This is a more frequent list for whenever the No Media Kings website is updated.
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Ghosts With Shit Jobs: Casting Call
Sent May 20th 2009
Ghosts With Shit Jobs: Casting Call
We're in pre-production for a new lo-fi sci-fi movie called Ghosts With Shit Jobs. Involving many of the same people as our last one, Infest Wisely (imdb / official site), it's also a no-budget, multi-director project ...
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A Self-Publishing Comics Primer
Sent March 11th 2009
A Self-Publishing Comics Primer
One of the coolest thing about the comics world is that it doesn't dismiss self-publishers the way the lit world does. Maybe because it's a less pretentious field, or a newer one, or that drawing talent is more quickly dis...
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Gaming Critics Lose Their Minds
Sent January 7th 2009
Gaming Critics Lose Their Minds
Our illustrated text adventure game, Everybody Dies, has chalked up over 7000 plays to date, in no small part due to the great press it's been getting. It was declared one of the Top 5 Indie Games in 2008 by the great game...
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The New Post-Rapture Graphic Novel
Sent November 25th 2008
The New Post-Rapture Graphic Novel
I'm 2/3rds (AKA 66.6%) of the way through writing the graphic novel follow-up to Therefore Repent!, so I thought I'd post some of the amazing sample pages by the new artist, Shannon Gerard.
I don't want to give away t...
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Everybody Dies Takes Bronze at IFComp
Sent November 16th 2008
Everybody Dies Takes Bronze at IFComp
My new text adventure videogame, Everybody Dies, was just voted third out of 35 entries at the annual Interactive Fiction Competition!
It starts with a metalhead, Graham, realizing that throwing that shopping cart ...
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Why I Can't Wait Until 2020
Sent November 11th 2008
Why I Can't Wait Until 2020
If you knew I was a science fiction writer, you might assume it's because I'm eagerly awaiting floating cities or nanotech implants. But actually, it's the year I figure that all the World War II veterans will be dead.
On Nov...
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10 Ways to Get Your Writing Out There
Sent October 7th 2008
10 Ways to Get Your Writing Out There
I did a talk at Word on the Street last week tailored to a general, writing-interested Toronto audience. Ramón Pérez did live sketches that illustrated the talk, which were amazing considering the scant minutes each ...
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The Time Management For Anarchists comic
Sent September 8th 2008
The Time Management For Anarchists comic
Marc Ngui and I have just finished a 22 page comic book adaptation of the workshop and flash animation I made on how to be productive without having, or being, a boss.
Starring Emma Goldman and Mikhail Bakunin, i...
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On Escaping the Youth Demographic
Sent July 19th 2008
On Escaping the Youth Demographic
I turned 36 earlier this month, which makes it half my life that I've been an anarchist, a vegan, and a DIY culture maker. I was exposed to these philosophies through punk music and zines in my teens, and it's a bit of a...
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Will Wright References My Trip to Liberty City
Sent June 16th 2008
Will Wright References My Trip to Liberty City
Pretty nuts: that goofy Grand Theft Auto 3 video I made five years ago for my zine has been watched by the guy who designed SimCity, the Sims and the upcoming Spore. He actually mentioned it last week in a r...