• Game Reviews,  The Lazy Designer

    Fallout 3 Game Review

    Okay, finally finished Fallout 3. Yeah, I know it took me a year but while working at BioWare I was too busy to actually finish games… I could only try them out. So retirement has been nice in that I can actually enjoy games again. And I did enjoy this one. Beware… there are spoilers ahead. If you don’t know what a spoiler is, continue reading and you’ll understand. Overall I really enjoyed the game and if the ending hadn’t messed up everything I’d still be playing it (instead of moving onto BioShock, another game I have yet to finish). What do you mean the ending messed up? Basically if…

  • Writing Resources

    Rich Horton – On Spec

    Every year Rich Horton’s does a year end summary of all the fiction he has read in the year (how does he find the time to read all these magazines?!). He has recently posted his summary for On Spec 2009. Last year he said he liked “A Ragman’s Vow” and this year he mentioned me in his “also good work from” category (for my story ‘From the Sea’), which pleased me. Rich Horton seems to have three tiers of mentions when reviewing — the “good work from” is his lowest tier, the middle tier is when he mentions the title of the story and a short blurb, and one story…