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Baby Talks: 12 months

Posted on November 5, 2013 by dan

Happy birthday to baby! My daughter is one year old today! I can’t believe it’s only been <skip parent commentary> and now she’s talking all the time. Here are here new words this month, approximately from the beginning to the … Continue reading →

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34 Pilgrim 2/3

Posted on November 4, 2013 by dan

Once again I’m talking with Simon Roy and David Gaffney about Pilgrim, a story about the Holy Land during the Crusades when all gods are real. Perfect is the enemy of good. Even if it isn’t the Russians who say it, someone … Continue reading →

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A Head Like on Easter Island

Posted on October 30, 2013 by dan

Hey kids! It’s time for Scifi Theatre with Uncle Tom and Uncle Dan! You might remember our previous  fun with Aztecs and Aliens.Now get ready for a rip-roaring time with A Head Like on Easter Island. TOM: I was thinking about how … Continue reading →

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33 Pilgrim 1/3

Posted on October 28, 2013 by dan

    I’m talking with Simon Roy and David Gaffney about Pilgrim, a story about the Holy Land during the Crusades where all gods are real. Also group projects, and why this is the time for adventure fiction to come back into the … Continue reading →

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AZTECH

Posted on October 23, 2013 by dan

Welcome to a new segment on Kingdoms of Evil from Dan the illustrious and illustrat-ious Thomas Duffy  and maybe even you. Our last idea was so cool, Tom and I decided to make this a weekly thing, so every Wednesday … Continue reading →

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Podcast 32 Aliens

Posted on October 21, 2013 by dan

I am talking to Mark Witton of scifiideas.com about aliens including: The Ferengi The Cetagandans (yes yes I know, just listen to the podcast and you’ll get it) The Klingons That linguist guy The Whoosians The Speculative Biology Forum discussion on worldbuilding … Continue reading →

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A different creative process

Posted on October 17, 2013 by dan

Here’s a creative process I haven’t yet tapped into: dreams. These are the musings of Thomas Duffy of deviantart fame, as well as Ben’s computer game team. Tom: Hybrid hypnagogic/hypnotic idea/image flash the other night, with a heavy dose of … Continue reading →

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Podcast 31: Spiraling Out of Control 3/3

Posted on October 14, 2013 by dan

  Listen to PODCAST I’m talking again with game-designer, artist, and fellow ESL-teacher Ben Poulsen about: Gordon Freeman and Bella Swan “You want the game experience not to happen to the character, but to happen to the player.” Egoraptor’s treatise on … Continue reading →

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Podcast 30: Spiraling Out of Control 2/3

Posted on October 7, 2013 by dan

  LISTEN to Podcast I’m talking again with game-designer, artist, and fellow ESL-teacher Ben Poulsen about:  ”Is your game streamlined in a way that’s going to make it transition from you to the audience?” Fish-catching in Legend of Zelda Brain … Continue reading →

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Baby Talks! (11 Months)

Posted on October 4, 2013 by dan

If you thought last month was an amazing demonstration of infant genius… Starting from the earliest to the most recent new words, we have: bo/ba-o (bottle) isshis (fishes) owl/owlyowl (owl) baboo (grandma! From babo, the vocative declension of baba, or grandma) kowa (a car, from … Continue reading →

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