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 [...] 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 [...] 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 [...] Keep Reading

Last Friday, i took a tour of the Bell Lightbox with a few other folks from the indie games scene. The Lightbox is a building in downtown Toronto where the industry screenings of the Toronto International Film Festival will be held. Since the place is still under construction, we donned our orange hardhats [...] Keep Reading

TOJam, this city’s premiere game industry event, has come and gone. As you may well know, the jam is a weekend-long expo where game developers young and old (but mostly young), male and female (but mostly male), from all walks of life (but mostly white) descend on an ever-changing venue with one purpose and [...] Keep Reading