Comments for lategaming http://www.lategaming.com Staying up late. Doing the gaming thing. Fri, 09 May 2008 21:51:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 Comment on Ransom by matt http://www.lategaming.com/2008/05/06/ransom/#comment-5128 matt Thu, 08 May 2008 08:17:52 +0000 http://www.lategaming.com/?p=391#comment-5128 I guess it depends. It was said on the RPGnet forums that Crucible Design was 'underappreciated' when we were producing books. I think it's more accurate to say that I was busy with a full time job as well as writing, proofing, organising, doing layout and negotiating with the publisher. It would have been nice for even one of the others involved to do some active promotion. As a result, we put nearly zero effort into PR and marketing and even less money. Any surprise we were obscure? I guess it depends. It was said on the RPGnet forums that Crucible Design was ‘underappreciated’ when we were producing books. I think it’s more accurate to say that I was busy with a full time job as well as writing, proofing, organising, doing layout and negotiating with the publisher. It would have been nice for even one of the others involved to do some active promotion.

As a result, we put nearly zero effort into PR and marketing and even less money. Any surprise we were obscure?

]]> Comment on Ransom by Mark http://www.lategaming.com/2008/05/06/ransom/#comment-5127 Mark Thu, 08 May 2008 08:01:54 +0000 http://www.lategaming.com/?p=391#comment-5127 I saw this through boingboing recently: <a href="http://www.kk.org/thetechnium/archives/2008/04/the_reality_of.php" rel="nofollow">the reality of 1000 fans</a>... My own experince with doing free software pretty much convinces me that it's not worth doing piecemeal. You have to do it all-out, not just full-time. You have do your own promotion, distrubition, community-building, be completely nutzo passionate, proflic, etc but if your like me and you just want to create, that's a lot of extra work that I'm not willing to do. I saw this through boingboing recently: the reality of 1000 fans…

My own experince with doing free software pretty much convinces me that it’s not worth doing piecemeal. You have to do it all-out, not just full-time. You have do your own promotion, distrubition, community-building, be completely nutzo passionate, proflic, etc but if your like me and you just want to create, that’s a lot of extra work that I’m not willing to do.

]]> Comment on What’s He Building In There? by matt http://www.lategaming.com/2008/04/20/whats-he-building-in-there/#comment-5007 matt Thu, 01 May 2008 08:23:04 +0000 http://www.lategaming.com/?p=355#comment-5007 I figured it would go one of two ways. If the PCs were law abiding, they'd find out everything and leave it to the police. If not, they'd take the law into their own hands. I was wrong Ever have the sensation of the plot characters taking over? In this case, the PCs were picked off one by one by the townsfolk... I figured it would go one of two ways.

If the PCs were law abiding, they’d find out everything and leave it to the police.
If not, they’d take the law into their own hands.

I was wrong

Ever have the sensation of the plot characters taking over? In this case, the PCs were picked off one by one by the townsfolk…

]]> Comment on Images from the past… by aidan http://www.lategaming.com/2008/04/29/images-from-the-past/#comment-4954 aidan Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:34:09 +0000 http://www.lategaming.com/?p=377#comment-4954 Yes, it's a fantastic image. A very talented person might be able to do something with that image and a Martian tripod :-) Yes, it’s a fantastic image. A very talented person might be able to do something with that image and a Martian tripod :-)

]]> Comment on Images from the past… by matt http://www.lategaming.com/2008/04/29/images-from-the-past/#comment-4951 matt Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:40:07 +0000 http://www.lategaming.com/?p=377#comment-4951 now that's interesting indeed. The horizon and skyline is amazing eh? now that’s interesting indeed.

The horizon and skyline is amazing eh?

]]> Comment on Images from the past… by aidan http://www.lategaming.com/2008/04/29/images-from-the-past/#comment-4950 aidan Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:19:34 +0000 http://www.lategaming.com/?p=377#comment-4950 Autochrome was first patented in 1903 (it wasn't marketed until 1907), according to Wikipedia. Autochrome was first patented in 1903 (it wasn’t marketed until 1907), according to Wikipedia.

]]> Comment on What’s He Building In There? by Josh http://www.lategaming.com/2008/04/20/whats-he-building-in-there/#comment-4941 Josh Tue, 29 Apr 2008 01:23:04 +0000 http://www.lategaming.com/?p=355#comment-4941 I quite enjoy the concept of this post. How did it turn out? I quite enjoy the concept of this post. How did it turn out?

]]> Comment on Solo by aidan http://www.lategaming.com/2008/04/27/solo/#comment-4926 aidan Mon, 28 Apr 2008 10:38:05 +0000 http://www.lategaming.com/?p=371#comment-4926 I wouldn't know. I do know that it was only this year that I finally read Watchmen. I wouldn’t know. I do know that it was only this year that I finally read Watchmen.

]]> Comment on Solo by matt http://www.lategaming.com/2008/04/27/solo/#comment-4925 matt Mon, 28 Apr 2008 10:18:02 +0000 http://www.lategaming.com/?p=371#comment-4925 My comic knowledge is certainly archaic (mostly because most of the recent comics are poo). It's been a while since I read anything outside of Warren Ellis and Alan Moore. Does that make me a bad person? My comic knowledge is certainly archaic (mostly because most of the recent comics are poo).

It’s been a while since I read anything outside of Warren Ellis and Alan Moore. Does that make me a bad person?

]]> Comment on Bigotry? by matt http://www.lategaming.com/2008/04/25/bigotry/#comment-4923 matt Mon, 28 Apr 2008 10:16:38 +0000 http://www.lategaming.com/?p=369#comment-4923 Why do I get the feeling that Dubya took that computer game very literally when examining the foreign policy of the US? Why do I get the feeling that Dubya took that computer game very literally when examining the foreign policy of the US?

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