Alan Moore’s Saga of the Swamp Thing was my favorite comic in my younger, more gloomsome days. I probably liked it more than my other favorite comics at the time, Grant Morrison’s Doom Patrol and Neil Gaiman’s Sandman. But Swamp Thing wasn’t the only swamp monster in comics.
Step 3 of “How to Write Your Videogame Plot” is apparently: “Eat peyote”! Derived from Indigo Prophecy – the four pages of spoilers are outrageous too.
Like a flashback to childhood vacations! I was away on a trip recently, and I read a lot, just like the old days when no holiday was complete without a stack of at least ten books. This time around I had some – gasp! – mainstream books along, […]
The New York Times fashion and style folk have noticed steampunk. Good? Bad? One thing, though, the photo slide show is nice. (Here’s a mirror link for readers who don’t want the Gray Lady knowing anything about them).
No it’s not a science-fiction plot. Crazy Rasperry Ants are invading Houston, Texas and they are attracted to electronics.
From the personal experience – “a person who knows you, and your gaming group well, is carefully structuring an experience for your pleasure” – to the impersonal: “there are no in-game rewards, in an MMO, for anything other than the level grind.” Wouldn’t you prefer the first? And […]
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The Cultural Gutter 