http://www.heresy.com We Must Move Forward Mon, 14 Jun 2010 01:27:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In the last few months, I decided to start listening to audiobooks. I've downloaded books from http://librivox.org/ (Jack London Call of the Wild, Whitefang, few others), joined Audible.com, which has new books, but an annoying DRM combined with Columbia House subscription agreement you have to dodge. Some of these books are ... http://www.heresy.com/2010/06/13/jim-butcher-james-marsters-excellent-performance-on-the-dresden-files/ Yeah, a lot of you are going to say, "What, you didn't read all the bad press?" I did. But I wanted to give it a fair chance. I'm not a big fan of game journalism: some games that should never get a review receive journo-blow jobs and many that aren't ... http://www.heresy.com/2010/06/03/alpha-protocol/ Recently, a friend gave me a copy of Walter Jon Williams' This is Not a Game where an intrepid young Alternate Reality Game (ARG) designer creates gets caught in a situation beyond her control. To save herself, she uses her followers to save her bacon. Fun book. It holds ... http://www.heresy.com/2010/04/10/jane-mcgonigal-games-the-worldwalter-jon-williams-this-is-not-a-game-juxtaposition/ This week's entry for Young Romance, All true love stories. http://www.heresy.com/2010/03/22/remodelremake-over-at-whitechapel/ My Contribution http://www.heresy.com/2010/03/07/remodelremake-whitechapel/ Almost a year after I started, Arcanopocrypha is in a form to be downloaded (40megs) for all to view and whine about. So far, I'm getting really good responses from people and I'm excited to see what doors this will or wont open. I blame Warren Ellis for this story. ... http://www.heresy.com/2009/04/19/arcanopocrypha-ashcan-v09-ready-for-downloading/ ::snort:: Via the Grinder krewe at Grinding.be - thanks, Xutraa. http://www.heresy.com/2009/04/12/safety-first/ Lo, there be Spoilers here After watching these characters' lives be shredded, built up, re-shredded and eventually ground into a gaseous mist of blood, there was no other way to end Battlestar Galactica . These characters have gone through the fucking wringer for our amusement and we needed to pay ... http://www.heresy.com/2009/04/01/my-views-of-battle-star-galactica-in-total/ Yes, this is one of those cool "ooo, look at the stats with nice visuals and excellent music." (Fatboy Slim rocks) But it's a great example that we must adapt, and we must adapt at a faster rate than ever before. Everyone is going to suffer from being ... http://www.heresy.com/2009/03/29/you-dont-have-a-choice-we-must-move-forward/ So, for the few (looks to be about 20 of you) readers of this blog/site should know my updates. Juan's really beginning to cook with gas! Everyone who looks at his work responds with "HOLY SHIT Look at that!" It's an amazing feeling, not just pride in my book, ... http://www.heresy.com/2009/03/27/arcanopocrypha-another-script-down/