I'm back from vacation! I had a lot of fun, but first things first. I have to know what was in ( this truck )

Dr. Horrible, Act III is up. I'll probably post spoilers in a different post, but I will mention on Yoon's behalf that there are more prominent PoC this go-round.

It's Y2K week here at lpsmith central, which means we post nothing but links! First up, an absolutely astonishing Iron Man (the movie) fanfic, The Kids Aren’t All Right", written as a Vanity Fair article by that reporter woman. Well-written, insightful, funny, and pretty long. Highly recommended ( Read more... )

So, I requested and received the Orange Box set for Christmas, mostly because I had heard it had this cool game called 'Portal' on it, and that there were also other games on it that were probably worth playing. I played and greatly enjoyed Portal, but don't have a lot more to say that I haven't already read somewhere, so I'll just note that it ( Read more... )

As some of you know, I wrote an IF game called 'The Edifice' for the 1997 IF Competition that won first place. Inspired by Emily Short's IF Cover Art Drive, Rob Wheeler made a cover for it, which is awesome! Thanks, Rob!

Also, I've been playing 7th Sea for several years now, and 'Actual Play Week' over at rpg.net inspired me to dust off an old ( Read more... )

I found a pocket-sized notebook at the bus stop this morning. I'm going to try to track down the owner, but in the meantime, here's what's on the first page ( Read more... )

So, not all that long ago I read the book "Story" by Robert McKee, which is a book about screenwriting, and last Monday I saw "Juno", which is a movie. Both were good, and I found myself thinking about "Juno" in terms of "Story", so I'm going to talk about both of them.

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So! This last weekend I got to be Charlie Brown in our church's production of "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown" and it was awesome. I've been telling people that it's always nice to work on something with two key features: First, the people working with you are competent and fun to work with, and second, you feel like you're making a ( Read more... )

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