A Butterfly Dreaming

A bit of Halloween surrealism…

Scott — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:18:29 +0000

In going through my old emails, I came across this gem from Amazon.com: Dear Amazon.com Customer, As someone who has purchased or rated “Rashomon – Criterion Collection”, you might like to know that “Zombie Self-Defense Force” will be released on October 13, 2009. Yes, I can see the similarities. Thanks, Amazon. Post from: A Butterfly DreamingA bit of Halloween...

Adding Fear to Your Game

Scott — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:45:15 +0000

…Okay, obviously, my last plan didn’t quite work out. So, rather than tempt fate again, I’ll just say I’ll post when and as I’m able, and leave it at that. Moving on… Happy Halloween. In keeping with the spirit of the holiday, I thought I’d say a little about fear in your game. Maybe you’re playing [...] Post from: A Butterfly Dreaming Adding...

Still Alive

Scott — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 18:11:02 +0000

Look at me, still typing when there’s science to do… To be brief: A family emergency has kept me more or less offline for the last month. It’s one of those things that didn’t seem like it would take long, and then kept complicating until much more time had passed than I’d expected. New posts will resume [...] Post from: A Butterfly Dreaming Still Alive

Rampant Sects

Scott — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 13:31:58 +0000

(This is a repost. This article was originally posted on November 24, 2008.) In my last post, I talked a little bit about how religions are rarely monolithic in reality — how they splinter into a network of related sects, some of which can believe very different things. Today I offer a brief illustration: three sects [...] Post from: A Butterfly Dreaming Rampant Sects

Character Development: Flashbacks

Scott — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 22:01:39 +0000

(This is a repost. This article was originally posted on August 9, 2008.) We’re all familiar with the use of the flashback in literature, film, and television: The “current” narration fades out, showing us a sequence that establishes some event or events that took place in the past of the story. This device is used to [...] Post from: A Butterfly Dreaming Character...

How a Sorceress Becomes a Planet

Scott — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 22:44:07 +0000

Today my first article for Nevermet Press went live: the planet Nyraeve. This is my science-fiction adaptation of Wyatt Salazar’s villain, Neirave, the Sleepless Drift, who is currently “starring” in Nevermet’s cycle. To encapsulate the concept, Neirave is a fantasy-genre sorceress with an affinity for cold who managed to live on after her physical body’s...

Gencon in Review

Scott — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 18:03:33 +0000

I was treated to a short adventure of my own on my way home from Gencon: my return flight was evidently booked for September 16, instead of August 16. Of course, with a hundred thousand gamers leaving Indianapolis on Sunday, all of the flights out were fully booked. Fortunately, a ticketing agent for Continental [...] Post from: A Butterfly Dreaming Gencon in Review

Off to Gencon

Scott — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:49:45 +0000

As of this afternoon, I’m on my way to Indianapolis for Gencon. I’m traveling light again this year and won’t have a computer along, so there most likely won’t be any posts until I return next week. (Build up a post buffer? That’s crazy talk!) If you’re going too, you can recognize me by the red [...] Post from: A Butterfly Dreaming Off to Gencon

Cryptic Offering Lifetime Subscription to Champions MMO

Scott — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 13:39:14 +0000

Cryptic Studios, formerly of City of Heroes, has been working on the Champions MMORPG set for release September 1. They’re taking a page from Turbine and offering a lifetime subscription for $200. They’re throwing in extra costumes, an in-game widget, eight extra character slots for alt-aholics like me, and access to the Star Trek Online closed [...] Post from: A Butterfly...

Pathfinder Sells Out

Scott — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 21:45:51 +0000

According to Paizo, as of Monday, their Pathfinder game’s core rulebook has sold out its first printing. Now, this is mostly distributor orders — not actual sales — and there’s no indication of how large the first print run is. Still, it’s a pretty impressive accomplishment. I suspected that the initial sales would be very [...] Post from: A Butterfly...