writings

The Escapist

Back in July 2007, I started working for online game publication The Escapist as a columnist and game designer. Every month, I contribute one non-digital game to their site for the feature Game Design Friday, along with a writeup and critique of the design process and its results. The job is an excellent opportunity to flex my design muscle, as well as promote non-digital gaming to a predominately digital-gaming audience:

» The Filler, 10/26/07.
» ARROWGAMÉ, 9/28/07.
» Officeball, 8/31/07.
» Magic Numbers, 7/27/07.

Joystiq

Joystiq is one of the largest and most successful gaming news blogs on the web. On a biweekly basis I publish Off the Grid, a column on non-digital gaming. I also do some normal blogging, and coverage of specific events. Everything I write for Joystiq can be found at this link. Below are a few specifics:

» Off the Grid interviews Brian Reynolds of Big Huge Games, 2/22/07
» Off the Grid: Thanksgiving Editition (or industry favorites), 11/23/06
» No PS3 love for Montreal, 11/15/06.
» Joystiq interviews Elan Lee of 42 Entertainment, 11/14/06.
» Joystiq interviews Chaim Gingold and Chris Hecker, 11/13/06.
» Off the Grid: Digital killed the analog star, 10/12/06.
» Wired reports on Gizmondo’s high-speed crash-up, 10/5/06.
» Times Square tourists learn that it’s “Cruel 2 B Kind”, 9/26/06.

http://numberless.net

The blog on this site is a journal of my thoughts on game design, the game industry, and various other topics. It’s used to talk about the games I’m designing, or discuss topics that aren’t relevant to my other writing jobs. Below are some notable posts:

» How to write rules (without confusing people), 4/9/2007.
» Why casual games are addictive; an unordered list, 2/19/2007.
» Crashing the metaphor, 6/30/2006.
» Call & Response; game design problem #2, 8/1/2006.

Away From Keyboard

Away from Keyboard is/was a blog focused on investigating “big games,” started by area/code’s Frank Lantz and Kevin Slavin. During my internship with area/code over the summer of 2006, I wrote for AFK. The AFK website seems to have flushed its old database of posts, so below are two that I reposted on numberless:

» PSP Scavenger Hunt with CollecTic, 7/4/06.
» Poop-Themed Location-Based Game, 6/22/06.

Game Politics

Game Politics is run by Dennis McCauley, and focuses on politically-oriented video game news. I worked as a correspondent for GP from November, 2005 to April, 2006.

» McDonald’s Game Parodies Fast Food Ethics, 3/17/06.
» Website, Academy Promote Diversity in Video Game Scene, 9/20/05.
» Sony vs. The Pope, 10/10/05.
» Get-Well Gamers Charitable Organization Helping Sick Kids, 11/20/05.

Other Writings

» Bard Film Professor Interviewed in Game Space, The Bard Observer, 10/05.
» The Game/Art Problem Presents: The Intruder, bard xy, 9/28/05.