Where Credit is Due
[this article was originally posted on MochiLand.com] Credits are those long, scrolling pages of text at the end of the movie that you watch just to see if the filmmakers added a special jokey tack-on scene at the end of the flick. If you read closely, you’ll see that they are the names of people [...] Keep Reading
Sucked Back Into the Vortex
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
Gimme Some Credit
i introduced myself to residents at the Canadian Film Centre Media Lab this week, by telling them about my background making web games for a Canadian broadcaster. i said that after my tenure there, i had over fifty games to my name … and then i paused. “To my name.” i corrected myself – i [...] Keep Reading
How to Sell Video Games to the Ladies
Quick OMGPOPQUIZZZ!!! You’re creating a registration form, and you’d like to know if your registrant has a PENIS or a VAGINA. Do you ask for the registrant’s GENDER, or do you ask for his or her SEX? Choose wisely. The correct answer is “SEX”. It annoys me to no end to see “GENDER” on a [...] Keep Reading








