The Laundry is here
On Thursday I received 'The Laundry' in the post. The announcement came back in March so I was really excited to get the book in the post this week. I…[...]
The Final Frontier. No, really.
Ian Sales writes on his blog: And sometimes those imaginations run a little too free. A lot of science fiction is set in outer space, or on worlds which orbit…[...]
Setting Riff: Oa versus Krypton
A thousand years ago, on the planet Krypton, there was a technologically advanced, cruel and nihilistic race which carved a vast stellar empire, subjugating thousands of civilisations under their regime.…[...]
iPad at the gaming table
This picture is made of awesome. It's from a thread on RPGnet titled: iPad owners - how much are you really using it for gaming purposes? Of course, this uber-geek…[...]
The theft of the Book of Raziel
I've stolen the main text here from page 54 of the Smallville RPG but remodeled it on Qabal: Isaac's player, James, says, "I step into the room from where I…[...]
Cold-Blooded Killers
Lizaur on TheRPGSite commented: Well, the vast majority of RPG has leeengty chapters just about how to kill people, so what do you expect my players do? Being a bunch…[...]
OK, it’s no secret I’m just a big geek.
I got the Serenity book a few months ago from Sub City in Dublin and the Smallville book arrived today from Amazon. Both use derivatives of the Cortex system from…[...]
RIP Six Flags New Orleans 2000-2005
Six Flags New Orleans is an amusement park in New Orleans, Louisiana, which has been closed since Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005. The park is located in Eastern New Orleans,…[...]
Blast from the Past: Traveller.
A fabulous game resource. It's nowhere near as lovely as the Near Star Map from 2300AD (partially pictured below) but it's still amazing.[...]
Horror – Sids Story
I wanted to write a quick horror scenario which would fit in with pretty much any game and I figured that it couldn't just be a magical teleporting serial killer,…[...]
Digital Games can be Social Experiences
Professor Mark Durkin from the University of Ulster suggested: "For customers, the constant and often simultaneous use of laptop, MP3 player, smart phone and TV, especially by our young people,…[...]
Here’s forty shillings on the drum, For those that volunteers do come
I've been on a little bit of a Napoleonics obsession recently. Part of it starts from reading the Bernard Cornwell 'Sharpe' novels and then following up by downloading the entire…[...]
NINoWriMO – Northern Ireland Novel Writing Month
I'm taking part in a fiction-writing collective called "WriteWeekly" but this has some relevance as well: Blick Shared Studios, Malone Rd, Belfast 7-9pm, Thursday 4th, 11th, 18th, 25th November 2010…[...]
Frontier fiction: The Emotion Elective
AMARA would always marvel at the human capacity for self-deception; the ability to believe something even though the facts were plentiful for the contrary, even though nothing but faith supported…[...]
Frontier: Foreword, History of Mbaye Schools, page 23
[I am taking part in a weekly writing task with some friends. The first seed for this assignment was the opening line from Dune by Frank Herbert: "A beginning is…[...]
NO, HUMAN
Simple premise. 50 levels of fun. (iTunes link)[...]
SyncNI: Exclusive on Galactic Racer by WeeMan Studios
NI-based game development studio, Wee Man Studios just gave SyncNI an exclusive on Galactic Racer! Click through the graphic for the exclusive. Due for release, later this quarter.[...]
Once, Twice, Three Times a Detective
Dolgion Chuluunbaatar of Gamasutra writes about non-linear adventure games: As I was on vacation, I picked up my sister's copy of Sherlock Holmes stories, and quickly I got caught up…[...]
Current Inspirations
Portal - for the non-violent nature of it and the neat teleportation physics puzzles. And removing half of the stupid ways to die. And for this. Mirror's Edge on iPad…[...]
Games in Education
I believe that my playing of games has contributed positively to my development as an individual. Traditionally advocacy for gaming has included the development of teamwork and leadership skills, understanding…[...]