Last year at the Game Developer’s Conference, I bumped into one of the best known daily games reporters in the business. Like me, he is also an author. He knew I had a book that was about to hit, and he kindly suggested that I get in touch with a French publishing representative called Jean-Marc…
It’s a bit of a horror story, an American horror story, and I’m not talking about the new television show about to premiere on the FX network. In the past week, what can only be described as terror has struck fear in the hearts and minds of many videogame journalists. Here’s why. *Yesterday, Future Public…
Despite a deep love for breakthrough technology and videogames, I’m still old school. If I spot a magazine I’ve never before seen, I’ll check it out with an enthusiastic curiosity. So it was as I approached a table far away from the concert at Summerstage in Central Park. I was flying from the visceral excitement…
Adam Moss, the editor in chief of New York magazine, is one of the greatest Manhattan editors – ever. He hires the best and the brightest, and he was my first editor when I came to New York City. He gets writers in the sense that he lets them shine while getting what he wants…
Minding my own business, I was quietly searching for videogames that will be coming out later in the year. I’ve always thought that GameSpy has had the most comprehensive, up-to-date game release schedule. But for the upcoming Jurassic Park game, some lackadaisical writer at GameSpy wrote: “This episodic game series is based on the John…
Last week’s NYGCC panel tackled a ton of interesting topics, but there was one point in particular that resonated with me: Evan Narcisse’s comment that this year, we saw a lot of good games, but not a lot of great games. It was a solid year, Evan said, but we saw too many sequels and…
The Crying Invoice is simply brilliant.