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ARGCommentaryGame DesignThe Great Game

The Great Game

mattNov 15, 2008Aug 15, 20115 Comments on The Great Game
Alternate Reality Games (or Layered Reality Games) are going to be big. When someone mentions ARGs, I always think of...
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MerchandiseZombi

Zombi Ts…

mattNov 14, 2008
To coincide with the next printing of Zombi and the ‘very soon’ release of the PDF version, we’ve put some...
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CONTROLGame Design

6 – Terminology

mattNov 11, 2008
(Though I’m still unsure of the final name to call this game, for the time being I’m going to be...
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Game DesignHyperLocal

Viking Ghost Hunt – a ‘hyperlocal’ Dublin-based game

mattNov 10, 20081 Comment on Viking Ghost Hunt – a ‘hyperlocal’ Dublin-based game
While down at the National Digital Research Centre last week, I saw a brief presentation from two Dutch guys, Soren...
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Game DesignLateGamingLayoutZombi

Fonts, fonts, my kingdom….

mattNov 10, 2008Nov 10, 2008
I’m having trouble identifying a font I used for the original printing of ZOMBI and this is the replacement I...
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LateGamingZombi

zombi

mattNov 9, 2008
I’ve spent the last week working on the PDF version of zombi. I’ve been updating bits and pieces as well,...
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Supers

Superheroics

mattNov 8, 2008Nov 8, 2008
I’ve been reading a lot and prepping my ‘superhero’ game and though I love the concept of GODLIKE and Wild...
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23rd LetterGame DesignWriting

The WhiteChapel Project

mattOct 25, 2008Nov 10, 2008
The Project in Whitechapel was formed in September 1941 as a subsection of the Special Operations Executive (SOE). The SOE...
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Two Worlds

Two Worlds: A State of Frenzy

mattOct 13, 2008
“We’re doomed I tell you. That planet is hurtling through space towards the Earth and we haven’t the power to...
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Two Worlds

Two Worlds

mattOct 6, 2008
What if Prospero didn’t just loop through time and space but also dimensions? What if it revealed to the modern...
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Commentary

It’s been slow here…

mattOct 5, 20081 Comment on It’s been slow here…
…and I apologise. From June last year until July this year I was working in a very low creativity (but...
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ArtCommentaryCoolGame DesignReviewWriting

MURDERDROME: iPhone comic reader BANNED!

mattAug 25, 20083 Comments on MURDERDROME: iPhone comic reader BANNED!
Wednesday afternoon I popped round to Paul’s house for a quick chat (and a couple of headache tablets) and I...
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Cool

Dectet

mattAug 23, 20081 Comment on Dectet
The Decktet is a deck of cards with suits, ranks, and named images. It is structurally unlike ordinary poker and...
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Status: Refugee

Status: Refugee – alternative theory?

mattJul 4, 20081 Comment on Status: Refugee – alternative theory?
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Cool

Government scrambles to conceal UFO

mattJun 25, 20081 Comment on Government scrambles to conceal UFO
On June 20th, there was a report of a UFO over England. Today the BBC announced that it was a...
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LateGamingPrintingZombi

Zombi – out of stock at Key20!

mattJun 25, 20088 Comments on Zombi – out of stock at Key20!
I’m somewhat incredulous that Zombi is now out of stock at Key20 and will be preparing another shipment in the...
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Qabal

I have a pretty strong stomach…

mattJun 20, 20081 Comment on I have a pretty strong stomach…
…but this revolts me: A BOY of seven was kept chained in a cellar by his cannibal family — as...
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Commentary

D&D 4th Edition … now with more!

AJJun 17, 20083 Comments on D&D 4th Edition … now with more!
I had a poke through a friend’s copy of 4th Edition D&D. It seems it has been genericised to the...
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Commentary

Sarcasm

mattJun 14, 2008
Sarcastic quotes made me laugh this morning. Thanks to @darrylxxx for the link.
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Frontier

Frontier ‘look and feel’

mattJun 11, 20084 Comments on Frontier ‘look and feel’
More of a precis to get the feel across. There are a few themes that I am exploring here. And...
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