfortunately, these projects have long development cycles, sometimes more than two years, and I’m under strict non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) that clamp down tight on what I’m allowed to say about them. However, I can tell you that I recently wrapped up work on projects for both Ubisoft and …

ICv2.com reports that the Solomon Kane film should start production in May. Kane is one of Robert E. Howard‘s better-known heroes, although they all shiver in the long shadow of Conan. I’m looking forward to this movies, as well as to the roleplaying game being produced at my old company, Pinnacle Entertainment. Pinnacle’s CEO and my old pal, Shane Hensely, …

I recently joined the just-formed board of the Madison chapter of the International Game Developers Association. Together with Eric Francksen, Norb Rozek, and my old Human Head boss Tim Gerritsen, we’re ready to take on the world–or at least Wisconsin. At the same time, I’m helping edit the quarterly newsletter for the IGDA Writers SIG. It seems like no matter …

Gen Con So Cal has been cancelled. For details, see the official press release and my pal Peter Adkison’s open letter about the decision. I’m sad to see the convention go away. I made it out to the first two and had a wonderful time, but Peter’s an astute businessman. If a part of your business is losing money and …

I recently picked up the Xbox Live Vision Gold Pack, which comes with a camera and a year’s subscription to Xbox Live Gold. I don’t play a whole lot of online games through the Xbox 360, but enough to make it worth my while, at least as professional research. My gamertag is mforbeck. If you’re interested and you’re on Xbox …

I just added a new plugin to the site: Snap Preview Anywhere. Just hover your pointer over any link on the page, and you can now see a preview of the page it leads to. Pretty snazzy.

The International Association of Media Tie-In Writers (IAMTW) just launched a blog, to which I plan to contribute. In the meantime, you can read the posts of my fellow writers Lee Goldberg and Jeff Mariotte, with many others to come.

Sometimes I slip smaller assignments in between the larger ones. There are days when tackling another novel seems daunting, especially when I can polish off a magazine article in just a day or to and savor that sense of accomplishment. For instance, I just turned in an article for an upcoming issue of The Escapist, an excellent online magazine. It’s …