I had a lovely walk on a blustery, brisk, sunny spring day. The local park was overflowing with Easter Sunday activities: a group picnic of several families, lots of parents and children playing, a horde of children scrambling around the grassy area after scores of Easter Eggs (two little boys' "baskets" were Spider-man heads), and children ( Read more... )

There are some days when it's amazing and awesome to work at Zynga. They've purchased the entire, huge office building in San Francisco that the company moved into last year, and today they officially took possession of it in grand Zynga style. As I drove up, I saw men high up on cranes as they hoisted a four-story tall banner of the Zynga dog logo ( Read more... )

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Another Jem interview for a pop culture website: http://www.soapinthebathroom.com/interview-with-christy-marx-creator-of-jem/

We JOHN CARTER OF MARS today and enjoyed it. I don't know why the movie isn't doing better. Did people expect Shakespeare? It's a decent adventure movie. I liked the casting, the visuals, the adaptation of the original story, and thought the CG was extremely well done. I recommend it to anyone who likes swashbuckle and fantasy adventure.

Damn, more sad news. We've lost Peter Bergman of Firesign Theatre. I was a huge fan of Firesign back in the day

http://firesigntheatre.com/media/media.php?member=Bergman

Sad to hear that a wonderful and influential artist, Jean Giraud, aka Moebius, has left this mortal realm. He had a powerful impact on illustration with work that was unique and breathtakingly inventive. I met him many, many years ago and he was a fascinating gentleman. I'm sorry his creative genius is gone so soon. Leave a comment

I'm over a week into my cold and well on the mend. Unfortunately, Randy caught it and has been a sick, sick puppy this weekend. Poor guy ( Read more... )

An interview in which I discuss Narrative Design, game writing and transmedia, amongst other things.

http://narrativedesign.org/2012/02/masters-of-narrative-design-10-christy-marx/

Another cell phone mishap today involving the washing machine. I'd set my cell phone down on a pile of laundry, carried the basket downstairs, started the washer and was dumping the first bit of laundry in when I felt the forgotten phone thump down into the water. I instantly grabbed it and dried it off, and amazingly it seems to be all right. So