Guardians of the Galaxy is a Perfect “Popcorn Movie.” Here’s Why.

by Andrew | Aug 14, 2014 | Featured Articles, Featured Post, Media, Movies, Science Fiction

It’s taken me a while to process my thoughts on Guardians of the Galaxy. One big reason for that (besides finding the time to do it) is that this movie is a cinematic conundrum: GotG is a movie that works in spite of its flaws. If you’ve seen the movie, you may...

Power Under Pressure Nominated for a Chesley Award!

by Andrew | Jul 5, 2014 | Featured Articles, Featured Post, Fiction, Steampunk, The Society of Steam

I’m totally thrilled to see that the cover for Power Under Pressure has been nominated for a Chesley award! (Heart so Smoke & Steam was nominated last year.) Justin Gerard’s work is amazing, and he was open to collaborating with Lou Anders and I on the...

The Cruel Book Summer

by Andrew | Jun 12, 2014 | Featured Articles, Featured Post, Fiction, Media, Publishing, The Fool, Writing

I wanted to let everyone know about an exciting event that I’m going to be a part of tomorrow (Friday 6/13): it’s called the “Cruel Book Summer”, and it’ll be a virtual mini-convention on Facebook. A dozen Dark Fantasy, post-apocalyptic,...

Hardcore Anger: Grieving for Fictional Worlds

by Andrew | Sep 6, 2013 | Active Design, Featured Post

Ahh… That awkward moment when you realize you posted something to the wrong blog… Check out more posts like this one at Active Design. There’s been a fair number of discomforting events over the past few weeks where designers and developers that I...

AD Podcast: Episode 008—Ken Levine Part 1

by Andrew | Jul 30, 2013 | Active Design, Active Design Podcast, Featured Post, Media

[display_podcast] Okay. It took a bit longer than I expected to get this one up. But here it is, my interview with Ken Levine! We talk about old games, new games, and games that don’t even exist yet! If you care at all about where interactive design is, and how...

Active Design Podcast Episode 007—Erica Mulkey aka Unwoman

by Andrew | Jun 18, 2013 | Active Design, Active Design Podcast, Featured Articles, Featured Post, Media, Music

[display_podcast] This week the Active Design Podcast features Erica Mulkey (aka Unwoman) and we get deep into how she creates her music, knocks out successful Kickstarters (7 so far!) and connects with her audience. SHOW NOTES Active Design Podcast Episode 007...