Special Post by Caitlin Hatala, my wife! -Chris Good dialogue should do one of three things: reveal character, increase tension, or move the plot forward. Great dialogue does all three…
Usually in life, we can’t summon a super power or crush menacing monsters in our way. But some of what I’ve been practicing in videogames for 40 years – being…
What if you could drive your high-school or college car again? My hand-me-down from my mom: our beloved 1991 blue Toyota Celica! Say you hear that they’re reissuing the actual…
I'm lucky that my grandpa survived World War II, the first reason being I obviously wouldn't exist. He's been gone since 2001, but I was explaining to my kids this…
Another Olympics is in the books, and as usual I didn't get to watch much, but what I did see, I'll remember as some of my most cherished spectator-sport memories.…
From an early age, videogames drove home to me that good food – especially a good turkey dinner – heals your body and your soul. This Thanksgiving, let’s be especially…
You probably didn't know Sept. 12 was anything important. I didn't even know "National Video Game Day" was Sept. 12 until a school system contracted me in honor of it…
You probably didn't know Sept. 12 was anything important. I didn't even know "National Videogames Day" was Sept. 12 until a school system contracted me in honor of it, so I…
I promise this is going somewhere. I recently went through a tough month, tougher than I ever have professionally. You've been in this situation -- no matter what you do,…
My mom probably can't remember what I got her for Christmas last year (neither can I), but she remembers that our extended family played Just Dance on a Christmas Eve…