VMware vRealize Automation video script
SaaS offerings need to be evangelized in a specific way. The challenge is to present the technical information that's important to the people who will actually use it, yet provide pointers toward ROI for the people who have to pay for it. I'd link to the video that was produced from my script, but as it's not an evergreen asset, it's long gone from the internet.
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The LiveOps Revolution In the Video Game Industry
I've ghostwritten a lot of articles for SIDE (formerly PTW). SIDE is a video game services company, which means they work on the back end of what people play: coding, engineering, sound design, and specific to this article, LiveOps. I haven't revisited this article since I wrote it, but given the recent trend toward player dissatisfaction with live service games, it's up to you to decide if it has aged well.
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Big Ideas: Are Video Games Good For You?
Big Download was one of the blogs umbrella'd under the now-defunct AOL Weblogs banner. Set up for players to download demos, it also held game reviews and opinion pieces like this one. And not to give anything away, but the answer to the question posed by the title might not be what you'd expect.
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The Smiling Man
The Smiling Man is a short story in an anthology of shared-world tales set in post-WWII San Francisco, featuring hard-boiled detective Nick Chambers. My friend and editor BJ West liked it enough to develop a screenplay and turn it into a short film, which you can watch here. Having just re-read it, I think it holds up pretty well.
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BloodRealm quest text
BloodRealm was a Facebook game whose hook was combat against the gods of different cultural pantheons: Greek, Egyptian, Roman, etc. I wrote the quest text lines in a bombastic, action-charged style. It was fun and challenging to keep inventing new ways of saying "Go get 'em!" What you'll read here is a sample of a particular quest line involving Seth (also known as Set), the Egyptian God of Chaos.
