The Writer's Block

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John Stevenson
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  • Star Wars: The Bad Awakens

    …if they looked at this teaser and said “yeah, these of are some of the best parts of the movie so far” then oh boy…we’re all in a lot of trouble. Read more

  • The Problem with Dragon Age

    The Problem with Dragon Age

    Super Edit:  I have a new, much more coherent review of the Dragon Age: Inquisition’s ending right here. Just click anywhere on this giant block of text.  Edit: Since this post was written in the heat of the moment and not up to my usual standards, I’ve done a new review of the ending. I… Read more

  • Tell me Another Story of The Walking Dead (Season 2 Review)

    I’ll admit I was a bit wary of playing Telltale’s The Walking Dead season 2 for the same reason I was wary of The Dark Knight Rises, I was afraid that the second season wouldn’t be able to live up to the original. I’m happy to report that my fears were proven wrong and that not only… Read more

  • The Writer Returns to the Block

    So those of you still with me after these months of silence: my humblest thanks for sticking with me through another bout of depression. You’re probably confused now, since my last post was so smugly self satisfied that it was practically an invitation to my inauguration as mayor of awesometown, population 1. Well I did… Read more

  • Games, Microsoft and the Future

    So apologies for my long silence everyone, but exciting things have been afoot. About three weeks ago I applied for a job with Microsoft as a Game Writer, which has pretty much been my dream job since I began writing professionally. I didn’t actually take it that seriously at first so I slapped together a… Read more

  • Burial at Sea: The Cycle Ends

    And so we come to the end of the journey, in more ways than one. With the death of Irrational Games, this is truly the end of the Bioshock series as we know it.  In a way I’m glad they had time to wrap up the storyline of Infinite, but in other ways I wish… Read more