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WWdN: In Exile
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Good News, Bad News

Ive been seeing lots of messages on Twitter and Facebook from people who are really excited to come see me tell stories and perform at the upcoming Denver Comicon. I love it that so many people are e...

2 days ago

Memories of the Phoenix Comicon 2012

In about 22 hours, I leave for Origins Game Fair in Ohio. Ive wanted to go to this convention since I was in high school, and Im really excited to finally be attending. Felicia and I are doing a bunc...

2 days ago 1 person likes this

in which i have a realization, and i am grateful

In the precious few moments I had today between work-related responsibilities, I stopped into my comic shop, and I saw this: I made this! Ive been so busy, and I finished my part of this project so l...

24 may 12 1 person likes this

something stirs and something tries and starts to climb toward the light

I worked on [REDACTED] today, and had more fun than I thought possible. I cant say anything more until July. Tomorrow, I work on [REDACTED], which is different from [REDACTED], but should be really a...

23 may 12

This is how I know #Tabletop has arrived.

I keep hearing from gameshops that people are coming in and buying the games we play on Tabletop, and from people who tell me that theyre using Tabletop to show their non-gaming partners why we love ...

22 may 12 2 people like this

in which diablo 3 is played with my son

Today, Ill wrap production on the latest series of audio books Ive been doing. Its been ten long days, and though I genuinely adore the people Im working with, Ill be happy when I get to the last wor...

21 may 12

New Tabletop! Ticket to Ride with Colin Ferguson, my wife Anne, and our friend Amy!

I am especially geeked out in this episode. I mean, switch to decaf, Wheaton. As always, you can watch this is glorious HIGH DEFINITION at YouTube. Please subscribe, like, and tell your friends to do...

18 may 12 1 person likes this

I really miss this place

I took this picture on one of the last days of production. Whenever I watch Eureka this season, and I see an advert on the network formerly known as Sci-Fi for one of their stupid goddamn are-you-ser...

18 may 12

an example of the usefulness of bittorrent for entirely legal purposes

I frequently find myself in an unpopular position in the entertainment industry: I believe in network neutrality, I dont believe that piracy is the end of the world as we know it (I particularly dont...

14 may 12 1 person likes this

Some #Tabletop outtakes from our last episode... and Cthulhu

Heres some stuff we cut out of last weeks episode of Tabletop, featuring a looooooong intro by me, for your amusement. (Please enjoy how much people complain in the YouTube comments because my intro ...

11 may 12

"you are hearing me talk"

Im working on an audiobook -- actually, a series of five audiobooks -- for the next two weeks. I dont know if I can say what it is, but I think its safe to reveal that its a classic fantasy series fr...

09 may 12

this is bullshit

Because I have a feeling at least one person reading this blog will want to use this image at some point in the future, to express this sentiment. An uncomfortably long hug to Tumblr-er Alive Like Me...

08 may 12

More from behind the scenes at Tabletop

In my gaming group, I am not the guy who is good at explaining rules (that guy would be Tom D., when he plays with us, or my friend Cal M., the rest of the time) so the part of Tabletop I was the mos...

07 may 12

Dream casts a human shadow, when it occurs to him to do so.

Last night, while I slept, I found myself standing on the set of Next Generation. I was in my red ensigns uniform, and LeVar was in Geordis gold engineering uniform. We were in Geordis quarters, and ...

07 may 12

New Tabletop! Get Bit, Tsuro, and Zombie Dice! Ryan Higa! Rod Roddenberry! Freddie Wong!

These quick casual games are so much fun to play, and theyre a great infection vector for getting your friends to try out gaming. Enjoy! If you cant see the embed, or you want to watch it in glorious...

05 may 12

A picture from Tabletop

One of the best times I had this season on Tabletop was playing Fiasco with John Rogers, Alison Haislip, and Bonnie Burton. I wont spoil anything, but I will tell you that Will Hindmarch, Jason Morni...

02 may 12

Google is making a huge and annoying mistake.

I like Google Plus. Some of the smartest people Ive ever read are on Google Plus, and the Hangout is amazing. But Google is doing everything it can to force Google Plus on everyone, and its pissing m...

02 may 12

After twenty years, I finally got to say this.

A lot of incredible and wonderful things happened at the Calgary Expo this weekend, and when Im not as exhausted Ill write about all of them. Until then, though, here is one of them that I really hop...

01 may 12

Why are you saying it that way?

25 apr 12

My trip to Australia was amazeballs

I am home from Australia, and only mostly dead exhausted. Go me! Im too tired for a proper post about the entire trip, but Ill offer a few memories and highlights: I did not meet a single unkind pers...

24 apr 12

Greetings from Australia!

Greetings from Australia! Ive been here for something like four days (I say "something like" because the time travel thing that happens when you cross the International Date Line is still con...

11 apr 12

Test Pattern

I dont know how frequently Ill update my blog while Im in Australia, so heres a spiffy placeholder post for anyone who comes by to visit while Im away. Heres my Twitter. Heres my Tumblr. Heres my Fac...

06 apr 12

When I get stuck in Draw Something...

One of my mottos for gaming is, "never lose the joy of playing in pursuit of winning." So when I cant seem to figure out an answer in Draw Something, for example, I amuse myself.. The answe...

06 apr 12

go on... scan it...

05 apr 12

I forgot to mention that Im coming to Australia

This Friday, Im heading to Melbourne to present Video Games Unplugged with Scott Kurtz and Kris Straub. The show is going to be amazing: the MSO will play music from games like Bioshock 2, Heavy Rain...

04 apr 12

Someone found my Kindle on the airplane this weekend. Id really like it back.

I left my Kindle on an airplane this weekend (post-convention exhaustion will do that to you), and someone found it. I know that someone found it, because theyve been using my account to buy games an...

04 apr 12

A few pictures from Emerald City Comicon.

I had a fantastic time at Emerald City Comicon. Until I have time to get my thoughts together and share some of the more awesome things that happened, I want to share the following pictures that I to...

03 apr 12

ECCC Programming Question: What do you want to hear at the Awesome Hour?

Ive been working on Big Bang Theory for the last week. We tape tonight, and tomorrow I immediately start work on an audiobook*. The upshot of this is that I wont have a lot of time to build a setlist...

27 mar 12

On the set of Stand By Me

This picture was originally posted on Tumblr by thefactory-: You know that montage when we’re walking back home, near the end of the movie, and we go by in silhouette during sunset? It’s what they us...

25 mar 12 1 person likes this

The Force Will Be With Him...

My nephew will be joining Team Humans sometime in July, so today were having a baby shower for my little sister (who, at 33, isnt little, bit if youre a big brother or sister, you know what I mean.) ...

24 mar 12

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