Author Archives: Jason L Blair

About Jason L Blair

Writer, game designer.

2016! Man, it’s been a while.

Posted on May 17, 2016 by Jason L Blair

It’s a bit embarrassing how long it’s been since I last updated. But the reason is fairly simple: I’ve been really really busy. In addition to my duties at the day job, I’ve been working on fiction writing. I am … Continue reading →

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Watch Me Play PREY

Posted on June 16, 2015 by Jason L Blair

I recently sat down to play through the very first game I ever worked on, Prey, here at my current job at Deep Silver Volition. Check out my wonderful first-person skills in the below video. Also, I wrote the manual.

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Operation Awesome: Revelations on Story

Posted on February 23, 2015 by Jason L Blair

This is gonna be mostly old hat to most writers, I reckon, but every author goes through their own journey and such so this is new and revelatory to me, at the very least. I’ve been doing a lot of … Continue reading →

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Interview with Local Show “Current”

Posted on January 28, 2015 by Jason L Blair

I’m a (local) TV star! My coworker Lorcan Murphy and I sat down with local news show Current to discuss having fun at the workplace, which is something we at Volition know quite a bit about.

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Interview at Escapist Magazine

Posted on January 16, 2015 by Jason L Blair

So this was unexpected. Late in December, Adam Gauntlett—one of the folks behind the tabletop section of wildly popular gaming/geek site The Escapist—contacted me to see if I was interested in doing an interview about Little Fears. Of course, I … Continue reading →

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Here’s the Thing About Dreams

Posted on January 2, 2015 by Jason L Blair

Another year has ended (and I’ll write about that soon) and another one has started. All comments about arbitrary date changes aside, the beginning of a new year is as good a time as any other for reflection and declaration. … Continue reading →

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Interview with my Target Audience

Posted on October 14, 2014 by Jason L Blair

My 11yo daughter is home sick from school—which means I’m home from work—so I thought I’d take the opportunity to talk books with her. She started reading early, at about 2.5yo, and has continued to be an avid reader ever … Continue reading →

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New Stuff I’ve Done: SoB

Posted on August 25, 2014 by Jason L Blair

I realize it’s been a while since I updated the sidebar on stuff I’ve done recently so I thought I’d do that and spotlight a couple things in a post as well. If you’ve paid any attention to the 2014 … Continue reading →

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New Stuff I’ve Done: LFNE

Posted on August 25, 2014 by Jason L Blair

I realize it’s been a while since I updated the sidebar on stuff I’ve done recently so I thought I’d do that and spotlight a couple things in a post as well. If you’ve paid any attention to the 2014 … Continue reading →

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Hey, Wanna Hear Something Crazy?

Posted on July 24, 2014 by Jason L Blair

I don’t remember the exact date that I went crazy, but I remember the weeks preceding it. In mid-June 2004, I got sick. I didn’t know what it was at first. I worked during the day at a local internet … Continue reading →

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