Darren is a musician and composer currently living in Leicester, Leics, UK.

Darren plays the violin (fiddle) and guitar, mainly playing celtic, country and bluegrass style music.   He also mainly writes celtic tunes aswell, but has been known to dabble in orchestral music too.  (He is also, unfortuantely, currently without employment).

Darren's blog on Gamasutra, however, is not here to talk about music, (at least directly). 

After an argument with a person about the nature and definition of computer-based role-playing games, (cRPG's) Darren began to do some research into why the person (and other people) came to the conclusions and opinions they have, about what games, and types thereof, really are, and should be defined as and by.

It began with an old argument about games and art - (cRPG's being defined by plot and narrative) - but has since expanded to include more of the language itself.

Darren has come to the conclusion that games are not fully recognised or understood for what they are at this time.

This blog is here for Darren to explain and discuss what he has found to be the cause of this problem:

A Study and Discussion of Games as a Matter of Linguistics.