In a previous post on this game, I set down the basic premise of the game’s core dynamic: the three-way clash between Family Loyalty, the Warrior’s Honor, and the pseudo-spiritual Code of the Highway. Today, I’ve got the concept of Master on my mind, and am trying to figure out exactly what it means to…
What does the Code of the Highway represent in what I am now calling the Thematic Trinity of Hagakure 66? On my ride home today, I had this subject heavy on my mind (set aside your fears, I was paying more attention to the road, of course). It hit me the heaviest at a certain…
Lately I’ve been working on a new game which has the working title of Hagakure 66. It’s a “Motorcycle Samurai” game, with the following premise: “The war is over, and your side lost. Everything you knew and loved is gone, destroyed or taken away from you. All you have now are your bike, your sword,…
A fine read just got posted over at Gamers with Jobs, and it echoes my own beliefs on the dearth of human interactivity at PAX. The problem is that PAX brings together people who think they share the same passion, who believe they are all part of a collective culture that they have defined individually.…
Owning, maintaining, and riding a motorcycle is a constant string of Acts of Love. Much like going to dinner with a girlfriend tends to turn into an hours-long occasion of talk, flirtation, and enriched connections, going on as simple a ride as a “15-minute store run” usually becomes a sixty-plus mile ride through streets and…
I have been extremely uber-busy these last several weeks. Here is some good news: I am now the proud owner and operator of my first motorcycle. Getting to this point has been a hectic and very stressful ordeal crammed into the space of a month and a half, but I will share that epic at…