INTERVIEW: Half-Truth Follow-Up With Ken Jennings and Richard Garfield
Since speaking with Ken Jennings and Richard Garfield last year about Half-Truth’s Kickstarter campaign, the game has been one of my most anticipated releases of 2020. When I got the opportunity to speak with Mr. Jennings and Mr. Garfield via phone on March 27th ahead of its official release, I jumped at the chance. This […]
INTERVIEW: Richard Garfield and Ken Jennings Talk New Trivia Game Half Truth
In recent years, crowdfunding has become more popular than ever, taking projects directly to the fans for financial support. The latest benefactor of this new model is the trivia card game Half Truth. I had the privilege of speaking with the creators – Magic: The Gathering’s Richard Garfield and Jeopardy! champion Ken Jennings, about this […]
Comic-Con 2019: Friday Tidbits
Friday at Comic-Con was a bit uneventful, with few big trailers or announcements, but here’s a roundup of noteworthy bits of news from the annual convention: The Russo Brothers’ next film, Cherry, will begin shooting in October near Cleveland, Ohio, and will be rated R. They also have several projects in various stages of development […]
Corporatism vs. Nerdom: Repeating Industry-Killing Mistakes
Mainstream entertainment companies are really working hard to take the “entertainment” out of the entertainment industry. Marvel, EA, Lucasfilm, Blizzard, Bethesda, Wizards of the Coast – to name a few – are run by executives who only understand the business aspect of the ecosystem and who are more concerned with an ever-growing bottom line that, realistically, can’t just grow […]