Friday, February 12, 2010
Matt Costello and Vanessa Franklin/Ninjagirl82 on Game Writing and more at Youtube.com
Matt Costello How 2 write video games, 2009
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgzzQKYLHqE
The Game of Writing Games (Story and Games) with Matt Costello Pt 1/3, 2008
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syY3XY3LJgo
The Game of Writing Games with Matt Costello Pt 2/3, 2008
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjL_1M-ZITI
The Game of Writing Games with Matt Costello Pt 3/3, 2008
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfLv-NDFyoU
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Writing for a video game part 1 by Vanessa Franklin/Ninjagirl82, 2007
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nw1KpoFMrNI
Writing for a Video Game Part 2, 2007
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YewxKtxsoV4
Writing for a Video Game Part 3, 2007
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BV4IspRB5KQ
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Video Game Industry : How to Write Video Game Scripts from GameRecruiter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0W_ImokXCUQ
Video Game Industry : Job Descriptions for a Video Game Designer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYzMAplBYhc
Video Game Industry : Qualifications for a Video Game Designer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LxE2iiEKpY
Video Game Industry : About Game Design Software
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkmlWJQZUzs
[Steam is a digital distribution, digital rights management, multiplayer and communications platform developed by Valve Corporation. It is used to distribute a large number of games and related media entirely over the internet, from small independent efforts to larger, more popular games. Steam is set apart from similar services primarily by its community features, completely automated game update process, and its use of in-game functionality.
There are over 1,000 games available on Steam, and in January 2010 Valve announced that it had surpassed 25 million active user accounts.[3] It regularly services in excess of two million concurrent users.[4] Although Valve never releases sales figures, Steam is considered by its competitors and clients to be the market leader, controlling an estimated 70% of the digital distribution market.[5]
Many major publishers have catalogues on Steam, including Electronic Arts, Activision, 2K Games, Ubisoft, THQ, Sega, Codemasters, LucasArts, id Software, and BioWare.--Wikipedia http://store.steampowered.com/]
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Video Games and Sex
Here! Here!
A must see.
--Neale Sourna
Labels: neale sourna, sex, sex in games, video games, youtube
An Answer to the Frustration of REAL Publishing at LinkedIn.com
Oh. Your editor just quit and you're agent's a dink. And you have to start over. How many years of your life will that take?
Or.
You get all your ducks in order and get that brass ring REAL publisher, that drops your book off market and makes it nearly impossible for anyone to buy--the very same year it's published!
These things are what I saw in my research before publishing, and also that many of the "self-publishing houses" had/have atrociously bad contracts. They are my books not theirs, if they wish to lease fine, if not, then a quick release of a few weeks should be doable.
You will be doing a lot of your marketing no matter who publishes it, but if you want to be certain it's out there long enough [takes about 5 yrs? for a Christmas Box or Joy of Sex] to become the next author-published goody that hits HUGE,.
So, you may consider joining we the author-published [also known as self-published and POD]. But, author publisher is cleaner, truer, and hasn't the baggage.
Check out the great contract at www.InfinityPublishing.com and call [I think it's still 877-BUY BOOK] and ask for their SAMPLE BOOK which is a perfect bound sample of the actual POD/print as they're purchased that they'll print for you with all the info to your questions. Their contract--if a huge house pick you up--can be released without any fuss, and within a few weeks. Not years.
And/Or invest in your own isbn's [www.isbn.org / www.bowkerlink.com] and upload to Ingram's www.LightningSource.com which prints and/or distributes pretty much all the big REAL publisher books and ebooks, as well as mine, to most booksellers online and brick and mortar.
And they don't stiff you with a ton of books to get waterdamaged in the garage or basement. You can order at cost and they'll ship for you to whoever needs to see your book, when you're marketing.
But they fulfill all bookseller [Amazon, BN, etc] orders without you, if you like. I like. I love.
All this requires learning more entrepreneurship skills and coordinating or doing your own editing, layout, and packaging.
All of my releases are still growing, and I'm set up now that if I want to write story or text, do layout, cover, and upload to them and have it go on sale within the same week. No. No bull....
Do look check them out, because putting your energy into--as the man said above--a dying system may not make you any happier.
Do you want to publish? Believe me the validation is there when you see your properties on sale across the net worldwide, and when you get your royalties, monthly, if you make sales.
Instead of 2-4 times a year from the majors, I believe it is.
This way is much work but there is much satisfaction and peace of mind, as well. And the years you spent chasing NYers or whomever, who by the way have been putting out badly edited and researched books, too, for a decade or more, have NOTHING to say about author publishing. Highly frustrating.
They are the big marketers nothing more.
So, you could use those years to learn epublishing and get your publishing company or a consortium group together and work on your books as a group.
Neale Sourna
www.PIE-Percept.com [publishing]
www.Neale-Sourna.com [author site]
www.Writing-Naked.com
www.LightningSource.com [national and worldwide print and distribution--ebooks (Adobe PDF/EPUB, MS, Palm), print books of all binding, interior color, and distributes to the new airport POD book kiosks]
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Monday, February 08, 2010
My Guilty Romances with Keanu Reeves, Lovers, and Writing
My Guilty Romances with Keanu Reeves, Lovers, and Writing
By Neale Sourna (Guest Blogger)
I write erotic fiction, both soft and hardcore, and sensuous and romantic game texts, and do so boldly. And even call my writing consulting site Writing-Naked.com, because I love writing, love to write, and love to have written—and yet I find, repeatedly, a middle class, middle American, Midwest, working class vibe of, “Hm, writing, that’s not REAL work, a REAL job you can do with pride, tell your grandma, and pay all your bills with.”
Like I had total pride and all my bills paid back when I was a secretary / executive assistant / office manager or retail salesperson or whatever. Absolutely not.
And my mom and grandma know what I write, even if they don’t read it.
“They” never leave you alone, nor does the noise in your own head, except unless you can prove you can afford to live in Anne Rice’s mansion, Stephen King’s gothic estate, or give the forever waving and REAL jobless Queen of England a run for her pound Sterling by being “Harry Potter’s” multimillion, writing mum.
And, probably, even then, you’ll have to tell yourself—until you believe it, too, and then some—that sitting on your bum, writing “little stories,” especially “little, romantic and erotic stories” IS REAL. And a guilt-free occupation.
That it’s more than okay.
That it’s really a breath of air filling your lungs, and a thing that keeps you sane.
Or, maybe, that’s just me.
And what does this have to do with Keanu...? http://lisabetsarai.blogspot.com/2010/01/my-guilty-romances-with-keanu-reeves.htmlLabels: erotic, fiction, keanu reeves, lisabet, romantic, sarai, stories, writing
Lisabet Sarai's Beyond Romance: I Believe...Some Words to Ponder
Monday, February 8, 2010
I Believe...Some words to ponder
Labels: beyond, blog, friends, i believe, lisabet, love, romance, sarai, words to ponder
Monday, February 01, 2010
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--Neale Sourna
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