<![CDATA[Kotaku: Game Writing]]> http://cache.kotaku.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/kotaku.com.png <![CDATA[Kotaku: Game Writing]]> http://kotaku.com/tag/game writing http://kotaku.com/tag/game writing <![CDATA[Tokyo Drift Writer Signs On For Wheel Of Time Games]]> Hollywood screenwriter Chris Morgan has signed on with Red Eagle Games as the story director for games based on Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time novel series. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5329611&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Behind the WGA Nominees: Where Were Portal, BioShock?]]> Though Portal and BioShock were largely the critical favorites among last year's crop of titles, earning numerous industry awards apiece, the Writer's Guild of America decided to bestow its newly-created Videogame Writing Award on Dead Head Fred. Nothing against that title, but many game fans were surprised that many other more obvious candidates didn't even make the list of nominees. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5021955&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Video Game Writers Recognized]]> With video games becoming more and more a part of American life every day, the Writer's Guild of America has finally decided to recognize achievement within the field of video game writing with the creation of a Video Game Writing award. It's part of the guild's New Media Caucus, which seeks to bring writers outside of traditional fields into the organization.
"Writers are finally being recognized and valued in the video game industry. Both artistically and financially, video games matter - and video game writers matter to the WGA," commented WGAW New Media Caucus member Jay Lender.
Of course after the first year, award nominations have to be produced under WGA jurisdiction, which means membership fees and the like, but since the award will first be presented at the 2008 Writer's Guild Awards in February, any video game writing is currently eligible. I've personally played through some amazing stories over the years, so it is great to see the people behind the stories getting some recognition. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=306655&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Video Game Style Guide]]> The Video Game Style Guide is actually a new book of "guidelines" for writing about video games, not the standard for graphics on any given game like you may have thought. Some of the big names in the community have gotten together and written themselves a little bible on how to appropriately talk shop if your shop is gaming. More »
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