Sunday, January 27, 2008

Serious Games

Spurious curious regional game inventor - There are many serious games you can read about and even buy on the Web. Which, if any of them, have meaning to you? If you find there are none because they are based in professional and educational fields, then you have an opportunity to invent your own. 1024 Words. Copyright 2008 Bill Ritchie. Full text by email request: ritchie@emeralda.com

Thursday, January 17, 2008

Solitary Play

A form game to create time
Why do people play alone, as in the game Solitaire? This form of game is based on chance and scarcity, where you seldom win. In another form of solitary play, the author explores a game that is based on chance and plentitude, the artifacts of a rich life. 981 Words. 4228 Characters. Copyright 2008 Bill Ritchie. Full text by email request.

Monday, January 7, 2008

Complete Works Game

Considering a traditional publication
Cleaning off his desktop one day he finds part of a sheet of uncut artist’s stamps—his own—under the clutter and, curious, he discovers he had left off on a project of creating an illustrated catalog of all his works. Could it be published cheaply today? 686 Words. Copyright 2008 Bill Ritchie. Full text by email request.