Show014: Google for Game Designers with Alexander Newman
How many times can I get Alexander to say, “It’s a great pleasure to be here Clyde?” Never enough. Notes to come…. No. Really.
Theory From the Closet
A punk perspective on tabletop RPG’s, their theory, and design.
12:42 pm on August 1st, 2007
A really superb one this. It’s good to hear a voice of google suggesting other uses for its apps. Sorry if these have already been mentioned in the cast, I half listen to your dulcet tones. Also, it’s nice to hear a fellow Brit, even if his accent has started to wane…
(j/k)
Google Homepage (or iGoogle) is really useful for keeping track on all the RPG things going on. As a designer, if you can keep track of the buzz, then you can make better use of it. I have a tab on iGoogle with just roleplaying resources/RSS and the like.
The other thing I find useful is Google notepad for when you have a brilliant idea and you just want to get it down. I used to use a little notebook but google notepad can be anywhere I am, which is super.
A really useful case, Clyde, great work!
12:50 pm on August 1st, 2007
Hey Rob,
Thanks a lot for the tips. I really didn’t do much. Alexander took the outline I gave him and seamlessly addressed many of the things I would have asked about, but didn’t need to. I’ve got to give him and Robert Bohl who made the original notes that I used to help me build my outline the Lion’s share of credit.
1:01 am on August 2nd, 2007
Hey Clyde,
I’m having a great time listening to this and I’m very happy that my notes were useful to you.
7:30 pm on August 2nd, 2007
I should clarify the bit about free AdWords for CC fees… right now, all CC processing is free with Google Checkout. Come January 1st, though, it stops being free, *but* for every dollar you spend on AdWords, you get $10 of free CC processing. If you can figure out how much you’re likely to spend in CC fees per month, divide that by ten and spend it on AdWords instead. A bargain! Official word: “If you’re an AdWords advertiser, you will also be eligible for free credit card processing for some or all of your Google Checkout sales. For every $1 you spend on AdWords each month, you can process $10 in sales the following month for free through Google Checkout. This standard, non-promotional type of free transaction processing may be updated from time to time.”
As Clyde says, if you have any questions for me, ask!
4:12 pm on August 3rd, 2007
Hey! I´m catching up with your show after some time away from home. The Ron Edwards and Fred Hicks interviews were excellent, and the One-shot show was quite useful. The one about Social Contract I found a little boring. I think it´s not that hard a concept that it needs so much explaining and examples.
Cheers!!
10:26 pm on August 14th, 2007
Awesome, Clyde. You’ve really hit your stride now. The Master Series is turning out to be just excellent and episodes I am likely to keep refering back to.
3:59 pm on January 17th, 2008
Hi Alexander,
During the interview, you mentioned that Google searches can be tied to an RSS feed. That’s an awesome idea!
Now, how do I do it?
1:10 am on January 21st, 2008
Hey, Darcy,
You can get RSS feeds of many searches, like News and Blogs, but not the main Google search. I hope I didn’t misspeak! For RPG designers (and fans) that should suffice.
Cheers,
Alexander