Co-founder & co-owner of Posthuman Studios, an award-winning hobby game publisher. Posts about publishing, graphic design, Creative Commons licensing, gaming, and more.
I started a new part-time job at DriveThruRPG/OneBookShelf at the beginning of January, as a Publisher Relations Specialist. It’s been a whirlwind of learning new things, getting myself integrated with my co-workers — many I already knew, of course, since I’ve been using DriveThruRPG as a publisher since 2004 — and meeting and interacting with […]
There’s a confluence of three things going on right now: I’ve been working on a lot of Eclipse Phase adventures, and trying hard to evolve their presentation to make them easier to absorb when first reading and easier to run at the table without a ton of page-flipping — especially page-flipping that requires leaving one […]
Our dearly loved husband and beloved father, Richard Frederick Jury, died in Taber on Wednesday, December 7, 2016 at the age of 71 years. At Richard’s request, there will be no public service. Besides Helen, his loving wife of fifty one years, he is survived by their children Lesley Whalen (Rob) of Innisfail, Pauline Meisinger […]
This article is funded on behalf of my generous Patreon Supporters. Please visit Patreon and support my articles for a few dollars each. There are varying reward tiers depending on your support level and the type of supporter you are (gamer, publisher, etc.) As we are only a week away from Gen Con as I write […]
Flying Air Canada and want to turn the display screen off in front of you?: Tap once to get to the language selection screen. Select a language Tap near the bottom to select the brightness/volume screen. Tap the screen off button! With that visual distraction no longer in front of you, you can enjoy your […]
I’ve been on an unintentional hiatus from blogging, but intend to get back on track. Here’s a start: One Shot, by Tracy Barnett of Exploding Rogue has just been released! You can grab the PDF and Soundtrack together. Tracy funded One Shot via Kickstarter last year and brought me on board to handle the graphic […]
When I landed in Chicago for a summer ten years ago, Jef Smith was one of the first people I met. He’s spent most of the past ten years working for Independent Publishers Group in that fine city, along with being an integral member of Chicago’s radical left reading group Think Galactic and their associated […]
My friend Rae was injured at FYF Fest in LA earlier this year when someone threw a metal spike through the crowd. If you were at FYF Fest or had friends or co-workers there, please help spread the word about this, so she can find who did it. Her words are below: Dear friends: I’m […]
I’ve said that “piracy doesn’t matter” several times, and people like to argue with me about that. Of course, it’s a phrase said for effect. Piracy matters, but: publishers can do little to influence piracy. Giant conglomerates like the RIAA, MPAA, and BSA are incapable of stamping out commercial and non-commercial piracy. Does such an […]
Attributor, an "anti-piracy solutions" (I\’m already LOLing) company, says there are "1.5-3 million daily Google queries for pirated e-books" and "54 percent increase in pirated e-book demand since August 2009." Eric Hellman says Attributor eBook Piracy Numbers Don\’t Add Up. Richard Curtis of ereads.com page says: "So, even if one is willing to grant that […]