fan-girl-ness
These are a few of my favorite things…
Jason Spisak property of EniJoi on dA I already posted this epiphany on tumblr. But why not here too, right? I just noticed that many of the drawings of Tom Hiddleston’s Loki that I like best, such as the one above, bear a striking resemblance to Jason Spisak, the voice…
Vulpes and Arcade Plushies
Look what The Last Kiss Of Damaris made for me!!! Are these not the cutest Fallout: New Vegas plushies ever? Arcade’s expression is just so him. And I wanted an uncharacteristically-happy Vulpes Inculta, and there we are. Excuse me while I go Kermit-flail.
PAX East 2012 Overview
The Boston Convention & Exhibition Center is a cool place. It has animal art installations. Like this horse. And some really big animal art installations. Like this giraffe. And this year it hosted a really big games installation called PAX East. This is PAX East. Well, actually, it’s the showroom…
PAX East 2012: Plot vs Play panel
Here are Ken Levine (Bioshock), Chris Avellone (Fallout: New Vegas), and David Gaider (Dragon Age) speaking about the importance of writing, plot, and game mechanics.
Yet more Vulpes and Arcade Freeside fanart
:Boys-Love Warning: Vulpes/Arcade by *doubleleaf on deviantART I commissioned this What Happens In Freeside-esque image from doubleleaf on dA. It hasn’t even been up 24 hours and it’s already gotten over 11,000 views! This is due to her skill as an artist, of course. But I have gotten emails from…
My Theory on How Sherlock Survived *Spoilers*
If you haven’t seen season 2 of the BBC’s Sherlock, don’t read this. Unless you like spoilers. *spoilers* *spoilers* *spoilers* Okay, this is my theory of how Sherlock survived the fall from the building in The Reichenbach Fall: He never jumped.We see John get out of the taxi, and Sherlock directs him to stand…
Interview with Chris Avellone
This is an excellent interview with Chris Avellone, wherein he discusses how Fallout: New Vegas and its DLCs were created – the steps designers go through, etc., things he’s learned in the industry – such as not to foreshadow future games as they did in Knights of the Old Republic…
Thoughts on Skyrim and Dragon Age
Welcome to Skyrim. This place probably needs no introduction amongst my readers, right? We’re all bleary-eyed from having stayed up too late playing the latest in the Elder Scrolls franchise. My fella asked if I was riding a draft horse and I proceeded to tell him about how Skyrim horses…