Author Archives: matt

About matt

Gamer. Writer. Dad. Serial Ex-husband. Creator of The 23rd Letter, SpaceNinjaCyberCrisis XDO, ZOMBI, Testament, Creed. Slightly megalomaniac

Creed/Testament/Rapture – queries and comments

Posted on April 25, 2008 by matt

It’s always nice to get some kudos from people you respect and Balbinus on RPG.net has come through again with Creed/Testament/Rapture – queries and comments. He has a few comments, mostly clarifications and does make me realise that the character … Continue reading →

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It is about the boobs or the invasion of personal space?

Posted on April 24, 2008 by matt

What the fuck is this all about? Damned if I know.

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WotW: Earth – The Death Of The Martians

Posted on April 23, 2008 by matt

“My knowledge of comparative physiology is confined to a book or two, but it seems to me that Carver’s suggestions as to the reason of the rapid death of the Martians is so probable as to be regarded almost as … Continue reading →

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WotW: Earth – Weapons of War

Posted on April 23, 2008 by matt

“Neither is the composition of the Black Smoke known, which the Martians used with such deadly effect, and the generator of the Heat-Rays remains a puzzle. The terrible disasters at the Ealing and South Kensington laboratories have disinclined analysts for … Continue reading →

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WotW: Earth – The Flying Machine

Posted on April 22, 2008 by matt

“The sun sank into grey clouds, the sky flushed and darkened, the evening star trembled into sight. It was deep twilight when the captain cried out and pointed. My brother strained his eyes. Something rushed up into the sky out … Continue reading →

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WotW: Earth – 21 Days of Invasion

Posted on April 22, 2008 by matt

The Narrator of the book was close to one of the arrival sites but this was not necessarily the most active site. He also spent more than two weeks (or a three week invasion) hiding in a collapsed house. He … Continue reading →

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Social Class in WotW:Earth

Posted on April 21, 2008 by matt

War of the Worlds: Earth is set at the dawn of the 20th Century. You have the legacy of Victoriana, the sunset of the British Empire and the rise of other nations including the independence of former colonies. Even back … Continue reading →

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Subversion for Writers.

Posted on April 21, 2008 by matt

TUAW has a link about Subversion for Writers. Subversion is a popular open source version control system. “It allows you to work collaboratively with folks on the same files (in most cases code) without fear of overwriting the work of … Continue reading →

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Collaboration, writing and vision

Posted on April 21, 2008 by matt

This weekend I was busy with family duties but still managed to do a bit of work on WoTW:Earth. Most notably taking the draft ideas Aidan sent through and turning them into mechanics and flavour. Collaboration is hard. I’m very … Continue reading →

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What’s He Building In There?

Posted on April 20, 2008 by matt

Title taken from the Tom Waits track. This blossomed into a scenario where the PCs were sent to investigate a murder. A newcomer to a quiet US suburb was found beaten to death in his home. The house is trashed. … Continue reading →

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Starship Concept Art

Posted on April 20, 2008 by matt

Picked up this link to amazing starship concept art over on theRPGSite forums.

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Archaeology

Posted on April 19, 2008 by matt

I spent a couple of hours in the attic of my parent’s house excavating some old books. I have a notion to sell some of them considering that I’ve not looked at them in a decade but as I continued … Continue reading →

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Quality of Play theory

Posted on April 19, 2008 by matt

Levi Kornelson came up with this theory and posted it on TheRPGSite:  The text inspires “solo play”. Personal play creates group play. Group play feeds back into personal play and pushes more group play. The punch-line is: The quality of … Continue reading →

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WotW: Earth – Art

Posted on April 18, 2008 by matt

Last night I commissioned two art pieces from Storn Cook for the upcoming War of the Worlds book. I really like Storn’s art (massive thread on RPG.net here) and he was very nice when I enquired about the commission and … Continue reading →

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One for the millennialists…

Posted on April 17, 2008 by matt

Mike Cane 2008 reports that NASA got it wrong and an asteroid that they reported to have a 1 in 45000 chance of hitting Earth actually has a 1 in 450 chance of hitting Earth. It took a 13 year … Continue reading →

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Good read

Posted on April 16, 2008 by matt

Odd quote. “Now as a Person of Size and a Person of Color…”” Me too. I’m a slightly (Ha!) overweight white guy. The NaamenBlog is a good read especially for interpreting the motives of oppression. It uses a lot of … Continue reading →

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23rd Letter: Projects Campaigns

Posted on April 16, 2008 by matt

A Project-based campaign is as flexible as the players want. The G.M. may choose themes as he or she wants. PCs working for a Project are relieved of many of the worries of Network members or other independent espers. Usually … Continue reading →

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Mario Kart for the Wii

Posted on April 15, 2008 by matt

Last weekend we picked up Mario Kart for the Wii for a fiver after trading in two games that we neither liked nor played (Wabbit Wampage? Cars?) and I must say it was the best fun I’ve had since I … Continue reading →

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Sexuality (part 1)

Posted on April 13, 2008 by matt

A recent thread on TheRPGSite talks about sexuality and sexual and/or gender bias. Art Cheesecake art in fantasy is a real issue. I thought it was mostly gone but there’s heaps of the damn stuff out there. You know – … Continue reading →

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The 23rd Letter

Posted on April 10, 2008 by matt

Balbinus on RPG.net responds to someone asking for sourcebooks about running a campaign about the whole concept of PSI powers: “IMO the best is a game called 23rd Letter, it’s basically Firestarter (the Stephen King book/movie) the rpg. Probably OOP … Continue reading →

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