Author Archives: matt

About matt

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

What’s that in the background?

Posted on April 10, 2008 by matt

Today I had lunch with Mike and Jim in Kainan Cafe. We then went round to Forbidden Planet where I refrained from buying a lot of stuff. This is self-control, I tellya.

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Return of the Great Old Ones.

Posted on April 9, 2008 by matt

Found this gem when I added Pooka’s blog to my blogroll. “In 1901, New Year’s Eve, the Stars Were Right. The Great Old Ones Returned, bringing with them all manner of being from their starry prisons. Fortunately for humanity, while … Continue reading →

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Raising the bar

Posted on April 9, 2008 by matt

I’m arrogant to believe that I can write and, to be honest, most of the time the feedback has been pretty good. I like writing, it’d be nice to do it for a living (and not the stressful but boring … Continue reading →

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Shit one.

Posted on April 8, 2008 by matt

A real shame.

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Spiralling Down

Posted on April 8, 2008 by matt

I don’t blame anyone really. Sometimes I get angry or depressed and curse my friends, my family, the company, the system, the church and anyone else I can name. But it’s a short madness and like all things, it will … Continue reading →

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There is a hole in my memory

Posted on April 8, 2008 by matt

I don’t remember a game I allegedly ran over a decade ago. Nothing at all memorable. I think it was a superhero game/ That worries me.

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“Do people still go to cons?”

Posted on April 7, 2008 by matt

This year, Q-CON celebrates it’s 15th year. It was sixteen years ago that I finished the ‘market research’ of conventions in Ireland (via Gaelcon and Warpcon – and getting illicit copies of their after-con reports from by Bothan spies). This … Continue reading →

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Gates of Hell

Posted on April 7, 2008 by matt

A couple of pics of a really accessible volcano. Easily re-used for something gaming…

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“I don’t have any choice, somebody has to save the world”

Posted on April 7, 2008 by matt

I’ve been reading a lot of old comics this week. Warren Ellis Planetary The Eclipse Miracleman stories. I’m trying to track down my Authority trade paperbacks as well. There’s been a recent thread on RPG.net about creating a setting where … Continue reading →

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New Downloads

Posted on April 4, 2008 by matt

Some people were looking for them so I’ve put some downloads on the books page: Wildtalents fanzine 1 60K PDF Wildtalents 3 fanzine 1.5MB PDF Wildtalents 5 fanzine 373K PDF 23rd letter character sheet 22K PDF zombi character sheet 86K … Continue reading →

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Man vs…

Posted on April 4, 2008 by matt

The topic of conversation this morning in the car was the substance of plots. Traditionally, we have plots which are Man versus Man (and yes, I intend to keep the male pronoun because anyone who would be sensitive to it … Continue reading →

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The State of the RPG Industry

Posted on April 4, 2008 by matt

An article on MSNBC writes about the woes in the RPG market: “Wizards does not reveal sales figures, but Pramas estimates the overall market for traditional role-playing games at $30 million annually.” When I first read this, my immediate thought … Continue reading →

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Albion

Posted on April 1, 2008 by matt

Okay, maybe this proves I’m not a comic geek but I’m seriously underwhelmed. It’s like the British version of Planetary. And not very good.

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OREs Magica

Posted on April 1, 2008 by matt

I spent some time at work today thinking about things that could be done with the ORE system. I admit that I’ve not yet had the chance to really test it in anger Part of this is to kick a … Continue reading →

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WotW: Earth – The Computational Analyser

Posted on April 1, 2008 by matt

“In the Spring of that year I had the good fortune to visit my friend, Mr Askell, at the Royal Society where they were pursuing development of a computational device using the research of intellectual giants who had gone before. … Continue reading →

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Feeling Planetary Love

Posted on March 31, 2008 by matt

OMG, I’m feeling the love for Planetary all over again. I’m itching to run a Planetary-like game using Wild Talents. Soooo much….

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222 years ago

Posted on March 31, 2008 by matt

“Blood running in the streets. Mobs of rioters and demonstrators threatening banks and legislatures. Looting of shop and home. Strikes and unemployment. Trade and distribution paralyzed. Shortages of food. Bankruptcies everywhere. Court dockets overloaded. Kidnappings for heavy ransom. Sexual perversion, … Continue reading →

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WP upgraded to 2.5

Posted on March 30, 2008 by matt

And things seem okay. Still somewhat frustrated that the theme keeps dropping and I’m not aware of any log files/errors. Annoying.

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Converting some WatchTower characters to Wild Talents.

Posted on March 30, 2008 by matt

Codename: Warhead AKA David Bruce Brandon Appearance: Warhead is an 8 ft tall humanoid suit of armour. Brandon is a slighty overweight man with unkempt brown hair and bushy eyebrows. Background: Dr David Brandon is a robotics engineer. He discovered … Continue reading →

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This doesn’t make any sense

Posted on March 28, 2008 by matt

Alpha Flight used to be my hero team of choice but this doesn’t make any sense. How many times must a guy die? Well, they were my favourite Marvel team. My favourite DC team were The Outsiders.

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