Author Archives: Paul

Meanland: Reading in a time of Technology

Posted on May 25, 2010 by Paul

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 →

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Synecdoche: games, control, subtext, and art

Posted on May 2, 2010 by Paul

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 →

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The Emerging Writers’ Festival…(& podcasts, interviews, and reviews…)

Posted on April 24, 2010 by Paul

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 →

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AFTRS Intro to Writing for Games

Posted on April 6, 2010 by Paul

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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The trouble with games reporting…

Posted on March 22, 2010 by Paul

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 →

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Writing for games workshop…

Posted on March 22, 2010 by Paul

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 →

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And so it begins…

Posted on March 3, 2010 by Paul

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 →

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Tiny Update…

Posted on December 21, 2009 by Paul

I’m on ABC Radio’s Tech Stream program (along with a bunch of other people) talking a little bit about GCAP and the year in review – link.  For the record, my game of the year is Canabalt on iPhone. And … Continue reading →

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The season of acronyms…

Posted on December 13, 2009 by Paul

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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Some followup studies

Posted on November 15, 2009 by Paul

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 →

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