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Interactive Storytelling for Video Games: A Player-Centered Approach to Creating Memorable Characters and Stories

Hi Josiah! I just bough your video game writing book from amazon! :clap:

Didn't know you had written one of those! I've got a few writing books to help me with ROM, and the reviews said it was good for all story writing media! Can't wait for it to arrive, should be here in a month though :sweat:
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You didn't know about it? Maybe I should have announced it a few more times... Anyway, yeah it's my book (based on the research I did for my master's thesis) and just came out several months ago. It's been getting excellent reviews, though I won't receive my first sales report for another couple of months. I hope you like it!
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maybe I did read about it at the time and forgot! Either way, I'm looking forward to reading it!
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The books arrived today and I've had a quick skim of it and it looks awesome. I love the fact you have case studies and screen shots from games!
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You wouldn't believe how much work it took to get permission to use those screenshots... FYI, the handful of case studies without screenshots are because I either couldn't get in touch with anyone at the company (Atlus Japan, Sony) or was refused permission (Nintendo, Type-Moon, 2K, Eidos). Annoying, but I'm really happy that I got all the ones I did.
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I've also ordered a copy of one of your other books "Guardian of the Stone: Bk. 1: Book 1 of the Verities Silex "

I found a UK supplier

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1403 ... ss_product
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Thanks! Though if you're going to be reading Guardian, I should probably send you a file with the newest version. That printed copy is something I self published a long time ago and, being self published, I didn't have a professional editor and a lot of typos managed to slip though. Over the years, I've gone back and fixed all(?) of them made some other improvements here and there. I'll e-mail it to you sometime soon.
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That would be great, thanks!
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My hard copy of the book FINALLY turned up!
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Let me know what you think sometime. Though, as previous mentioned, I recommend the file I sent you over the hard copy. If you like it, I can always send you the sequels.
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