Posts Tagged by learning from
| May 13, 2013 | Posted by Don Mappin |
Having just wrapped up its first season, the FX Cold War spy show seems a natural selection to spend some time dissecting, looking for elements to use (or avoid!) in your games. Suffice it to say that there will likely be some spoilers involved, so if you haven’t seen up to the season finale, you may want to come back a bit later. The Setup The Americans is about two KGB deep-cover operatives who are put together by design to act as a newly married…
| January 25, 2012 | Posted by Don Mappin |
There’s a decent chance you haven’t heard of this CBS drama—recently voted the People’s Choice “Best New…”—so we’re not sure how long it will grace our screens beyond its first season. But the question remains, who will help you if your number comes up? Person of Interest stars Jim Caviezel and Michael Emerson as Mr. Reese and Mr. Finch, respectively. Mr. Finch has built a top secret machine fed by NSA data in a post-9/11 world that allows the machine to detect “relevant” threats to…
| September 20, 2011 | Posted by Don Mappin |
It isn’t often that a movie garners a remake/reboot, a five year stint as a television series and is then resurrected—again—as another television series. Plus, I’d wager a fair number of gamers have have thought of the draw of a wrongly-accused killer “repurposed” as a secret, government assassin. I mean, who wouldn’t? So, clearly, there are some things we can learn from the latest iteration of Le Femme Nikita. New Again Chances are good that you’re familiar with the CW’s new television series, Nikita, starring…
| January 24, 2011 | Posted by Don Mappin |
Inspiration for our games surrounds us in many forms and traditional media is particularly rich in ideas. These also serve as test beds for what one ought to do or not do in narrative storytelling. In this case, Tron: Legacy has more than a few nuggets we can learn from. Fair warning: Spoilers ahead! Retro is Chic Over the past decade retros, retreads, and reboots have been all the rage. From entire franchises (James Bond, Batman) to scratch-your-head “what were they thinking” movies (The A-Team,…
