For film at the beginning of the 20th century, they didn't even know what editing was yet. Actors didn't know how to perform in front of the camera. There wasn't sound. Tom Bissell 20thactorbegin Change image and share on social
Games tell stories best when they're elliptical and ambiguous and there's a sense of roaming and freedom. Tom Bissell ambiguousellipticalfreedom Change image and share on social
Only in about 2007 or so did it become clear to me that games could stand proudly beside other storytelling mediums, and that's when I became more, shall we say, evangelistic in my position. Prior to that, I don't know how enthusiastically I would have admitted that I game. Tom Bissell admitclearenthusiastically share on social
Every book in the 'Dreams' cycle dramatizes a particular epoch in the ongoing cultural collision between North America's native peoples and its European colonizers. Tom Bissell americabookcollision Change image and share on social