Speaking at PAX...

I’ll be speaking at the Penny Arcade Expo on July Sixth. My speech last year ended up being standing room only, so if you want to see it, make sure you get there early! Here’s what it’s going to be about: The Future of Gaming: You Don’t Know What You’re Going...

Metaphor in Media...

There’s a joke that I made up a while back that goes like this: What’s a Metaphor? It’s for when the regular one isn’t big enough. And that’s more than just a bad pun, because a metaphors can be powerful stuff. Using one pushes an idea beyond the original...

The Dentistry Interface...

It’s not surprising that people don’t like to visit the dentist. From the doctor’s point of view the user interface is your head. He sticks in a series of pointy tools such as drills and suction tubes as his controllers, and the goal of the game is not only to...

Lego Batman and The Law...

When my replacement XBox arrived back from Microsoft this week the only un-played game in my house was Lego Batman. I’ve played all the double branded Lego games, but now that the license is moving beyond the pure nostalgic high point of the classic Star Wars and Indiana Jones...

EA makes a Spore choice...

  There’s a war raging over at Amazon right now as a loosely organized group of frustrated users are using the Amazon rating system as a way to voice their deep disappointment with the DRM that’s being used on Spore. If you haven’t been following along, the...