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Waiting 30 years to become an overnight sensation
ByWesI’ve been waiting to become an overnight sensation for more than 30 years. When I was still in high school, working in the tunnels beneath Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom, I filled stockroom logs with strange stories that amused most of my co-workers but left supervisors baffled. As a reporter at The St. Petersburg Times,…
Balancing exposition and player agency in indie narratives
ByWesIt’s a tricky balance, giving Moon Hunters a sense of random events without seeming repetitive. “It’s my white whale!” declared Tanya X. Short of Kitfox Games, indie developer behind the mythology-based narrative game. “To some extent, it’s personal taste, but it also entails lots of attentive playtesting, and watching for how often someone chuckles or exclaims…
Game Design | Jointhesaga.com News | MUSHes | Non-Fiction | Online Storytelling | OtherSpace | OtherSpace Slack RP CommunityWhat’s next for a 20-year-old interactive space saga?
ByWesOriginally, my online persona of Brody was inspired by the police chief in Jaws who warned “We’re gonna need a bigger boat.” I was so much younger then. So energetic. All-night roleplaying marathons? All I needed was a two-liter of Mountain Dew and a bag of Doritos to get me through the weekend. And, over…
[OTHERSPACE] Shuttles departed for the ether
ByWesAs of this evening, you no longer need to take a programmed shuttle to get from one world to another – and certainly not as a means of getting from the starting point on Sol Station to your roleplaying spot of choice. Instead, the shuttle berth area on Sol Station features doors that open to…
Handling touchy topics in video games with care
ByWesJumper the gator, star attraction at Chief Roadside’s Wonderland in Knee Deep, eats diaper chicken: a frozen chicken swaddled in a disposable diaper. Remy Dixon explains to blogger Romana Teague that Jumper eats diaper chicken because it reminds the gator of a chubby infant. YouTuber Foehamner was playing through the finale of Knee Deep’s first…
[BRAIN CANDY] Some RL headlines of note for Feb. 1, 2017
ByWesFrom Ars Technica: Brain-computer interface helps paralyzed patients communicate The monkey that flew to the edge of space and then hit a destroyer From CNN: Earth Day picked for Science March on Washington From PC Gamer: The last moments of Asheron’s Call From Wired: The key to colonizing Mars From Paste: Engineering students pose lunar…





