Dear Ragnar,

Love your blog and I am a regular reader. Loved the game TLJ. Hurry up with the next installment already.

Something that may only be a connection in my mind is the similarity between April Ryan and the hero of the animated series "The Maxx". Was this an influence in the writing of your game or am i completely insane? A sipmle yes or no will suffice.

Regards,

Good question. I don't really think so, but I did see some episodes of The Maxx back when, and I believe I read a few issues of the comic-book as well. Can't remember a whole lot of it, however, so whatever influence it had must have been subconscious and part of the general tapestry of inspiration that I pull threads from.

Hi Ragnar,

I was just writing to let you know that Joanna Berry (known as Tulis on The Divide), the author of Kindred and Artisian has just released a new TLJ fanfic which you may find interesting. It's called wanderer and it tells of how Brian Westhouse came to Arcadia. It's in the downloads section of The Divide.

Enjoy,
David (Pirateguybrush)

Posting this here so that people can go check out Joanna's story. I know for a fact that she's an extremely talented writer, and I'm sure this is a cracking good tale.

Unfortunately - and I hate to say it - I can't read the story myself. Since it may revolve around characters, settings, or situations that we ourselves might be working on, I don't want to be influenced (consciously or otherwise) by someone else's work - for both legal and practical reasons. But I'll certainly read it when we're done telling our story, and I hope The Divide - and our amazingly patient fans - will still be around!  ¶ 13:17