GrokgamesBloghttp://grokgames.squarespace.com/blog/2011-08-06T12:56:53ZSquarespace"Auteurs" and Collaborationhttp://grokgames.squarespace.com/blog/2011/7/30/auteurs-and-collaboration.htmlGreg2011-07-30T15:16:24Z2011-07-30T15:16:24ZTurns out, everything truly brilliant about "North by Northwest"'s script--the banter, the plot twists, the bottomlessly complex characters--grew not from Hitch the "auteur", but from his unconventional choice of collaborators and the fertile negative spaces between the bones of his almost imperceptible outline.

]]>F&#k the Average [Player]http://grokgames.squarespace.com/blog/2011/7/10/fk-the-average-player.htmlGreg2011-07-10T19:26:29Z2011-07-10T19:26:29ZMy standard for verisimilitude is simple and I came to it when I started to write prose narrative: fuck the average reader.

]]>Gearbox? Dead to Me.http://grokgames.squarespace.com/blog/2011/6/14/gearbox-dead-to-me.htmlGreg2011-06-14T21:10:42Z2011-06-14T21:10:42ZShame on you, Gearbox.

]]>Motal Kombat, Why Do You Taunt Me?http://grokgames.squarespace.com/blog/2011/4/13/motal-kombat-why-do-you-taunt-me.htmlGreg2011-04-13T00:28:13Z2011-04-13T00:28:13ZFor the record, I may be the world's worst Mortal Kombat player. And yet...and YET...I'm having to fend off the urge to buy the upcoming back-to-its-roots version.

And these kinda cool live action, independently produced shorts aren't helping my self control any.

Also...Tahmoh!

]]>Sony's designing actual curricula around Little Big Planet 2http://grokgames.squarespace.com/blog/2011/3/16/sonys-designing-actual-curricula-around-little-big-planet-2.htmlGreg2011-03-16T14:13:21Z2011-03-16T14:13:21ZYes, yes, yes!!!

]]>xkcd's Reading My Mindhttp://grokgames.squarespace.com/blog/2011/3/16/xkcds-reading-my-mind.htmlGreg2011-03-16T13:45:59Z2011-03-16T13:45:59ZOr maybe just my Portfolio page.

Source: xkcd

]]>Back to the Future in Little Big Planet 2http://grokgames.squarespace.com/blog/2011/2/9/back-to-the-future-in-little-big-planet-2.htmlGreg2011-02-09T17:00:00Z2011-02-09T17:00:00ZHave I mentioned how more I adore Little Big Planet 2? The new cinematic toolset is a wonder to behold, but (with this video as Exhibit A) I may have underestimated it.

Source: Little Big Planet 2 User Creates A Sackboy “Back To The Future” (http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2011/02/little-big-planet-2-user-creates-a-sackboy-back-to-the-future/) by Dave Banks - When we reviewed Little Big Planet 2 last month, we predicted it wouldn’t be long before people used the game’s movie making tools to create LBP versions of their favorite movies. We didn’t have to wait long – check out this fantastic version of the Sack Back to the Future clock tower scene.

]]>Days of Wonders to Roll Out "Cargo Noir"http://grokgames.squarespace.com/blog/2011/2/9/days-of-wonders-to-roll-out-cargo-noir.htmlGreg2011-02-09T11:45:44Z2011-02-09T11:45:44ZRepeat out loud to self: I don't need any more games...I don't need any more games...etc.

And then preorder. Damn.

]]>I So Hope Jane McGonigal's Righthttp://grokgames.squarespace.com/blog/2011/2/4/i-so-hope-jane-mcgonigals-right.htmlGreg2011-02-04T16:26:33Z2011-02-04T16:26:33ZI just wish the talkshow version of her work didn't sound so easy to dismiss for those predisposed to disagree.

]]>You HAD to Know This was Cominghttp://grokgames.squarespace.com/blog/2011/1/26/you-had-to-know-this-was-coming.htmlGreg2011-01-26T17:10:05Z2011-01-26T17:10:05ZRussian TV Links Modern Warfare 2 To Russian Massacre.

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