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No, duck!
Little E and I went to eat at the park again the other day, and as usual, the regulars were hanging out, waiting for us. In case maybe we wanted to share our lunch.
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The sound of TERROR
As I’ve gotten older, I’ve developed an occasional fascination with reading up on stuff that scared the hell out of me as a kid, even if the scare-the-hell-out-of-me factor was impossibly silly and irrational. I’ve gotten to where I value reason, and knowing, over knee-jerk emotional reactions. (Let’s face it, in this house, I kinda have to be the one to do that.) Sometimes it’s something as silly as figuring out why a certain movie freaked me out as a kid. Sometimes it’s about figuring out more about a specific sound used to scare the hell out of me. Something like this sound. … Read more
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A few more things about OVGE
…you know, because you haven’t read enough about the Oklahoma Video Gaming Exhibition in recent days. … Read more
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It’s almost OVGE time
A great big box of books landed on my doorstep with a resounding thud today, which is pretty much the last step in getting ready for OVGE this Saturday. I think that may actually set a new record for me: I’m finished figuring out what to bring a week out, rather than freaking out the night before. (There have been a couple of years where my theme was decided, and signage and other graphical aids designed and printed to match, literally the night before.) Of course, now the trick is to not spend the next few days second-guessing myself. … Read more
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A minor housekeeping note
For those interested (which is probably an amazingly small number): for some reason, Facebook is not allowing me to update my status, comment, like, lick, spin, dodge, parry, or thrust. It will allow me to update theLogBook’s page, and apparently it will allow me to post links, but that’s it.
For those who wonder why I post stuff on my blog and link to the blog from Facebook… this is a pretty good example of why.… Read more
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But wait until you see his fez.
P.S. Little E, this is what happens when Woody’s hat gets left on the living room coffee table instead of being put away with the rest of the Toy Story figures. Love, The Management.… Read more
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Watching the soaps
So… I see we can expect Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes in a couple of years. With corporate product placements becoming quite the all-pervasive force, I wonder if there’ll be a change of title by the time the movie is released? … Read more
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And the halftime score is…
…one copy bought in the UK, and one copy bought at an unspecified location in Europe. 😆 That’s kinda funny, but here’s the catch: I haven’t really gotten started on promoting the thing heavily to the fan sites yet (that’s my weekend project). These people just found it.
Now here’s a positively surreal sight that I can barely get my head around. … Read more
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The man in the middle
Okay. Small rant here in the run-up to OVGE and the “live” debut of VWORP!1. It’s taken me long enough to get this book out the door that I’ve watched my good friend Rob O’Hara get two books out the door, and I’ve had time to take in how he’s handled presentation and marketing a bit (not to mention that he provides that advice freely from the get-go). Accordingly, I spent a little bit of money – not a whole lot, but more than I usually do – on signage and presentation for OVGE this year. I had stuff made by other folks instead of rolling my own out of my long-suffering inkjet printer. … Read more
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Identify yourshelf!… and win a signed copy of VWORP!1
For the “about the author” photo in the back of VWORP!1, I constructed a “set” using plastic shipping crates that a local store’s been getting rid of fairly cheaply; they’re awfully handy things to have around. For lightweight items, they actually make pretty nice shelving. I threw a few knick-knacks from my vast knick-knack collection in there, set them up next to a window where I already have marquees from old arcade games set up, and boom, it looks like I live in a warehouse full of geek-a-licious relics. Which, of course, I do.
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