BeachBoundBooks
  • Home
    • My Books
  • Blogging About Books
  • Author Interviews
  • Giveaway Linky
  • Book Review/Author Interview Request Form

Author Interview: Alexander Hinkley

1/31/2016

0 Comments

 

 Meet Alexander Hinkley, Author of Nerd Psychology and Creating an Online Roleplaying Game

Picture
BBB: Tell us about yourself.
 
AH:
I’m currently 29 years old. Even though I went to college for Criminology, it didn’t really interest me as much as writing did. Since I love video games and know a lot about them, I became a video game journalist. I’ve worked as a journalist for over seven years now, doing some additional sports writing on the side. I am also an indie game developer and producer and have administrated my own online game for a frog’s hair over 15 years. I first got into writing after playing online play-by-post roleplaying games. Combining my love for writing and passion for the video game industry seemed like a logical career choice. In addition to reading and writing, I also love sports. I’ve had Rochester Knighthawks (lacrosse) season tickets since their opening season. I like the New York Rangers and Denver Broncos, too.

Picture
BBB: What inspired your book, Nerd Psychology?
 
AH: A friend and I played online video games together for years and over time we started to notice behavioral patterns among our opponents. Many of them acted the same, literally making the same exact statements that others did in previous matches. We found this interesting and decided to experiment and document the results. We interviewed thousands of subjects and I turned this into the book Nerd Psychology, which attempts to explain why online trolls, which I call nerds, act the way they do online and also suggest solutions to the reader on how to most effectively deal with them so as to improve your online experience. Now I have to point out there is a big difference between a geek and a nerd, so if you like geeky things and call yourself nerdy or a nerd, you’re actually using the wrong terminology. 

BBB: What do you think readers will find most appealing about your book?
 
AH: I think most readers will like Nerd Psychology because it will be personally useful for them. Most people nowadays use the internet for hours a day so the advice it gives in how to deal with nerds, aka trolls, will be immediately applicable to most reader’s daily lives. Most people will probably find the symptoms list the most interesting.
 
BBB: How did you come up with the idea for your book cover?
 
AH: Being that it is a psychology reference book, it was actually pretty hard to come up with a cover because there really was no way to make it flashy or attention-grabbing. I settled on the idea of a neuron on the cover because I thought it looked scientific and espoused the idea of professionalism and serious tone I attempted to convey within the book.


Picture
BBB: What other books have you written?
 
AH: My other book is called Creating an Online Roleplaying Game. That book is based on my experience running my own online RPG for 15 years. It is the longest running and most successful RPG in its genre. During that time, I have seen countless other RPGs come and go. It made me sad to see people putting in all this hard work only for it to prove fruitless and their game died. Since mine is so successful, I tried to share what I thought were the keys to its success in this book so that other people can make an RPG as good as mine.

You can find out more about Alexander Hinkley and his work by visiting http://alexhinkley.com/.

Picture
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Picture

    Delivered by FeedBurner


    NetworkedBlogs
    Blog:
    BeachBoundBooks
    Topics:
    Interviews, Books, Authors
     
    Follow my blog

    Picture

    Picture

    Picture

    Picture

    Picture

    Picture

    Picture

    Picture

    Archives

    February 2019
    January 2019
    November 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    May 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    January 2014
    December 2013
    November 2013
    October 2013
    September 2013
    August 2013
    July 2013
    June 2013
    May 2013
    April 2013
    March 2013

Like What You See?
Photos used under Creative Commons from mripp, hallosunnymama, wwarby, themostinept, Matias Carreño, wwarby