Category Archives: Review

Film Review: The Illusionist

Posted on November 22, 2006 by matt

I really enjoyed this movie. It showed all of the overt magic and illusion which we would associate with stage magery albeit with the benefit of camera tricks to make them seem all the more unreal. Edward Norton plays the … Continue reading →

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Zombi Review

Posted on November 18, 2006 by matt

Jeff Rients writes about 5 old games he feels were overlooked. While I can agree with the ancient (James Bond, Lords of Creation) and the venerable (SpaceMaster) and perhaps even the weird (SenZar – though I always thought it was … Continue reading →

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Passive/Aggressive

Posted on October 2, 2006 by matt

Wow. Am I passive/aggressive? I don’t think so. Sure, I use sarcasm a lot, often in a humourous and self-deprecating way, but am I passive/aggressive? Passive/Aggressive is defined as being reluctant compliance with passive disruption. Such as if you’re forced … Continue reading →

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Games Shops in Paris

Posted on September 17, 2006 by matt

I went to two games shops in Paris and spent a little too much on books. I got some English language RPGs and could hve bought more – there’s heaps of dead-tree books that I’ve never heard of and I … Continue reading →

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Marvel Super Heroes Saga

Posted on July 21, 2006 by AJ

Both of us at lategaming are fans of Super Hero games. For Matt, it’s because he misspent his youth reading comic books. For me, it’s because they’re the pinnacle of escapism, and one of my favourite campaigns I ever played … Continue reading →

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Welcome to the new LateGaming site

Posted on July 17, 2006 by matt

This is more or less what LateGaming was meant to be. The origin of the name was because we always started a gaming session by turning up between 7 and 7:30 pm. Then we’d settle by 8 pm and finish … Continue reading →

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The Big Change

Posted on July 17, 2006 by matt

With the change of LateGaming from an old-style static site, to something a little moe dynamic and, well, content-filled, we have some administrivia to take care of first. Testament “and one day, it was the end of the world. who … Continue reading →

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About

Posted on July 17, 2006 by info

LateGaming was started in 2001 by Matt, who didn’t have a regular gaming group at the time and needed a fix for his desire to rant about role-playing games. Of course, blogging was in its infancy back then and he … Continue reading →

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