by ryanc | Jun 8, 2018 | Awesomazing, Blog, Company News, Games
i lost my position as a creative writer and puzzle designer at the Mysterious Package Company last Christmas when the company nigh-imploded. Through Spring, i contracted as a game designer and business consultant for a kids’ augmented reality startup, and that...
by ryanc | Dec 30, 2017 | Blog, Games
i’ve been making board game videos for a new channel called Nights Around a Table. The majority of my shots are aimed down at the table, as i stop-motion the cards and pieces around while explaining how to play. For the first three videos, i accomplished this by...
by ryanc | Dec 25, 2017 | Childhood, Dear Old Dad, Fatherhood, Games
Last night, we heard the clippity-clopping of Morse code on the rooftops, which could only mean one thing: Puzzle Claus was making his rounds again, delivering presents to the world’s cleverest boys and girls. Feedback from last year’s inaugural visit from...
by ryanc | Dec 31, 2016 | Childhood, Dear Old Dad, Fatherhood, Games, Memories
i created a little puzzle hunt for my two girls (ages 8 and 10) to complete on Christmas morning, before opening their big gangbusters mom-and-dad-spent-too-much-money presents. i spent a few evenings stealing artwork from the internet and putting together five...
by ryanc | Dec 1, 2015 | Awesomazing, Games, Video Games
Ten years ago, i walked into a comic shop and was casually browsing through the action figure aisle when something caught my eye. It was a well-sculpted, beautifully painted figure of Rowlf the dog from The Muppet Show, wearing a little tuxedo. Behind the figure was a...
by ryanc | May 19, 2015 | Blog, Games, Toronto
Now that my NDA obligations are out of the way, i can talk about the project i completed with Shaftesbury/Smokebomb and the CBC for the teevee show Murdoch Mysteries (or “The Artful Detective” for my American pals). Hot on the heels of becoming a live...
