Author Archives: Jason L Blair

About Jason L Blair

Writer, game designer.

Out Now: TALES OF THE FAR WEST

Posted on January 28, 2012 by Jason L Blair

This one’s a knock out, folks. Last summer, my friend Gareth Skarka launched a Kickstarter for his Wild West/Wuxia adventure game setting Far West. Support flooded in, eventually netting Gareth and company almost $50,000 in backer pledges. From its beginning … Continue reading →

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Hear Me on Gamestarter (and Then Again!)

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Jason L Blair

I sat down with Josh Mannon from the Gamestarter podcast a couple weeks ago not once but twice! The first was a sit-down with Josh and fellow writer/designer Filamena Young to discuss various game projects currently seeking funding including Filamena’s … Continue reading →

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P&E Readers Name HAUNTED Best Horror Antho!

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Jason L Blair

Preditors & Editors rolled out its yearly Reader Polls a couple months back and readers chose HAUNTED: 11 Tales of Ghostly Horror as the Best Horror Anthology of 2011! HAUNTED really is a great book. My story “It Happened in … Continue reading →

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One Day Left on Streets of Bedlam Kickstarter

Posted on January 12, 2012 by Jason L Blair

When the Streets of Bedlam Kickstarter launched at the end of November, I had modest goals for it. I just wanted to cover the cost of illustrating and producing the first book. But now, thanks to your support, the Kickstarter … Continue reading →

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HAUNTED: Award Nominated!

Posted on January 3, 2012 by Jason L Blair

Well, having a book that contains your work be nominated for an award isn’t a bad way to kick off the year. HAUNTED: 11 Tales of Ghostly Horror is up for a Reader’s Choice Award over at Preditors & Editors! … Continue reading →

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Two Years of Awesome

Posted on December 29, 2011 by Jason L Blair

I first wrote about Operation: Awesome back in June 2010 but I put the plan laid out in that post into practice much earlier. A lot of 2010 was focused on redefining myself, pushing myself, and changing my entire creative … Continue reading →

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Chat with Me this Thursday!

Posted on December 20, 2011 by Jason L Blair

I’ll be sitting down this Thursday, December 22nd, with the folks from Beautiful Brains Books & Games to discuss Savage Worlds, my new tabletop game project Streets of Bedlam, and the game’s Kickstarter. The chat will be text-based, online, and … Continue reading →

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AdventureGamers.com: Top 100

Posted on December 19, 2011 by Jason L Blair

Top adventure gaming website AdventureGamers.com has launched a thirty-year retrospective of the Top 100 Adventure Games. Jack Allin, the editor, had the enviable* task of compiling feedback from the staff and herding us cats as we wrote up our reasons … Continue reading →

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IGN Shortlists CONDUIT 2

Posted on December 13, 2011 by Jason L Blair

I spent a lot of my summer last year down Chicago-way working with the good folks at High Voltage Software on their Wii-exclusive first-person shooter, CONDUIT 2. I had a lot of fun on the project and with the team … Continue reading →

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Streets of Bedlam: Fully Funded!

Posted on December 2, 2011 by Jason L Blair

I posted this over at the official Streets Of Bedlam site but wanted to drop a note here as well: Streets of Bedlam is fully funded! Wow! Less than three days since the Kickstarter launched and Streets of Bedlam is … Continue reading →

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