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So every year I do a post about Child’s Play Charity and the importance of video games in my life. For those of you who don’t know what Child’s Play is all about, I will just point you in the direction of the Wikipedia article. It says more than I ever could, and it has lots of lovely facts. To date the charity has raised [...]

Tonight two groups of video gaming enthusiasts–The Fangamers and The Speed Gamers–had a Plush Charity Auction where all proceeds went to the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Disease. The plushies auctioned off? Earthbound plushies. Lots of Mr. Saturns and one Master Belch. They were the little UFO catcher things (though some were quite large, I have to admit) you get in crane games. They’re [...]

There are certain game composers whose music style is just… theirs. The times signatures used, preferred instruments, the way epics sway and sweep before falling into a perfect loop that’s mandatory in almost all video game music. The one whose style is most noticeable to me is Motoi Sakuraba. His work is unmistakable. I hear a song I’ve never heard before in a game I’ve [...]

This morning I spent a couple hours fine-tuning edits for “Will,” which included completely axing 2,000 or so words. I like to be concise; I like leaving things up to the reader. Not everything, but a lot of things. Next comes all the smoothing, tying the loose ends and making sure it works the way it should. “Will” is a machine. It needs to work. [...]

I’ve adopted a new workout schedule. When I come home from work, I change into shorts and a tanktop or whatever I have that’s handy and comfortable, grab a tumbler of water, and catch up on my HCBailly Let’s Plays. Currently he’s running through Final Fantasy VIII and Link’s Awakening, both of which I am thoroughly enjoying, though I doubt anything will come close to [...]