Category Archives: Commentary

Back again

Posted on August 21, 2011 by matt

I’ve been on a holiday-and-work-fueled hiatus. Two weeks driving in France and Spain and then two weeks spent helping people access seed funding for new ventures in “digital” as part of the CIIF programme. The latter has been frustrating because … Continue reading →

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Christmas Happened. Woot.

Posted on January 13, 2011 by matt

Consisting of Houses of the Blooded, Collins Complete DIY Manual, We Are The People We’ve Been Waiting For, Simple Boat Maintenance, Hot War, Cold City, Nameless streets, QIN: The Warring States (plus two supplements) and Aliens and Creatures for DWAITAS.

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The Laundry is here

Posted on December 12, 2010 by matt

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 have now spent a few hours reading it (all but … Continue reading →

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The Final Frontier. No, really.

Posted on December 5, 2010 by matt

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 other stars. Or, indeed, other types of celestial objects, both … Continue reading →

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Setting Riff: Oa versus Krypton

Posted on November 28, 2010 by matt

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. Only one planet managed to overthrow the grip of the … Continue reading →

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Cold-Blooded Killers

Posted on November 17, 2010 by matt

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 of cold-blooder killer bastards, that’s. The fuckers. Which stands to … Continue reading →

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Digital Games can be Social Experiences

Posted on October 22, 2010 by matt

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, has serious implications in terms of attention and focus, he … Continue reading →

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Once, Twice, Three Times a Detective

Posted on September 3, 2010 by matt

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 in the really really beautifully narrated and well thought-out plots. … Continue reading →

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Current Inspirations

Posted on August 30, 2010 by matt

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 – for the simple swipe-based mechanics, showing us a new … Continue reading →

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8 Bit Demakes

Posted on August 20, 2010 by matt

This article describes 8 bit de-makes – remaking some of todays popular games in 8 bit and 16 bit forms. Some of them still look amazing such as Little Big Planet and Mirrors Edge. All of them are great but … Continue reading →

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Runnin and Jumpin genre mash

Posted on August 20, 2010 by matt

Earlier this week, we had a meeting of local iOS developers and we segued into a conversation about the development of game ideas ahead of a ‘gamestorming’ event we have planned for next week. We talked about the development of … Continue reading →

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I would not have played if…

Posted on August 20, 2010 by matt

From Wired: A federal judge is allowing a negligence lawsuit to proceed against the publisher of the online virtual-world game Lineage II, amid allegations that a Hawaii man became so addicted he is “unable to function independently in usual daily … Continue reading →

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Sunday afternoons are punctuated with the sounds of war.

Posted on July 26, 2010 by matt

Izaak had his Scout 3 training at Games Workshop yesterday and afterwards he decided that he was going to focus on building an army of Chaos Space Marines and that would be his tag in the future. This is not … Continue reading →

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Reunited

Posted on July 24, 2010 by matt

Today I moved about 150 kgs of my gaming collection to my house from my parents house. Keen-eyed geeks will be able to easily identify some of the game books here and some of you will even be upset at … Continue reading →

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Bug Eyed Monsters

Posted on July 6, 2010 by matt

From Beyond the Beyond at Wired. See More.

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2010 has been shit for gaming so far

Posted on April 20, 2010 by matt

Not much gaming this year so far. But we did watch [•REC]2. Which scared the bejasus out of me just the same way [•REC] did. Except for the ending which I didn’t like. This week is going to be a … Continue reading →

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Tax breaks for UK Video Games Companies

Posted on March 25, 2010 by matt

So yeah, talk to me if you need game ideas. I’m rarin’ to go. That’s what LateGaming is – it’s an idea factory.

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The Doctor has arrived!

Posted on December 17, 2009 by matt

It arrived. And I’ve been preparing. I’ved watched five episodes of Torchwood (the Children of Earth miniseries) as well as four episodes of Tom Baker’s Doctor (Robot) and a few episodes of Tennant’s Doctor (Silence in the Library, Stolen Earth). … Continue reading →

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Explanation

Posted on May 10, 2009 by matt

[Fake Scotty accent] We had a database crash here. We’re still pickin up the pieces down here… [\fake Scotty accent]

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QABAL – a brief history of Magic

Posted on February 11, 2009 by matt

The beginning of time In those days giants walked the earth and fought with the gods. Secrets were passed from the gods to man through Thoth, Prometheus and Hermes Trismegistus – Secrets of fire, science and magic. 350 BC Plato … Continue reading →

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