I just thought of the perfect title for an RPG campaign I’ve let bounce around in my brain for years. I wanted to slam it down somewhere with a time stamp before I lose it.
I’ll speak more about it as it takes concrete form, but the single sentence pitch is:
“An exploration of Buddhuist concepts expressed through urban fantasy horror.”
I was heavily influenced several years ago by Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, and heartily recommend it to anyone engaged in self exploration. I did not intend to arrive at a name with subtle undertones of homage to that respectable work, but I will admit the obliquely similar phonetics made me laugh when I said it out loud.
“Zen and the Art of Homicidal Maniacs.” It’s taken me a long time to land a title for that one.
As a side note, I recently attempted to record a pilot entry for an audio diary I’d like to start up, mostly for the audio production practice. I chatted for about 45 minutes, only to have the file end up corrupted when I stopped. I seem to be establishing a trend, here…