My introduction to the world of ThePalace was as a technical writer; I was contracted by the fledgling start-up in 1996 to write a series of user manuals, and eventually became one of the most prolific world-designers in PalaceSpace. Those manuals are still available...
A short story of desire and entanglement.
The word "Interactive" has been applied to virtually everything, from electronic toys to sophisticated works of tech-art. But what exactly is "Interactivity"? The computer has been described as "an interactive tool". But if I pick up a...
Documentation is essential for interactive games and other complex projects. "The goal of the reiterative development approach is to methodically evolve every object in the system - from abstract concept to actual code - as quickly and clearly as possible, without...
Article on Avatar-based Chat Systems and Virtual Worlds, first published in ENTERTAINMENT@HOME, April 1997.
I wrote the parts of this book that dealt with EMBED and OBJECT tags, teaching people how to bring this great new thing called Multimedia into their web pages. The subtitle is "Wiring Your Site for Sound and Action". "Readers learn how to create exciting, stunning...
A sample location from the unpublished "Doomsday" CD-ROM game, in a custom script format designed by Tod Foley. Written for Amazing Media, April 1995.
Mediatrix is a LARP presented for the Interactive Fiction SIG of the International Interactive Communications Society in 1994; an allegorical head-trip to a satirical scenario of our internetworked multimedia future. Participants role-play the mighty officers of...
14 January 4437: En route to the city of Sanctuary, Blandisford Barter encounters an Elven minstrel on the Bridge at Three Roads Crossing. The RunePlayer introduces himself as Rimsel, and informs Barter that he has been sent by the Council of Deneldor to oversee the...
The original blurb stated: "The only book in the market that focuses on tips and techniques that allow the reader to more effectively use the resources of the Internet. -- Explains search techniques and the use of kill files to filter information -- Features...
An article about "Cyberion City," a text-based interactive environment at MIT. Originally published by bOING-bOING magazine, April 1993.
A Report on the Production of Ghosts In The Machine The circle is still chanting softly as the CyberGoddess faces Darwin down. She turns to address the participants: "All those who find the defendant Darwin Krayne innocent as plead, say Aye" (participants respond);...