Posted on Jan 26th 2012 by MindSpike.
Posted on Oct 19th 2011 by MindSpike.
Free Download - A Slab to Call My Own
The October challenge over at the Board Game Designer’s Forum was to create a Dorn Tower/Mancala variant. Well the voting is in and my entry….. lost to a more unique one. 
But I went ahead and finished the product enough to release it as a Print-and-Play Game. October seems to be just the right time for graveyards, mausoleums, and walking dead in search of a slab to call their own. … Read more
Posted on Sep 5th 2011 by MindSpike.
Posted on Sep 1st 2011 by MindSpike.
This episode I’m joined in the Reaction Chamber by Chris and Kathy Vander Kaay. We catch up on the latest goings-on and discuss their new project – the Christian sitcom “Cross Threads”. Chris and Kathy-with-a-K share a bit about what it’s like to work with your spouse on a cooperative writing project, some of their challenges, and how they got involved with the producers of the work. They’re raising money to get this project fully funded, and we talk a bit about how that’s going to happen as well. A few updates about Critical Press Media gets us rolling, but then we jump right into the podcast.
The summer projects have been extended into October, and we still need authors to fill the pages with original material, so send in those manuscripts. Book 1 is “Miracles”, themed around the evidence of divinie intervention on earth. Book 2 is “Forerunner”, themed around those people who prepare the way for others to follow. Check out the complete project requirements at the critical press media submissions page.
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Posted on Aug 16th 2011 by MindSpike.
I drop in on Comics Unlimited to see how Matt Hawes enjoyed his trip to Chicago. Of course we go on for more time than is really necessary about stuff that no one else finds interesting, but I think we saved all the juicy bits for the podcast. Matt tries to hit the Chicago Con every year, but he does it from a dual standpoint, not only as a comics enthusiast and fanboy, but also as the owner of a retail store, and his perspective of this event is slightly different. Matt Billman of Living With Zombies (.net) snuck out the door just as I turned on the microphone, so we don’t get to hear from him, but you’ll find a link to his site in the post anyway. Take that, Billman! … Read more
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It’s hard to talk about Spirit Blade without sounding like either a raving fanboy or a nitpicky hater. I purchased the first edition of this story to listen to it in the car on family vacation. I was immediately hooked. The audio design was wholly immersive, the music was resonant and complex, the lyrics were clearly extremely personal. I wound up buying copies for all of my friends and family (Christmas was conveniently near). Not satisfied with his original product, Paeter Frandsen (the creator at Spirit Blade Productions) remastered and released the Special Edition two years later, putting to good use the experience he gained in producing the sequel – Spirit Blade: Dark Ritual – and Pilgrim’s Progress: Similitude of a Dream.
