by ryanc | Oct 28, 2018 | Awesomazing, Nights Around a Table, Projects
It’s been just over a year now since i started making board game videos for a channel called Nights Around a Table. One of the reasons i wanted to tackle video is that it was always a mystery to me. Every so often, i would need to make a video to promote...
by ryanc | Aug 22, 2018 | Awesomazing, Books, Canadian Media News, Short stories
My first sci fi short story, ‘Hill,’ is soon to be published in Nevertheless, a collection of speculative fiction with an optimistic bent. Here’s an excerpt from my story: Stopping for a moment to catch her breath, Teth shielded her eyes against the...
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 | Apr 20, 2017 | Awesomazing, It Came from the Suitcase, Video Games
This afternoon, my mother dropped off a suitcase full of letters, stories, poems, scripts, comics, and game designs from my tender junior high through early high school years. It’s a real time capsule full of some painfully embarrassing gems. Here’s one....
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...