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- Affirming rather than inspiring. @stephenfry put into words, thoughts I'd been having the past few weeks more eloquently than I could. 5 hrs ago
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- Ah #MIFF queues, how I have missed you. In other news - nailed the opening to the piece of writing due Monday while on the tram! #yay 16 hrs ago
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Author Archives: Paul
Meanland: Reading in a time of Technology
There’s a good writeup of my talk on the Meanland site here, and they’ll be putting up video, but for those who can’t wait (or want a transcript of sorts), I thought I’d put up my slides & notes. Click … Continue reading
Posted in Presentations
Tagged Batman:AA, Bioshock, Comics, Films, Flower, Games, Machinarium, Mass Effect, Meanland, Osmos, Star Wars, Uncharted 2, Wheeler Centre
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Synecdoche: games, control, subtext, and art
Recently, there has been a resurgence on question of ‘can games be art?’, with the film critic Roger Ebert categorically saying that they can’t, and the writer Lynden Barber echoing Ebert’s position. One of the cornerstones of their argument is … Continue reading
Posted in Ramblings
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The Emerging Writers’ Festival…(& podcasts, interviews, and reviews…)
The Emerging Writers’ Festival just launched their program, so it’s time for the obligatory spruiking blog-post. I’m running a 2-hour writing for games workshop with Express Media on May 22nd from 2-4. Details here. I’m going to cover the key … Continue reading
Posted in Appearances, Conferences
Tagged Arts Alive, Emerging Writers Festival, Format Festival, Kill Your Darlings, Podcast, Review, RMIT, Second Nature
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AFTRS Intro to Writing for Games
I’m going to be running a 1-day intro to games writing on May 3rd at AFTRS here in Melbourne. Anyone interested can register here. This’ll be different, and way more in-depth, than the 2-hour Express Media workshop later in the … Continue reading
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Tagged AFTRS, Express Media, Freeplay, Games, Workshop, Writing
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The trouble with games reporting…
It’s rare that I feel the need to write any sort of opinion piece on this blog, but over the past few weeks, there’s been a sudden upsurge in the number of poorly researched and negative games pieces in the … Continue reading
Posted in Games, Ramblings
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Writing for games workshop…
I’m running a writing for games workshop with Express Media and the Emerging Writers’ Festival on May 22nd. Details from the Express Media site are: Express Media in partnership with the Emerging Writers’ Festival presents: How To Write Computer Games … Continue reading
And so it begins…
2010 is shaping up to be a pretty interesting year… I’ll be at the Format Festival – Academy of Words in Adelaide on March 13th. Definitely talking about non-paper publishing, but might also be chairing something else. Details here. I’m … Continue reading
Posted in Conferences
Tagged Emerging Writers Festival, Format Festival, Meanland, Wheeler Centre
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The season of acronyms…
As the year scrabbles to a close, the steady stream of conferences and presentations comes to an end. World Congress of Science and Factual Producers On Friday December 4th, I took part in a speed-networking event at the World Congress … Continue reading
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Tagged Games Literacy, GC:AP, Presentations, WCSFP, Writing
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Some followup studies
As a followup to my local data breakdown, I thought I’d link to some other interesting findings: Added 17/11/09: Marketing influences games more than ratings Survey: Game Score-to-Sale Theory Again Disproven A study from 2006 that concludes no correlation between … Continue reading