Writing

Stuff that I have written.

CD being mixed

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Jun 171999
 

So we’re at the mixing phase on my CD, and I’ve gone ahead and put up a rough mix of one of the tunes. You can hear it under Music/What I Play, and read the lyrics there too. I also put chord forms for it (not full tablature, sorry, don’t have the time just now!) under Music/Guitar Stuff.

Let me know if you learn it, if you like it, if you think I should never be heard in public again, or whatever, on my Guestbook…

In other news, I am off for the next few days to Chris Crawford’s Interactive Storytelling conference at his home in Oregon. Should be a lot of fun, and a welcome break. I’ve got some thoughts I recently articulated on Usenet about the forms that “plot” takes in online games, complete with a 3d grid… I’ll have to post it once I get back.

Games as Art

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May 301999
 

The essay on Video games, or online worlds, as art is finally up. You can find it under Gaming/Misc Writings. I’ve already started wondering in my head what snippet the VaultNetwork will excerpt, since they seem to visit this site with disturbing regularity. 🙂

(Guys, I suggest paragraph four)…

For those few of you who visit because of the music section– I am in the studio! I’ve got a CD’s worth of basic tracks recorded now, and will be doing overdubs over the next few weeks. I hope to get some friends of mine in. The material ranges from fingerstyle instrumentals to blues and folk rock, with basic tracks done “live in the studio.” Stretch Williams is producing. Once it’s done, I’ll see about putting up MP3s on the website. I’m pretty excited, and it’s made a great break from just doing game design all day.

More GDC Info

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Mar 131999
 

Realized that I dropped the info on the GDC presentation, so here it is again: at GDC I will be running a roundtable with Rich Vogel (producer of UO, former producer for Might & Magic Online and Meridian 59) on the “Laws of Massively Multiplayer Online Worlds.”

The roundtable will be run during Classic GDC, on Wednesday & Thursday at 10am, and on Friday at 11:30am.

I’ve added a new Misc Writing under the gaming section, dealing with the phenomenon of selling virtual property for real money.

GDC News

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Mar 121999
 

Turns out that not only will I be doing the roundtable at GDC, but I will also be helping out Dr Amy Jo Kim and Dr Amy Bruckman at their tutorial session on Building Online Communities.

This will run all day on Tuesday. Maybe I’ll see you there!

Also, I added a new Law from Damion Schubert to the Laws of Online World Design.

Redesign

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Feb 131999
 

Redesigned the whole website to this spiffy new look! Also added:

  • a bit of historical trivia to Gaming/Misc Writings/Scripting languages in Diku muds.
  • Limericks under Writing/Poetry
  • Roleplaying bardic verses under Writing/Poetry
  • The entire Music section, although there’s plenty yet to add
  • Teaching Materials under Literature
  • The Bio page
  • The Guestbook
  • The What’s New page
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