Whew! What a news week. My publisher made HERITAGE official, I pulled back the curtain on STAY AWHILE AND LISTEN 1, and I wrote a couple of posts discussing why there's a book 1 instead of just a book ( Read more... )

Yesterday, I sat you down and had a writer-to-reader chat with you about why I carved Stay Awhile and Listen (SAAL) into three delicious servings, the first of which launches on 10/31. Today, I'd like to explain how I carved it up so you know exactly what each serving of SAAL will get you. I also show off SAAL 1's table of contents and explain how ( Read more... )

In case you haven't heard, allow me to sound the trumpets and sing some praises: the first book of Stay Awhile and Listen ("SAAL") has a date. As of October 31, you'll be able to buy Stay Awhile and Listen: How Two Blizzards Unleashed Diablo and Forged a Video-Game Empire for Kindle, iBooks, and Nook. (SAAL 1 also has a cover; check out my new user ( Read more... )

It's one thing for an author to spread news of an impending novel publication among friends and family. It's quite another for the publisher to join the one-person chorus and say, "Yep, it's official!" Earlier today, Tyche Books announced that it will publish HERITAGE next summer ( Read more... )

I've got two groups of awesome people on deck to review STAY AWHILE AND LISTEN in advance of its release this fall. The first group consists of members of the press: plenty of magazines and websites devoted to the games industry, and a few mainstream outlets who eagerly signed on to review the book ( Read more... )

Touch Arcade Reviews

This week produced more fruit from Touch Arcade than I've had time to plant over the past few months. The harvests should only prove more bountiful as this month wears on. Check back often for updates, including a huge update on STAY AWHILE AND LISTEN.

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Like most 30-something gamers, I was introduced to video games through a steady diet of Nintendo. The NES, the Game Boy, the Super Nintendo, the Nintendo 64... If it was a Nintendo console, I owned it. Except the Virtual Boy. Not even I would touch that ( Read more... )

I broke out the cookbook and whipped up a new recipe last night. Give it a read on my cooking blog, Davey Crock's It.

It's been a long road littered with potholes, some as wide and deep as craters, but I am pleased to announce that Tyche Books accepted The Gairden Chronicles, my young adult (YA) fantasy series, as of early afternoon yesterday, 7/30. You can buy the first book, Heritage, in July 2014.

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My writing career has afforded me invaluable opportunities to write about some of my favorite games. Jordan Mechner's Prince of Persia series originated on Apple II and became one of my favorite platforming games (and favorite games ever) when I played it on a Mac in, oh, 1993 or so. Last week, Ubisoft released a remake of Prince of Persia 2 for ( Read more... )