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Implicit Contracts and Game Narrative 22 Aug 2013 | 12:29 pm
Just posted some thoughts on whether a different implicit contract between a videogame and its players might foster new forms of game narrative. You can read Implicit Contracts and Game Narrative over...
What's Stopping a Ghost Master Kickstarter? 21 Aug 2013 | 02:31 pm
One for the Ghost Master fans over on ihobo today as I explain why I haven't started a Kickstarter to make a sequel for the cult game: Here's an extract: I'm a long time sceptic of Kickstarter for v...
Oldest Gaming Tokens? 15 Aug 2013 | 06:16 pm
Allegedly, these are (or could be) the oldest gaming tokens ever found. Not that I like to pour cold water, but these tokens are no older than the dice found in the Burnt City excavations from Iran an...
The Interactivity of Non-Interactive Media 14 Aug 2013 | 02:31 pm
Over on ihobo today, I bitch about the claim that there is such a thing as ‘non-interactive’ media: It has long been a commonplace that we can draw a clear line between games as ‘interactive’ media o...
Moorcock to Endorse Chaos Ethics 13 Aug 2013 | 02:30 pm
Getting ever-closer to a final manuscript, and have finally sorted out three potential endorsers for the book. One of them, I’m proud to report, is Michael Moorcock, whose work has been extremely infl...
Only a Game in a Book 8 Aug 2013 | 02:30 pm
Pleased to announce that a piece from Only a Game has finally been offered a chance to be in a book (not including all the bits I steal from the blog to put into my own books, of course). My interview...
Midgley on the Self 8 Aug 2013 | 12:10 pm
The Institute of Art and Ideas have just released a new online talk with Mary Midgley entitled “Are Selves Unreal?”. At 93, Mary is still an incredibly sharp thinker and a delight to listen to. Check ...
Six of the Best (and Worst) of Ni No Kuni 7 Aug 2013 | 02:31 pm
Over on ihobo today, my thoughts about the best and worst aspects of Level 5’s Japanese RPG Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch. If lavish but traditional JRPGs are your thing, you should check out m...
We Do Not Choose Our Fate 7 Aug 2013 | 12:34 pm
Finally reading the last part of Michael Moorcock's epic Colonel Pyat quartet, The Vengeance of Rome, which is an absolutely incredible Victorian-style novel sequence exploring the circumstances leadi...
Editing Chaos 6 Aug 2013 | 02:13 pm
Deep into the final edits of "Chaos Ethics", and caught between the mental image of the manuscript I was writing and the gradually emerging book I am editing. This is not quite a caterpillar-to-butter...
