April 2009 Archives

Last weekend I attended I-CON 28, a pan-geek convention on Long Island.  Sci-fi, fantasy, anime, furries, you name it and they're there.  It's often odd not merely by design but because it's both large and small-- large enough to have been running for 28 years and to often get some decent Guests of Honor, but small enough to have an "e-gaming" track of six people and to include me among them.

This year I was on a panel called "The Best Games You've Never Heard Of."  I've got some thoughts on the panel below the jump, but what's really worth relating is the list of games that the panelists made.  I *tried* to get every one mentioned, but I'm sure I missed a few.  Add your own!

Beyond the jump: the list, and thoughts on it.

This weekend I went to ICON and ran a game design workshop and was in a series of panels on the game industry and topics in "e-gaming".  It was a great time and I think the panels were all even better than last year.

If you're here from ICON ... welcome!  You made it to the right place, though this site may not look like it's about game design just yet.  I'll be posting resources related to the panels and workshop over the next few days.