Jonathan Coulton

Will Wright just did a demo of Spore, which I’d seen before online, but seeing it again reminded me how much I want to play that game. He also talked a little about the philosophy behind it, generative systems, the idea of finding the right balance between power and simplicity when you’re allowing players to [...]

I don’t think I’ve mentioned this here, but this year I’ve been invited back to play at Pop!Tech, that zany happening in Camden, Maine that is simply chock full of CEOs, superscientists, and cutting edge entertainers. I flew in last night and went to the opening reception, and was reminded how awesome this place is. [...]

A half-hour show about a startup company with puppets (the show I mean, not the startup). They used Code Monkey at the end of episode 3.
A very kind review from Fangirl Magazine and an equally nice write up from comic dude Josh Way. It’s nice to be nice to the nice.
I’m up for a Mackie! [...]

While John and I were in LA we stopped in to see and be interviewed by The Sound of Young America’s Jesse Thorn, the young whippersnapper who makes old radio people feel old and sad because he is so young and awesome. There’s an interview with John and an interview with me, as well as [...]

As they say in the cop movies, I’m getting too old for this shit. I would have loved to spend some time walking around beautiful San Francisco today, but had to crash out in the hotel instead. Now I’m off to Cody’s to do the Hodgman thang, and then back to NYC tomorrow for a [...]