Cover Reveal for Kingdom City: Revolt

Posted by Rampant Coyote on October 31, 2015

Happy Halloween, folks! While not related to Halloween at all, I’ve got a special Saturday post to preview an upcoming book. Xchyler Author Ben Ireland has the second book of his Kingdom City series due out in January – Kingdom City: Revolt Ben churns out his prose from his home in Southeast Texas, where he […]

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The World of Darkness Steps Back Out of the Darkness

Posted by Rampant Coyote on October 30, 2015

As a fan of White Wolf’s old World of Darkness RPG series, this is a significant thing for me: Paradox Interactive Acquires White Wolf Publishing from CCP Games The new / old White Wolf Publishing company will run as an independent subsidiary, and will primarily deal with licensing the brands. To me, this means hope […]

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Frayed Knights 2: Drama Stars and You

Posted by Rampant Coyote on October 28, 2015

One of the areas of “streamlining” for Frayed Knights 2 was the drama star abilities. To explain further, I’d like to recap a little bit for those who haven’t played Frayed Knights: The Skull of S’makh-Daon. Like most people, I tend to save the game frequently when things are getting dangerous. When I suffer a […]

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It’s About Time… For A Game Made in No Time!

Posted by Rampant Coyote on October 27, 2015

Do you want to do a game jam, but you can never find the time? Well, courtesy of the weirdness that is Daylight Savings Time, the time has been found for you… This is a game jam that by a quirk of procedural custom takes place in zero time. You start at 2 AM and […]

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Old-School CRPGs: Smells Like Victory

Posted by Rampant Coyote on October 26, 2015

Part of the surprise here is that it’s not such a surprise. Obsidian Games just announced that Pillars of Eternity surpassed a half-million units sold worldwide. This is a game that was originally a nostalgia project… a game like Baldur’s Gate. They created it on a fairly low budget (by their usual, more AAA-focused measurements – it […]

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[Archive] Dress Codes and Development

Posted by Rampant Coyote on October 23, 2015

I pulled out this old article from the old, lost blog from about 9 years ago. I think it’s still pretty relevant. I’ve noticed with some curiosity that after having a positions at a few different companies in my career, the most productive software development teams were the ones at the companies with the least […]

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Halloween Flick: Odd Thomas

Posted by Rampant Coyote on October 22, 2015

Yes, it’s October, I’m still posting about all things spooky, creepy, and otherwise Halloween-y. In this case, it’s another Netflix film that was panned by many critics: Odd Thomas, starring Anton Yelchin (Chekhov in the Star Trek reboot) and Willem Defoe, directed by Stephen Sommers (The Mummy), based on a Dean Koontz novel of the […]

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Forget the Hoverboards – I want Mr. Fusion

Posted by Rampant Coyote on October 21, 2015

Okay, it’s kind of a dumb meme going around, but I’ll bite. After all, it’s a one-time event for those of us who are children of the 80s. Today was the day in the future that Marty McFly traveled to from 1985 in Back to the Future II (released in 1989). The vision of 2015 […]

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Can’t Blog – I’m a Kid Again

Posted by Rampant Coyote on October 20, 2015

Yeah. It’s Monday night, and I’m supposed to be writing this blog post. Not much is occurring to me, because I’m like 10 years old again, and watching this about a dozen times:     Admit it, you did too. Well, okay, most of you. I’m still cautious, because I remember the heartbreak of the […]

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Beyond the Wail Interview with Julie Barnson

Posted by Rampant Coyote on October 19, 2015

One of my gamedev friends stepped up to the plate and offered to host an interview for the Beyond the Wail anthology. With the luck of the draw, he was asked to post the interview with my wife, Julie. So DUH… of course I’m going to link to it! Invicticide’s Blog: Beyond the Wail Interview […]

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The Importance of Not Being Average

Posted by Rampant Coyote on October 16, 2015

I was led to this incredibly awesome 40-minute long talk by Vlambeer’s Rami Ismael – one of the relatively big indie success stories of recent years – by Josh’s post at Kickbomb.  I’ve got it embedded at the end of the post. It’s geared more for newbie entering the indie field, but it’s a great […]

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My Interview for Beyond the Wail

Posted by Rampant Coyote on October 15, 2015

In conjunction with the launch of “Beyond the Wail: 12 Grave Stories of Love and Loss,” I also did a short interview for the blog hop. You probably know way more about me than you want to know as far as game development is concerned if you are a long-time reader. But I brought up […]

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Beyond the Wail Blog Tour: L. K. McIntosh

Posted by Rampant Coyote on October 14, 2015

What is it about fear and the unknown that pulls so passionately at the human heart? Perhaps we are drawn not to the darkness itself, but to the resolution, the overcoming of what we most deeply dread. After all, the more terrible the struggle, the greater the victory when it comes at last. Presented in […]

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Delusion Meets Paranormal, Sadness and Amusement Ensue

Posted by Rampant Coyote on October 13, 2015

I’ve had two relatives (on my wife’s side) with dementia or something akin to it which causes hallucinations. My grandfather had it in conjunction with Alzheimer’s. And my wife’s aunt suffered from delusional episodes. With her grandfather, he was pretty much off in his own world most of the time anyway, so while frustrating and […]

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Halloween Film Impressions: Haunter

Posted by Rampant Coyote on October 12, 2015

We’ve been so swamped so far this month that even taking time to watch a film together has been a challenge. Typically we end up watching something on Netflix Instant Play, which is pretty decent for watching TV (a season behind), but not so great for movies. Too many of the films available for streaming […]

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“Beyond the Wail” Paranormal Anthology Launches This Weekend!

Posted by Rampant Coyote on October 9, 2015

I’ll be spending some time next week talking about Beyond the Wail, which launches THIS WEEKEND! I’m doubly excited for this anthology, because my wife also has a story in it. Probably better than mine. What can I say? I married talent. I’m not kidding. Ghost stories are literally her thing. Professionally. And she’s seen […]

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