Fleecing the Gamer?
This is an editorial I wrote for Bitmob that was later picked up and published in the June 2010 issue of GamePro. The editorial goes over the recent trend towards including single-use content codes in new games to hamper used game sales, and the slippery slope it may lead to.
Bitmob Community Writing
These are my collected Bitmob works, ranging from game reviews to interviews and editorials. Links to some of my more popular articles are listed below.
View Bitmob Profile for Michael Rousseau
View Running a better indie game store: Brian Hughes of Gamedeals
View League of Legends: Freemium Done Right
View Separate but not equal: A look at simplified fighting-game controls
The Ambassador: A Neverwinter Nights Module
The Ambassador is a 15-minute story-driven module for Neverwinter Nights.
*Requires Neverwinter Nights v.1.69, Shadows of Undrentide and Hordes of the Underdark expansions to play
Unchained Darkness: Prelude Overview
This is an overview I produced for Unchained Darkness, a Dragon Age: Origins module I was contracted to work on in conjunction with Bamboo Raven. The document outlines the main NPCs, as well as the setting and a summary of the module's premise.
Download Unchained Darkness: Prelude Overview (56kb .pdf file)
Backfire Documentation
These documents represent my current contributions to Backfire, a car combat game currently in development by an Edmonton-based indie developer.
Changing the Game
This is a rhetoric paper that I wrote for my Popular Culture in Professional Communications class, later published in MacEwan's Pop City magazine. The piece is about the death of local arcades. It’s written in a formal argumentative style for a general audience.
Dr. Max Curator Cards
These are the curator cards I wrote for the different pieces of art within Dr. Max’s Digital Media Extravaganza, an Alternate Reality Game I created for The Works Art & Design Festival.
Dr. Max Newspaper Hook
This is a fake newspaper article I wrote to act as a story hook for Dr. Max’s Digital Media Extravaganza.
Dr. Max Diary Entries
These are the diary entries I constructed for Dr. Max’s Digital Media Extravaganza to help players uncover the story of Dr. Max's disappearance.
