by Will Hindmarch | Mar 18, 2010 | Question, Story
Twitter just isn’t affording the room to answer and engage with this question the way I’d like, so I’ve brought it here: Why is the action in a game separate from the story when the action in a film is a part of it?
by Will Hindmarch | Mar 12, 2010 | Question, RPGs
A question for the weekend, folks: What’s the best currently-available RPG for a newcomer to the hobby? Better still, let’s make up an imaginary dude and find the right game for him. He’s 30, he’s never played but he’s heard tell. He...
by Will Hindmarch | Mar 11, 2010 | Board Games, card games, Promotion, Websites
Geek Dad just spotlighted a lovely looking new game, Iconica, over on their blog. The game could be great — I have no idea. What strikes me about it, what has captured my imagination, is its venue. Iconica is for sale on Etsy. I like Etsy — it’s what my wife...
by Will Hindmarch | Mar 7, 2010 | Accessories, Board Games, card games, MMOs, Question, Video Games
Every now and again, I open up my Tumblr account’s “Ask Me” feature, to get blog fodder from folks on the Internet. Last week, I got a gaming question that I thought we should talk about here. The question in question: When you play games online, the...
by Will Hindmarch | Mar 5, 2010 | Fantasy, MMOs, Musing
A few weekends ago, I started doing some quests in the Lothlórien region of LOTRO’s Middle-earth, after spending quite a bit of time away from the game. I’m in that high-level slog where I’m eking through late levels in the hopes of catching up with...
