The Tao of Zen Nihilism
You can hear the Wicked Dead On Fire Game Design Seminar on the Sons of Kryos internet radio show.
It’s Jared Sorensen, Luke Crane, and Me talking about game design with a hands-on approach. It wasn’t as focused or detailed as the one we did at Gen Con Indie, but still a lot of fun.
Check it out!
(stolen from thelastmehina and joshwasta)
If you read this (even if we don’t speak often), please post a comment with completely made up and fictional memory of you and me. It can be anything you want – good or bad – but it has to be fake.
Then, if you choose to do so, you can post a similar entry in your own journal.
(You can read what I wrote for thelastmehina here and what I wrote for joshwasta here.)
(a thread called “Overly Honest Game Book Covers”)
Jared and I got interviewed by the dashing and talented Paul Tevis over at his internet radio show, Have Games, Will Travel.
Then, check out an interview with the indominatable Luke Crane.
It was a fun interview. We talked about a ton of stuff. Check it out and you’ll know exactly why Jared is brilliant, Luke is indominatable and Paul is dashing.
I’m coming back to LA this morning. But I can’t sleep. So, I’m watching VH1, typing nonsense into my journal, and reflecting.
I’ve been putting a lot of energy toward some goals and projects, and I think it’s time to change my focus and energy.
(Asia’s Heat of the Moment is on VH1 Classics right now. I suddenly remember junior high school. “And now you find yourself in ’82.” Yeah. In 1982, I was living in Georgia and completely in love with Susan, trying to find a way to tell her. How little times have changed: chasing after women I should not have.)
I’ve been putting a lot of effort into certain projects, but I’ve been doing it for the wrong reasons. So, a change is in order.
(Now REO Speedwagon sings about Rollin’ with the Changes. “I’ll be here when you are ready/To roll with the changes.” That implies that my own foreward progress depends on the decisions of others. Bad John.)
Time to work the lines, change the rigging, hoist the sails and turn the rudder.
I’m most productive when I’m in love. I know this. But, it’s an old habit. I need to ditch it. Secret is the perfect opportunity to do just that. When I was writing L5R, it was always for someone else. Everyone asks me, “Is Kachiko based on a real person?” My answer is always the same. “No, she’s based on a lot of people.” It’s true. There’s a little of every woman I knew back then. I wrote L5R for all of them. 7th Sea was written for Jennifer. Orkworld was written for my folks. It’s long past time for me to write something for me.
The Magic Flute–Mozart’s Masonic opera–finds new life in Kenneth Brannagh’s hands.
Should be fun.
http://www.killermovies.com/m/themagicflute/articles/5593.html
I’m in Vegas and I’m $100 ahead. Unfortunately, I just had a rout with the bank about overdraft fees that I didn’t deserve. Fortunately, after forty minutes of holding on the phone, that money is back in my account.
I heard this on the radio. I love the blues.
I’m thankful for friends. Sometimes, I think the people in my life are more like acquaintances. I don’t get to see them very often anymore. I’ve been busy and without a home (while I find a new one), so no real time.
And then there’s the people I only see twice a week (at most) because of games. There are more than a few people from that group I’d like to see more often.
Let me know how to do that. I want to see you. Just let me know how.
