As a writing exercise, i’m using the Linkbait Generator to create titles for my blog posts. It’s LinkBait Tuesdays! Please enjoy responsibly. 1. Hitler Has Escaped and is Disguised as Sigmund Freud Heil, Professor von Fakenbeard According to Wikipedia’s Diguise entry, the United States secret service circulated a Wanted poster throughout Germany in 1945, depicting [...] Keep Reading

i felt really honoured to be invited to speak on a panel at the Toronto Fan Expo this weekend alongside a number of other local industry pros. i couldn’t attend the event as a non-cosplayer, so my wife Cheryl whipped up a little something to satisfy my desperate desire for attention, and my business need [...] Keep Reading

i’m speaking on a panel Sunday at 12:30 at the Toronto Fan Expo, on the topic of video game development in the GTA (Greater Toronto Area). i stopped by today to pick up my badge and to get the lay of the land. There were plenty of people in costumes, and that’s fine. But you [...] Keep Reading

The Vortex Game Conference & Competition, an (increasingly) annual event, has launched its promotional campaign. i’ve been an entrant in the event twice now, and a very vocal critic of it for a number of years. One of my colleagues said it best: “You criticize because you care, Ryan.” And i do! i want Toronto [...] Keep Reading

Last night, Export Development Canada and Sony held a thing at a trendy joint in downtown Toronto. The night was a who’s who of the Toronto game development scene, as in “who’s that guy?” and “who’s that other guy standing next to that guy i don’t know?” The fellas from Chocolate Liberation Front chat it [...] Keep Reading