A Restful Weekend
May. 7th, 2007 03:04 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shannon_aWell, I had my first quasi-restful weekend in some time. The Elf Book is done, and there was no Saturday gaming, so I lounged around quite a lot instead.
Among other things, I read through the entirety of Kirkman's comic, The Living Dead, which is a fine book, much more about characters than the roaming flesh-eating zombies. I'd just picked up volume 6 at Comic Relief, so I sat down and reread the first five volumes before getting to the new book, which was quite a treat. It continues to be a fine book, and one I'm always thrilled to see on the shelves.
I do, of course, still have my big writing project, which is the history of RPGs. Knowing I had a lot of time this weekend, I entered into one of my most dreaded histories: Palladium Books. I'm not very familiar with Palladium's games (or wasn't), I don't like the game system, and I'm offended by the owner's heavy-handed, adversarial approach to the rest of the industry. When I found a self-congratulatory, largely exaggerated history at Palladium's site a few months ago, that just put me off of the project even more.
But, they were the #3 game company in the industry throughout much of the 1990s, and so they had to be covered.
Thanks to lots of research and some careful writing I think I came up with a draft that doesn't shy away from the nasty things Palladium has done to other companies and to its own freelancers, but is fair, and really highlights the good things at the company too.
Which leaves my most dreaded history probably being West End, mainly due to longevity and a multitude of product lines.
Among other things, I read through the entirety of Kirkman's comic, The Living Dead, which is a fine book, much more about characters than the roaming flesh-eating zombies. I'd just picked up volume 6 at Comic Relief, so I sat down and reread the first five volumes before getting to the new book, which was quite a treat. It continues to be a fine book, and one I'm always thrilled to see on the shelves.
I do, of course, still have my big writing project, which is the history of RPGs. Knowing I had a lot of time this weekend, I entered into one of my most dreaded histories: Palladium Books. I'm not very familiar with Palladium's games (or wasn't), I don't like the game system, and I'm offended by the owner's heavy-handed, adversarial approach to the rest of the industry. When I found a self-congratulatory, largely exaggerated history at Palladium's site a few months ago, that just put me off of the project even more.
But, they were the #3 game company in the industry throughout much of the 1990s, and so they had to be covered.
Thanks to lots of research and some careful writing I think I came up with a draft that doesn't shy away from the nasty things Palladium has done to other companies and to its own freelancers, but is fair, and really highlights the good things at the company too.
Which leaves my most dreaded history probably being West End, mainly due to longevity and a multitude of product lines.