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Dealing with gamer regret

I’ve been busy as a . . . um one of these lately, so I haven’t had much time for gaming, but I have had plenty of experience with what Clive Thompson calls Gamer Regret. The dirty secret of gamers is that we wrestle with this dilemma all the time....

When reading can get you in trouble at work

Crazybusy with stuff lately, but this I had to share from (where else?) Max Barry: An anonymous reader writes in with a Company-related conundrum: I read this book and promptly gave it to some of my work colleagues—I’m sure you hear this all the time. I wanted to buy...

Wild Ride arrives at my door and online

You can all relax now. My long wait is over: the first copies of Wild Ride arrived at my door yesterday and . . . they look fantastic. It’s great to see Mike Deas’ beautiful art in its final glossy-paged form and so nice to be able to flip through the...

The literacy value in empire building

We’ve been a bit Rome crazy around here for the last few weeks, due to watching entire second season of Rome, the HBO series, in four days. We’re not wearing togas or anything (as Andrew-who’s-been-swallowed-by-Facebook suggested), but I am marching...

Wild Ride hot off the presses

The big day is getting close! Wild Ride will be in bookstores very soon. The first printings have arrived at the Orca offices in beautiful Victoria, BC. And illustrator Mike Deas, lucky west coaster that he is, has the photo evidence to prove it. Mike lives in...