Tagged: Carla Speed McNeil

Ask a Dork: The Vita

“Do you think Sony should attempt to market the Vita as a secondary Sony device or try to carve out a niche for the device?” I think Sony is stuck between a rock and...

Ask a Dork: Storytelling V. Characterization

What do you think is the difference between storytelling and characterization? Can you have one without the other? Not to harp on about my own writing career, but after birthing a novel I feel...

Ask a Dork: E3 2013 Games

Going into E3, what is one genre of games you would like to see Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo individually tackle to diversify their own portfolios? The interesting thing about the video game market is...

Ask a Dork: Adaptations

When it comes to adaptations, do you think the producers involved should assume more than a baseline knowledge of the original material? If the Paul W.S. Anderson Resident Evil feature films, Gearbox/TimeGate Aliens video...

Ask a Dork: The Video Game to Film Transition

With video game movies being notoriously bad, do you think there is a game that would make a good adaptation? Once upon a time I would had said that the first Silent Hill could...

Ask a Dork: Being a ‘Gamer’

Why do people identify themselves as gamers? No one else seems to identify themselves by their favorite hobby: movie/television watcher, music listener, etc. Social identities are a funny thing. Søren Kierkegaard, a Danish philosopher...

Ask a Dork: Accessible Games

What would you consider an accessible game? What makes a game accessible? I think we should probably start by looking at what the word “accessible” means. For something to be considered truly accessible, it...

Ask a Dork: Video Game Worlds

What is more important in world building in video games, the locations or the characters? This is a challenging question. By definition, dynamic and interesting locations are required in order to build a world...

Ask a Dork: Prequels

What are your thoughts on prequels? When have they been done well? Can they ruin a franchise if done poorly? The term “prequel” essentially means work that is done after work, but taking place...

Ask a Dork: Musical Scores

What do you look for in a good score? Is it memorable and catchy music or something that simply enhances what’s in front of you? There’s a lot that goes into the memorable scores...