Yay I shipped something.

[prog]

I wrote a column about stuff I learned from playing Team Fortress 2, more introspection of my own identity as a gamer than anything objective about the game. In other words, typical overlong jmac blather on childish fripperies. I hope you enjoy it!

WRT stuff I wrote about over the weekend: conversations I've had since then have put more gas in the Gameshelf tank, and opened my eyes to the fact that there's approximately no chance I will have a game fit for publication by the time PAX comes around. So I have stopped climbing the walls over that.

I've also reminded myself that Planbeast is not a by-myself project, and was never intended to be one, so I should stop trying to cover all its bases alone. But I do need to get back to finding help for it, once more.

Comments

[gemini6ice.livejournal.com]

I tried to google the definition of "ludeaste," but all I got was your blog post....

Wait, it was coined in analogy to cineaste, a film-buff, so it means a game-buff. Okay.

But... ludophile vs ludeaste? Distinction?

[canadianpuzzler.livejournal.com]

As per m-w.com, "cineaste" is sometimes used to refer to a filmmaker rather than an enthusiast. (Memory tells me that in this usage it is normally used to denote a filmmaker whose works have artistic merit - as opposed to referring to someone as a hack, for instance.)

I presume "ludeaste" is a coinage in the same vein.

[gemini6ice.livejournal.com]

Ah, thank you :)