Category Archives: Video Games

Transformed

By A. Lee Martinez | Published: September 5, 2012

While playing Transformers: Fall of Cybertron, I was struck by the realization that what started out as a line of toys became something more dynamic and dramatic than it really has any right to be. I don’t know exactly when it happened or at what point a bunch of space robots locked in eternal war [...]

Also posted in Blog, Writing | Tagged Character Work, Decepticons, Dinosaurs, Fanfiction, Few Movies, G I Joe, Heroism, Jets, Obsession, Personalities, Premise, Rainbow Brite, Realization, Shockwave, Short Answer, Space Robots, Story Continuity, Storytelling, Transformers, Tremendous Marketing | 3 Comments

Things You Should Buy

By A. Lee Martinez | Published: August 3, 2012

Buy my books. I think I don’t say that enough. I like that my blog isn’t just an endless series of commercials, but the thing about commercials is that they work. The whole reason this site exists is because I write books. You would most probably not be here if I wasn’t a semi-famous novelologist. [...]

Also posted in Blog | Tagged Average Person, Character Design, Commercials, Cool Stuff, Cutting Edge, Dinosaurs, Earning Money, Edge 3d Graphics, Endless Series, Enemy Base, Execution, Mario, Monsters, Multiplayer Game, Personality, Premise, Proud Tradition, Realism, Turrets, Xbox Live | 4 Comments

Get Real (or Don’t)

By A. Lee Martinez | Published: December 1, 2011

It’s starting to cheese me off (excuse my language) that so many writers and creators will resort to the Realism Defense when it suits their purposes and ignore it when it doesn’t. Maybe that’s just Terran nature. And most of the time, it’s harmless. But when it comes to important things, it’s generally a cop [...]

Also posted in Blog, Comic Books, Writing | Tagged Alice In Wonderland, Batman, Billionaire, Catwoman, Clowns, Cop, Creators, Criminals, Fallacy, Harsh Language, Henchmen, Heroes, Important Things, Piece Of Pie, Plot Point, Plummets, Precious Hours, Random Night, Rape, Realism, Superheroes, Video Game | 3 Comments

Balancing Act

By A. Lee Martinez | Published: December 13, 2010

I’ve been playing a lot of World of Warcraft this weekend. Hardly surprising since, as you may have seen from a fairly regular commercial running on the tube, the latest expansion for WoW has released and it is a doozy. But I’m not here to talk about WoW. At least, not WoW specifically. Rather, I’d [...]