Psychochild's Blog

I'm going to claim that I'm fashionably late to the Newbie Blogger Initiative. To be fair, I've been busy. So, I'm going to cheat a bit, ignore the rules, and jump right into offering advice. :)

So, what does make your blog special?
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I've obviously been super-inspired the last few days as I've written a couple of creative works. Figured I'd post on here for those that appreciate that sort of thing.
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Well, do you? If so, do I have a new site for you: http://theinternetcrashed.com/

Go read it, bookmark it and/or put it in your RSS reader. Then come back and read a bit more about why that site matters to MMO fans.
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Lots of talk about Champions Online on the blogs right now, so I wanted to point out a little something that might tickle that superhero fancy:

Zephyr: A webcomic in prose
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I'll be at the LOGIN conference in Seattle next week. I'm speaking on the topic of Designing with Cheaters in Mind.

Feel free to drop me an email if you're going and want to meet up.
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I'm proud to announce my new writing project: Restless Deep.

As I say in the about page for the site, it's kind of like a literary webcomic: I'm hoping to post up brief stories that can be read during a coffee break.

Read on for a few more thoughts.
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I wrote an article on legitimacy for Gamasutra entitled Legitimacy For Game Developers.

Regular readers will probably recognize most of the topics presented. This article was intended more for a professional game developer audience given that site's readership.
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I'm working on a writing project (details to follow once it gets to the point where I have something to announce), and I started doing some research about various topics I'm writing about.

Then I started to think back about the stories of research authors and game developers do. Wait, do game developers do research?
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Scientific American had an interesting article on The Secrets of Storytelling. The article 's focus is on why storytelling works so well for humans. Most of the reasons relate to social activities.

Some food for thought since we deal with social activities in online games.
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I haven't posted up any short stories in a while. I found an old one I had worked on previously and figured I'd post it up for the enjoyment of all.

Caravan of Lost Sousl
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