Tag Archives: Premise

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 [...]

Posted in Blog, Video Games, Writing | Also tagged Character Work, Decepticons, Dinosaurs, Fanfiction, Few Movies, G I Joe, Heroism, Jets, Obsession, Personalities, 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. [...]

Posted in Blog, Video Games | Also 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, Proud Tradition, Realism, Turrets, Xbox Live | 4 Comments

Merchandising, Audie Award Nomination, and Two Game Reviews

By A. Lee Martinez | Published: February 24, 2012

First things first. Time to get a little self-promotion out of the way. I recently opened a Cafepress store online. The plan is to put up some merchandise related to my books so that you can express your love and devotion, which would be greatly appreciated. Right now, there’s only an Emperor Mollusk logo and [...]

Posted in Blog, Writing, games | Also tagged Amateur Artist, Arcade Game, Award Nomination, Clones, Combat Sport, Disco Ball, Enemy Territory, Fantasy Category, Game Reviews, Great Game, Gunner, Knock Down, Moneyball, Niches, Night Combat, Professional Graphic Artist, Professional Level, Self Promotion, Strengths And Weaknesses, Team Fortress, Xbox Game, Xbox Live, Xbox Live Arcade | 5 Comments

The Genre Pit

By A. Lee Martinez | Published: December 16, 2010

Most science fiction is fantasy. Pure fantastic nonsense. Maybe our heroes ride around in space ships or fight mutants or have amazing psychic powers, but almost all of this stuff is no more realistic or believable than elves, dragons, and magic. One of the criticisms I’ve heard of Skyline, for instance, is that the premise of [...]