https://davidlcraddock.com/index.php/tools/blocks/page_list/rss?bID=371&cID=167&arHandle=Top Main Get all the latest news and random musings from David L. Craddock. https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/mk-legacy-kollection-book-borderlands-4-documentary/ Thu, 06 Nov 2025 02:33:00 UTC https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/ultimate-long-live-mortal-kombat-update-summer-2025/ An update on the long-awaited Ultimate edition of Long Live Mortal Kombat.... Wed, 24 Sep 2025 02:18:00 UTC https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/storybundle-66-books-35/ Get 21 of my books plus dozens more!... Mon, 11 Aug 2025 16:32:00 UTC https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/37-my-books-only-20/ Mon, 08 Jul 2024 17:19:00 UTC https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/reblog-previews-fps-documentary/ Mon, 01 May 2023 02:26:00 UTC https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/resident-evil-4-remake-strategy-guides/ Fri, 31 Mar 2023 23:10:00 UTC https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/book-announcement-fight/ Wed, 01 Mar 2023 04:27:00 UTC https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/chronicles-craddock-2021-2022/ A look back at my writing projects over the past two years.... Mon, 02 Jan 2023 18:12:00 UTC https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/long-live-mortal-kombat-round-1s-foreword-john-tobias/ Mon, 17 Oct 2022 01:46:00 UTC https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/book-breakdown-long-live-mortal-kombat-round-1/ Fri, 14 Oct 2022 16:40:00 UTC https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/new-book-long-live-mortal-kombat-round-1/ Sat, 08 Oct 2022 19:16:00 UTC https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/summer-fireball-storybundle/ Tue, 09 Aug 2022 16:04:00 UTC https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/summer-update-monsters-dark-fps-documentary-e35/ Fri, 11 Jun 2021 15:56:00 UTC https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/new-serialized-novel-arthur-and-knights-cafeteria-table/ Mon, 01 Feb 2021 19:15:00 UTC https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/chronicles-craddock-2020/ Mon, 04 Jan 2021 15:30:00 UTC https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/final-storybundle-2020-2-more-days/ Wed, 23 Dec 2020 14:15:00 UTC https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/new-shacknews-long-read-bet-black-how-microsoft-and-xbox-changed-pop-culture-part-1/ Sat, 21 Nov 2020 17:55:00 UTC https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/kirkus-review-dumpster-club-remarkable-story/ Tue, 27 Oct 2020 13:14:00 UTC https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/thoughts-passing-terry-goodkind/ Sun, 04 Oct 2020 23:57:00 UTC https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/america-please-dont-lose-hope/ Wed, 30 Sep 2020 03:12:00 UTC https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/read-chapter-next-shacknews-long-read/ Fri, 25 Sep 2020 11:48:00 UTC https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/plot-holes-back-future-3/ Fri, 28 Aug 2020 13:19:00 UTC https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/happy-book-day-dumpster-club-available-now/ The Dumpster Club, my novel for young adults, is now available in paperback and on Kindle.... Tue, 18 Aug 2020 15:00:00 UTC https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/new-storybundle-featuring-my-first-book-platformers/ Wed, 12 Aug 2020 16:42:00 UTC https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/work-quarantine-my-latest-shacknews-long-read-shows-how-covid-19-has-impacted-game-development/ Tue, 02 Jun 2020 13:54:00 UTC https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/new-life-strange-long-read-explores-making-trilogy/ Wed, 13 May 2020 19:40:00 UTC https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/terraform-recounts-making-doom-64-and-out-now/ Thu, 02 Apr 2020 20:00:00 UTC https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/shacknews-long-read-hell-razer-making-doom-eternal/ Hell Razer goes inside id Software to recount the making of Doom Eternal... Fri, 20 Mar 2020 19:33:00 UTC https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/chronicles-craddock-2019/ Mon, 27 Jan 2020 16:14:00 UTC https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/arcade-perfect-available-limited-time-new-storybundle/ Wed, 17 Jul 2019 13:51:00 UTC https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/new-storybundle-includes-dungeon-hacks-expanded-edition-and-gamedev-stories-volume-2/ Thu, 07 Mar 2019 14:50:00 UTC https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/chronicles-craddock-2018/ Tue, 01 Jan 2019 16:34:00 UTC