Ascii Dreams

I'm not finding a huge amount of time to program at the moment, but plenty of time to write - it's easier when you're building i...

I shared this via Google, but it really is good enough to justify its own post. " Angband, or His 55 Desires " is an experimental ...

Pro tip: India Pale Ale .* (* I would like to thank Charlie and Feorag for being incredibly generous with their time especially at the excru...

There was a fine fellow named Keldon [1] Whose AI for Angband worked seldom Quite the way you expect Hid in rooms and forget That you'd ...

I write science fiction...

In an interruption to your regular service, a small plea for help. I've written an article for an upcoming 'The Amateur' column ...

Ah - once again, I've failed to even come close to the NaNoWriMo required total. I've still found it a useful exercise, as always, a...

I've registered for NaNoWriMo 2008 , and will be attempting an entry again this year. Last years attempt failed miserably, because I fo...

This is, of course, a huge Eve Online fan story - not in the sense that it features anything from the Eve universe, but in the infectious s...

1. Social imperatives The reason I stand here before you is to announce that my mercenary outfit, the Guiding Hand Social Club, has complete...

I stumbled across some old writing of my while googling my own name earlier today (Come on: you do it too. Admitting it is the first step). ...

I've just been reading through a long and interesting discussion about game design vs. game implementation at TIGSource, with the desig...

I've just received a thoughtful rejection from Interzone for the short story I submitted to them in November . I made it down to the fin...

I forgot to mention my 20 Underused Game Mechanics article got syndicated to GameSetWatch . Also, I just deleted my first piece of comment ...

Can I do it? Well, I've just done some quick word counts. I've written approximately 14,000 words on my blog this month. And I wrote...

"You are a master of linguistic flourishes, but you ultimately have nothing to say.” - David Sirlin's English teacher . I finished ...

I've just submitted the short story that I had mentioned previously to Interzone for their November email submission window. I'm n...

If it appears that I've been a little quiet recently, its because I've been on my (delayed) honeymoon and have emigrated to Sydney, ...