Bent on total word domination
This is a tough time of the year for me. My sleep patterns tend to be shaped by the sun, and while I can wake and function in darkness, I have a difficult time sleeping when it is light. In Seattle, the northernmost major city in the continental US, th…
So for most of the morning, the police kept me at my desk.OK, let me unspool this for you. There was an “incident” at our office park. A man bashed in the front windows of a debt collection agency with an axe. Needless to say, the workers at that agenc…
I’ve mentioned before, here and elsewhere, that we’re in a new golden age of Cthulhu, in particular as far as RPGs concerned. Once the domain of once-every-blue-moon releases, this particular niche has grown into a highly populated gaming environment, …
Head writer Bobby Stein has posted a great article on the ArenaNet blog about setting up the writing style for Guild Wars 2. And while his tone is light (he is a word-nerd adrift in a sea of game-nerds), his purpose is completely serious. One of the go…
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So currently up at Booklife is a short interview with Matt Forbeck about the joys and pitfalls of collaboration, in regards to our upcoming Guild Wars 2 novel, Ghosts of Ascalon (which finally has the correct cover at Amazon).More later,
Major Star Trek flashback – there’s an old episode of the original series, “I, Mudd”, where the crew has to confuse a whole bunch of androids in order to burn out their circuits. So Spock goes up to a pair of beautiful androids (played by twins), and s…
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This past Saturday, the Lovely Bride had a Tai Chi class in the morning, and a Tai Chi demo in the afternoon at the Seattle Center, which left a four-hour block of time in Seattle. So we went to the MOHAI.The MOHAI is the Museum of History and Industry…
Those who come here seeking clues about what we’re up to regarding Guild Wars or other projects I am currently involved in tend to leave bitterly disappointed. I don’t talk much about what I’m working on, particularly in the office. I prefer to …
I will confess, I am a goo-goo. That’s Chicago-speak for a Good Government type, who believes in transparency and involvement and checks and balances and feedback and keeping an eye on those in charge.But, sitting here and looking at yet another ballot…
An Iliad by Denis O’Hare and Lisa Peterson, based on Homer’s The Iliad, translated by Robert Fagles, Directed by Lisa Peterson, through May 16.One-man shows are chancy things, even though they at beloved by theaters in these benighted days of reduced o…