Nostr notes by Richard Moss

My latest book is much more than the story of how Age of Empires ...

2026-03-31T23:54:05Z

My latest book is much more than the story of how Age of Empires (1) was made; it's a story of brothers, camaraderie, innovation, and dreams — the cost of chasing them, the passion that drives them, and the joy when they come true. Now available for preorder from Boss Fight Books.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gabedurham/age-of-empires-how-ensemble-studios-made-history

Big news on my SCUMM documentary project this week: Ron Gilbert ...

2026-02-06T00:44:05Z

Big news on my SCUMM documentary project this week: Ron Gilbert (Ron Gilbert (GrumpyGamer) (npub192d…2vay)) is among our first batch of confirmed interviews, along with designers David Fox 🌻🥸 (npub12w2…fqj4) and Tami Borowick, programmer Aric Wilmunder, and artist-extraordinaire Mark Ferrari.

There's a great write-up at Adventure Game Hotspot with all the details:
https://adventuregamehotspot.com/announcement/5936/sign-up-available-for-passport-to-adventure-the-scumm-story

Fixed. My colleague forgot to update the link when remapping the ...

2025-12-20T22:16:13Z

In reply to nevent1q…vyk2
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Fixed. My colleague forgot to update the link when remapping the domain. Here's a direct link: https://www.scummdoc.com/privacy-policy

Good catch. I just let my team know. Hopefully someone will get ...

2025-12-20T14:42:08Z

In reply to nevent1q…5y2x
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Good catch. I just let my team know. Hopefully someone will get it fixed soon.

Introducing my next documentary project: Passport to Adventure: ...

2025-12-20T12:40:38Z

Introducing my next documentary project: Passport to Adventure: The SCUMM Story. There'll be more to share in the New Year, including the synopsis I put together with help from several LucasArts fans and adventure genre experts, but for now it'd be great if you could all just read the intro post in the attached images and join the waitlist at https://scummdoc.com if it sounds like something you'd enjoy.

My book on the rise of indie games in the 90s, Shareware Heroes: ...

2024-11-12T21:37:38Z

My book on the rise of indie games in the 90s, Shareware Heroes: The renegades who redefined gaming at the dawn of the internet, is 50% off at Unbound for a limited time. https://unbound.com/books/shareware-heroes

It's publication day for a dream project of mine: A Tale of ...

2024-10-17T22:59:18Z

It's publication day for a dream project of mine: A Tale of Two Halves: The History of Football Video Games, a 628-page book about the many *many* attempts to distil the beautiful game (association football) into digital interactive entertainment.

A Tale of Two Halves explores 30+ years of football games in all their forms—even platformers like Soccer Kid and GO! GO! Beckham—with a season-by-season breakdown of the genre's history, lots of insight, and plenty of fun stuff like PES player shirts and pixel illustrations. And 13 in-depth interviews, too.

It comes in two flavours: a standard edition, with shoelace bookmark ribbons for a touch of whimsy, and a "Captain's Edition" that adds in a heavy-duty slipcase and swanky fabric armband emblazoned "Captain." Both are available directly from Bitmap.

https://www.bitmapbooks.com/pages/search-results-page?q=tale%20of%20two%20halves

(Or if you're in Australia, you'll save loads on shipping by going to Pixel Crib: https://www.pixelcrib.com.au/search?options%5Bprefix%5D=last&q=tale+of+two+halves)
https://social.mossrc.me/media/4ce9b47ce8516f84daee0b7591fcb04970132cf1e2e4f98c01285d96e5560764.MP4

It’s here! @npub1ln5…293t sent me this beautiful cross-stitch ...

2024-08-13T04:12:00Z

It’s here! Glenda Adams (npub1ln5…293t) sent me this beautiful cross-stitch rendition she made of the Secret History of Mac Gaming cover. Best gift I’ve had in years.