So let me get this straight: Rockstar pumped out an expansion to GTA4 called "THE BALLAD OF GAY TONY".

Awesome. Mini controversy. Talk and chatter. 14 year olds going "ewwwww", and about everyone else going "...huh. Interesting...".

...

...but it turns out you don't actually play the flamboyantly gay "Gay Tony" (the namesake), instead you play his ( Read more... )

So I've been reading a lot of work-related fun books of vignettes, corporate/workflow oriented stuff like "I Hate People!", "Ignore Everybody: And 39 Other Keys to Creativity", etc. I like them, they are helping me change how I approach my workflow and attitude about work ( Read more... )

I happened to be up and awake, and from time to compose to submit you had deleted your post (which I thought was a nice conversation started, not ranty at all!) and I didn't have your email, so ( Read more... )

I need to re-establish kitkowski.com at some point (nuked it in a server move, just need to get the database back up and running again). Then it will be time to integrate all my little blogging tools:
Livejournal
Wordpress (kitkowski, tenra bansho)
Twitter
Facebook

I'm not that hot on the micro-blogging of Twitter or Facebook, though I use Facebook more ( Read more... )

Me (to work friend): Man, thank god it's Friday and all that...
Friend: ...uh, Andy, it's Thursday.
me: ... ... ... ... ...FUCK!

-Andy

So for like... 3 years?... I've been thinking of creating a sister-site to Story Games: One that focuses on Design ( Read more... )

Went last night with Orie. Here's a breakdown of the damage done ( Read more... )

Hey all, I just wanted to say thanks for recommending me books in the last post. I've got a large list of books to search for now, and a reading list  that will keep me occupied for probably the next two years.

-Andy

Hey all, my library recently became useful. I can get many books there these days ( Read more... )

Originally published at Tenra Bansho Development Journal. Please leave any comments there.

That was the tagline on the back of the book, when it was originally released in 2000/2001.  Today? Probably not quite as applicable, as there are more games on the market that aim to be “a complete campaign/story/gaming experience within one session”. But it’ ( Read more... )