https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/stay-awhile-and-listen-book-ii-alpha-draft-complete/ Fri, 28 Dec 2018 14:28:00 UTC https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/rocket-jump-and-shovel-knight-available-new-storybundle-nov-14-dec-6/ Wed, 14 Nov 2018 19:16:00 UTC https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/book-breakdown-point-fate-final-draft/ Wed, 24 Oct 2018 14:31:00 UTC https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/book-breakdown-shovel-knight/ Tue, 23 Oct 2018 15:07:00 UTC https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/book-breakdown-beneath-starless-sky/ Mon, 22 Oct 2018 15:52:00 UTC https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/happy-book-birthday-shovel-knight-now-available-promotional-coverage/ Tue, 16 Oct 2018 13:50:00 UTC https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/plans-rocket-jump/ Fri, 21 Sep 2018 12:49:00 UTC https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/happy-book-birthday-point-fate-available-digital-platforms/ Tue, 28 Aug 2018 23:52:00 UTC https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/stay-awhile-and-listen-book-ii-100-funded/ Thu, 02 Aug 2018 11:57:00 UTC https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/point-fate-cover-reveal-fantasy-book-critic/ Tue, 31 Jul 2018 13:40:00 UTC https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/stay-awhile-and-listen-book-ii-funding-kickstarter/ Sat, 30 Jun 2018 17:10:00 UTC https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/update-point-fate-be-released-summer/ Thu, 31 May 2018 21:20:00 UTC https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/new-story-bundle-features-stairway-badass-making-and-remaking-doom-2016/ Fri, 13 Apr 2018 13:06:00 UTC https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/coverage-rocket-jump/ Sun, 04 Mar 2018 16:09:00 UTC https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/pre-order-rocket-jump-hardcover-and-digital-formats-unbound/ Fri, 16 Feb 2018 14:32:00 UTC https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/happy-book-day-gamedev-stories-now-available/ Mon, 08 Jan 2018 14:39:00 UTC https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/happy-book-day-firebug-now-available/ Mon, 01 Jan 2018 14:31:00 UTC https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/chronicles-craddock-2017/ Fri, 29 Dec 2017 16:51:00 UTC https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/book-breakdown-rocket-jump/ I discuss the process of writing Rocket Jump, my "article-book" for Shacknews.... Fri, 22 Dec 2017 16:26:00 UTC https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/new-story-bundle-book-gamedev-stories-interviews-about-game-development-and-culture/ Thu, 30 Nov 2017 20:15:00 UTC https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/break-out-available-now-sort-free-chapter-samples/ Fri, 15 Sep 2017 18:18:00 UTC https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/official-release-date-break-out-planned-coverage/ Fri, 01 Sep 2017 03:28:00 UTC https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/galley-proof-break-out-my-hardcover-about-apple-ii-games/ Sat, 22 Jul 2017 15:34:00 UTC https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/three-new-books-available-99-cents-each/ Wed, 26 Apr 2017 09:38:00 UTC https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/book-breakdown-doom-hell-and-back-shacknews/ A feature I wrote for Shacknews, Doom: To Hell and Back, went live today, and it's roughly the size of a book: nearly 40,000 words. So let's talk about it!... Fri, 14 Apr 2017 18:19:00 UTC https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/rogue-souls-story-bundle-includes-dungeon-hacks-and-red-black-making-rogue-legacy/ Two of my books on game design, Dungeon Hacks and Red to Black: The Making of Rogue Legacy, are available in the Rogue Souls Bundle of related publications on storybundle.com!... Wed, 22 Mar 2017 07:40:00 UTC https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/chronicles-craddock-2016/ a yearly blog in which I give a brutally honest look back at my writing year that was and offer a glimpse into what I'll be working on in the year that will be... or "is," in this case.... Mon, 16 Jan 2017 14:46:00 UTC https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/yearly-reading-goals/ No matter how busy things get—and they're going to get crazy—Goodreads and Pocket will be there to sate my craving for my favorite pastime.... Thu, 29 Dec 2016 08:56:00 UTC https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/books-pico-game-bundle/ I'm excited and proud to announce that two of my books are available in the ongoing Pico Game Bundle at StoryBundle.com... Tue, 22 Nov 2016 07:27:00 UTC