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Fifth-Level Toddler?
Since we all know life exactly parallels games, how do infants advance? Do they gather experience and then make great leaps forward, as with a brooding drow yearning to be free in the Forgotten Realms, or do they advance bit by bit over time, like a vorox munching on al-Malik in the jungles of Ungavorox? […]
More Proof of Fatherhood
I have been looking for a new wallet of late, but had no luck in the usual men’s and leather goods stores. So, as if to prove that I am ready to be an American dad, where do I finally find a wallet I like? Ace Hardware
Speaking with Stoker
I had the pleasure of speaking at a couple World Horror Con panels this weekend, including “Why are So Many Contemporary Vampire Novels Set in the South?” It’s always a pleasure to share the stage with a group of excellent writers, and this one included Naima Haviland, Charlaine Harris (author of the Sookie Stackhouse series), […]
TBT: Vague Thoughts on Game Writing from 2012
I posted this in April 2012 on my old blog. Thought I would share it again for Throw-Back Thursday. We had a good GGDA meeting (okay, party) at Mowgli to celebrate the release of their Songster Facebook game. Fun mix of people – pros, amateurs, students and outsiders; artists, coders, musicians, business folks and writers. […]
Gaming Fatherhood
Introduction to RPGDad, or All I Need to Know about Fatherhood I Learned from Some Little Tan Books I have been an employee, boss, student, professor, mentor, mentee and more, but I think little has prepared me for the details of fatherhood as much as has my role as a gamer (maybe that just shows […]