Rowling channelled Lucas?
(I’d attribute this but it was passed to me and no-one seems to know…)
Heroics, Risk and immersion.
James “JimJamJom Jimbo” Wallis writes about Heroics: Of course, a lot depends on how the player views their avatar, whether...
Rowling casts Evil Eye on Hindi festival
A Hindi community is being targetted by Warner Bros and the Rowling estate for infringement because they’re building a huge...
Rolled up a superhero character?
Flight? Check… Agility? Uh… Strength? Um… Energy Attack? Ah… Reactions? Well, you see… So we have Flight. Cool.
post-apocalyptic rainstorms
The atmosphere is becoming more humid in a pattern consistent with man-made climate change, researchers have found. “This confirmation that...
Your rights … under Section 44 of the UK Anti-Terrorism Act
This kind of thing gives me the shivers. Two disabled blokes were detained by UK police for suspiciously opening a...
Bad Halo Reviews? Bungie leaving the Evil Empire?
Pardon my French, but this is fucking mint. Escapist’s Yahtzee reviews Halo 3. It made me chuckle and made her-indoors...
Even more on Sexism
Okay…. From the Wonderland blog: While we’re debating the use of English pronouns in RPG books, we find that Ubisoft...
Jame’s Herbert’s ’48. A review.
I recently read James Herbert’s ’48 which is a post-World War II version of a few post-apocalyptic stories. It was...
Natural Wonders
The Giant’s Causeway is one of the most astounding natural formations in Northern Ireland. This got me thinking about the...
A Guide to Britain, for Americans.
It’s funny 🙂 You will find British people very polite. Here are some of our quaint phrases; if you learn...
Being moody sucks.
I’ve been a grumpy bastard all day and the kids just turned what was already going to be unpleasant for...
More on Sexism
This time it seems to center around the use of the English language (which does not have a gender neutral...
Crucible Design’s Games on Sale at Key20.
After what seems an age, the first roleplaying games I wrote are on sale again at Key20 SpaceNinjaCyberCrisis XDO The...
What other cultures can we suppress?
A disturbing development: The fashion chain Zara has withdrawn a handbag from its stores after a customer pointed out that...
He said, do you speaka my language? (Foreign RPGs)
I’ve bought a few foreign language games in the past – a few French games (Humanydyne, Vermine, In Nomine Satanis,...
I haven’t eaten anything since later this afternoon.
I’ve been thinking a lot about the Time Killers game – mostly about whether or not there is room for...
I tolerate this century but I don’t enjoy it.
Jim passed me this link about Pretend to be a Time Traveller Day.. Now imagine mixing this with KILLER and...
An update and also “Under Development”
These are the games I’m currently working on – as in trying to spend an hour every night writing something,...
Proof of the Matrix: The Roger Paradox
To be honest it eludes me…how anyone could hold a baby in their arms and be drunk in by their...
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