A Great Shirt
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Posted on September 4th, 2008 by
To commemorate the anniversary of my heart attack, my wife had something special planned. A shirt featuring a very special photo – the day at the hospital that I finally got to see my kids again – has been secretly passed around Wisconsin, around my family, and around PAX. My surgeon, parents, friends, relatives and more signed it and even better, it features Tycho and Gabe. Gabe even drew his signature character. How cool is that? This shirt is more special than I can possibly express and I wanted to thank you Linda – publically – for it. Love you honey, click inside for pics! (Special thanks to Colleen Hannon for doing the PAX legwork!)
Video Trouble
Posted on September 4th, 2008 by
PAX was wonderful, but not everything goes off without a hitch. The short of it folks, is, and this is painful, the video didn’t turn out. It’s nobody’s fault really. Just dumb luck and the fickle finger of fate. See, because of the overflow from last year’s speeches they didn’t want to stick me into a conference room that seats only a few hundred again. So they booked me into a 1500+ seat improvised theater. An open ceilined warehouse that, if filled with crates, would look more at home in a first person shooter. more…
Ask GamerDad 8/29/08
Posted on September 3rd, 2008 by
My PAX update will have to wait – Henry is K5, so he gets the second day of school off for reasons I don’t pretend to understand – but here is the Ask GamerDad that appeared at WhatTheyPlay while I was at PAX. Questions about Portal, Piracy, Cleaning Niko’s mean streets and, of course, Hot Dogs.
Cary Comes to PAX-Land!
Posted on September 2nd, 2008 by
PAX-termath ’08
Posted on September 1st, 2008 by
We’re back and we had a great time at the show. I don’t have the words to describe it but the big speech – though good, I think – was a bit impacted by some unexpected emotion. I mean, last time I was in the building, talking about that stuff, to those kinds of people – I was just one week away from a massive heart attack. Tomorrow is the “anniversary” and there’s a part of me that’s ignoring it and another part that sees it as the end of a long, long, tunnel. It’s been a harrowing year – time to put that behind me.
GenCon 2008 – The Video Games
Posted on August 28th, 2008 by
With the “death” of E3, GenCon vowed to pick up some of the slack by courting video game publishers. While the video game contingent at GenCon hasn’t grown by leaps and bounds, there was still a strong showing of publishers, particularly of computer RPGs and online games.
Many Anniversaries
Posted on August 28th, 2008 by
I have been a published writer for 10 years. GamerDad.com is 5 years old. In October, I’ll have been married for 10 years. I’m speaking at PAX this weekend, the 3rd year in a row. And Tuesday is the anniversary of my heart attack and quadruple bypass. My speech on Sunday will include all those anniversaries into an invitation to grant GamerDad new superpowers. We’re fishing for more community, in the most fertile waters imaginable. Oh, and Tuesday? Well, that anniversary isn’t for “celebrating.” Linda and I are planning something very quiet. Very personal. I’ll be back with a PAX report – including YouTube clips of the speech – on Wednesday 9/3. See you then!
GenCon 2008 – The RPG
Posted on August 26th, 2008 by
As GamerDad and a good portion of the Gaming With Children crew head off to PAX this weekend, I am sitting at home finally recovered from the GenCon gaming convention earlier this month. Of the several different game related gatherings in the US, GenCon is the Mecca of gaming for fans of role playing games.
Parental PAX
Posted on August 25th, 2008 by
Three years ago I visited the Penny-Arcade Expo and provided the sole parental voice there. I moderated a panel on Women in Games, I was on a panel about Gaming after the age 30 and so on. I saw a lot of parents, but nobody was very interested in them. Last year I came and hosted my GamerDad: Gaming with Children speech and it was a rousing success. This year, I’m very happy to see such a strong showing for GamerParenting and gaming with children.
Quick Yoga Training
Posted on August 25th, 2008 by
Is that a guru in your pocket or are you just exercising on your lunch break. Quick Yoga Training is a simple DS game that puts a Yoga instructor in your DS and takes away most “I couldn’t find the time” excuses. Learn Yoga, lose weight, look funny in the park. Here’s the content review.