https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/local-author-fair-massillon-public-library/ Come get a book signed, purchase a copy of HERITAGE and select other works, and hobnob with me and other scribes from around the area.... Mon, 31 Oct 2016 12:52:00 UTC https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/revisions-dungeon-hacks/ Before leaving for Roguelike Celebration on September 17, I decided to revise the paperback and Kindle editions of DUNGEON HACKS.... Thu, 29 Sep 2016 09:39:00 UTC https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/making-fun-vol-1-available-now-roguelike-celebration-weekend/ See me talk about DUNGEON HACKS at this weekend's Roguelike Celebration conference, and pick up a copy of MAKING FUN VOLUME 1 as of today... Tue, 13 Sep 2016 07:24:00 UTC https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/book-breakdown-point-fate-book-2-gairden-chronicles-draft-3/ This book breakdown centers on POINT OF FATE, the sequel to HERITAGE, my fantasy novel for young adults.... Fri, 05 Aug 2016 15:54:00 UTC https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/announcing-making-fun-stories-game-development-volume-1/ Thu, 21 Jul 2016 17:42:00 UTC https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/roguelike-celebration-conference-september/ Fri, 01 Jul 2016 11:31:00 UTC https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/e3-2016-celebrating-20th-birthdays/ Links to my articles from E3, and retrospectives celebrating the 20th birthdays of Quake and Nintendo 64.... Fri, 24 Jun 2016 08:16:00 UTC https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/2016-book-release-point-fate-update/ Thu, 09 Jun 2016 08:49:00 UTC https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/book-delays-saal-1-now-available-audiobook/ Fri, 27 May 2016 18:12:00 UTC https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/book-breakdown-break-out-draft-1/ A look at the first draft of my book chronicling the history of some Apple II games.... Fri, 04 Mar 2016 12:42:00 UTC https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/chronicles-craddock-2015/ A review of what I wrote in 2015, and a look at what I'm writing now and will be writing in the future.... Thu, 14 Jan 2016 09:54:00 UTC https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/dungeon-hacks-postmortem/ A look back at the good, the bad, and the ugly of DUNGEON HACKS.... Fri, 04 Dec 2015 09:25:00 UTC https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/book-breakdown-dungeon-hacks-final-draft/ A blow-by-blow breakdown of the writing of the final draft of Dungeon Hacks.... Mon, 15 Jun 2015 16:14:00 UTC https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/ra-salvatore-interviews/ Read David L Craddock's conversations with fantasy author R. A. Salvatore.... Fri, 17 Oct 2014 07:28:00 UTC https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/book-breakdown-dungeon-hcks-draft-1/ In book breakdowns, author David L. Craddock analyzes the contents, structure, process, and statistics involved in writing a complete draft of a book.... Wed, 08 Oct 2014 09:39:00 UTC https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/resident-evil-back-undead/ I'm excited for Resident Evil games! You should be, too!co... Sun, 10 Aug 2014 20:07:00 UTC https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/i-love-zelda-2/ Zelda 2 is awesome. Let me tell you why.... Fri, 01 Aug 2014 19:04:00 UTC https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/heritage-day-one-standing/ Heritage climbed Amazon's charts steadily on its first official day of release.... Wed, 30 Jul 2014 21:17:00 UTC https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/heritage-available-now/ HERITAGE is available for purchase from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and other fine booksellers.... Wed, 30 Jul 2014 11:47:00 UTC https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/what-young-adult-lit-and-why-do-i-write-it/ David L. Craddock writes about what drew him to the YA demographic.... Wed, 30 Jul 2014 11:43:00 UTC https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/sword-speaks-nichel-wolf-daughter/ Learn about Nichel, known as the wolf daughter and Aidan Gairden's betrothed.... Tue, 29 Jul 2014 10:30:00 UTC https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/sword-speaks-bonus-short-story/ A short story set in the world of the Gairden Chronicles.... Mon, 28 Jul 2014 10:30:00 UTC https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/sword-speaks-promo-heritage/ A look at the characters and world of Heritage leading up to the book's release on July 30, 2014.... Mon, 28 Jul 2014 09:35:00 UTC https://davidlcraddock.com/news/page/maiden-voyage/ Welcome to the new and improved DavidLCraddock.com!... Sun, 27 Jul 2014 23:53:00 UTC