They say you can’t win ‘em all. That’s usually true, except in the case of my insane day at the TOJam Arcade when i, in point of fact, actually did win ‘em all. This is me, trying to blast off. Photo by the unstoppable Brendan Lynch. Click for the full TOJam 5 Participants Gallery. TOJam, [...] Keep Reading

Spellirium is a post-apocalyptic game. That was a strange decision to arrive at, but here’s how it went down: I originally wanted the game set in a stock-standard quasi-medieval land filled with magical creatures and tunics and all that nonsense, because i wanted to send it up. During the cut-scenes, Spellirium breaks the fourth [...] Keep Reading

i attended an industry event last night and fielded the same question over and over from my fellow game devs: “Howzit going?” We’re working on a word puzzle/adventure game hybrid called Spellirium. i’m happy to report that by all accounts, it’s going well. NEW to Spellirium: Introducing the Dictionary Feature We released a new [...] Keep Reading

So i thought it would be really cool to license a known pop song for the trailer for our upcoming game Spellirium. i realized there would be a cost involved, of course, but since i’m trying to run a legit bidness, i didn’t just want to snake the song and throw the trailer up [...] Keep Reading

It’s true: i’m a bit of a grammar nazi. i’m not, like, a high-ranking grammar nazi or anything. i’m no Grammar Goebbels. i’m more like a Hitler Youth. Of grammar. So while the Anti-Defamation League drafts a strongly-worded email, let me list a few words that people tend to misspell or misuse, [...] Keep Reading