Monthly Archives: May 2015
Elliott Tells Us About His Scifi Dream
My friend Elliott describes a very vivid dream about spaceships and energy battles.
Scarlett Tells Us About the Grenade Simulator
I tell the story of my family and the grenade simulator on the 4th of July.
Elliott Us Tells About Beltane
My friend Elliott tells us about how stick-fighting with an Irishman at my Beltane party almost left him blind.
Photographic Evidence of This Event:
All photos by Scarlett Messenger
Matt Does Walken Doing Vonnegut
My brother Matt performs “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut while doing his famed Christopher Walken impersonation.
My brother created this incredible recording of himself doing his impersonation of Christopher Walken reading “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut.
On Video Games and Storytelling
On Video Games and Storytelling: An Interview with Tom Bissell
What were the first games? Space Invaders, Pac-Man. These were goal-oriented activities that had a vague overlay of story. So now we fast-forward thirty years, and games are primarily story-like experiences organized around the successful achievement of goals. And so the balance has flipped. The storytelling game and the purer, more traditional type of video game are, I think, on a path of divergence right now: whatever is happening in video games is going to split these two kinds of games off from each other, and so storytelling games are, eventually, going to become their own thing.
Vincent Tells Us About The Stranger on the Bus
My friend Vincent tells a short story he’s written about encountering a mysterious stranger on the bus.
John Robbins’ The Book Bird
As a child, I adored this show. John Robbins illustrates a scene from a story, while the voice over reads an excerpt from the book. I found so many great books this way, and found watching his drawings absolutely mesmerizing. I am so glad I finally found a video of one of his shows. This is what children’s programing should be, not shrill neon puppets screaming and selling cheap plastic toys made in China by other children.
Veronica Meets a Chimp at the Chiropractor
My friend Veronica tells us about the time she was attacked by a chimpanzee in a chiropractor’s office.
Patti Tells Us About Frank Osborn Jr.
My mother tells us about my great-great grandfather, Frank Osborn, Jr.