A few months ago, Stephen Dinehart’s inner tech geek flashed on. Flexing mental muscles he hadn’t used since grad school, he set out to create The Narrative Designer’s Network, which officially launched Tuesday.

Sporting a slick front page and a pronounced audio intro, the Web site is a product of Narrware, an indie developer. Dinehart, creative director at the company, hopes the site will foster community among narrative designers, though he said it could also benefit gamers.

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Robot Punch! has returned for another cosplay superstar interview!

It’s with great pride that I introduce cosplay up-and-comer, Phoenix Kasai. PK is fairly new to the cosplay scene, but has already built up popularity with her widely-shared photos as Street Fighter’s new challenger, Crimson Viper.


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Back again with another phenomenal cosplay interview here on Robot Punch! Lindze Merritt joins me this episode, sharing her thoughts and experiences about cosplay and more.

You’ve most likely seen her from her unforgettable Morrigan and Baroness photo series. As you’ll find, there are other places that you may have seen Lindze’s work, whether you’ve recognized her or not…

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In this interview, we get a glimpse into gaming’s future from a narrative designer duking it out in the field.

As writer and narrative designer, Stephen Dinehart helped bring WWII to life in the RTS Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts. A featured blogger for Gamasutra, he runs the Narrative Design Exploratorium and now works at NarrWare, an indie developer.

He’s written extensively on the field of narrative design and is exploring new ground in the gaming industry. Today he sheds some light on what narrative design is all about, as well as his ideas behind dramatic play.
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About three months ago, I had the opportunity to chat with fatfoogoo CEO Martin Herdina and Marketing Manager Dan Taylor about microtransaction and what fatfoogoo does.

Well fatfoogoo has not been sitting around for the last three months as they announced a new partnership with mEgo.com bringing fatfoogoo’s knowledge of all things microtransaction to mEgo’s new avatar store.

This time around I chatted with mEgo’s co-CEO Ariel McNichol and fatfoogoo CEO Martin Herdina. Early thanks to Heather Sorensen for setting up the interview.

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Independent game company Riot Games is currently developing League of Legends, a highly anticipated title — especially among those in the DotA community.

Currently in a beta phase, many gamers have been holding their breath in anticipation for any news relating to this exciting project.

Thankfully for those of you that are turning blue from a lack of oxygen, Steve Mescon, the community manager at Riot Games, took some time with GotGame to talk about the company’s title. Mescon is also the creator of Dota-Allstars.com and is known by many as Pendragon.

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The number of vessels for selling and buying used games continues grow. With Gamestop’s sales soaring arguable due to America’s economic stature, we have seen bigs such as Amazon, Toys R Us, Walmart, and more enact plans to buy back gamer’s goods to resell.

GotGame was fortunate enough to trade words with Nicolas Huryn, community manager of a new used media marketplace called Glyde.

Let’s see what its like for a brand spanking new start-up enter the fray amongst the countless others.
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Many gamers are bewildered at the notion of having to pay to play. On the other hand, millions of others - 11 million to be exact - have found the subscription fees well worth it in order to play Blizzard’s World of Warcraft, arguably the most successful MMO ever.

So here’s a venture into the mindset of a WoW raider.
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