by Will Hindmarch | Dec 28, 2007 | Board Games, Fantasy, Miniatures, Websites
Dreamblade’s online demo is much better than the live demo I played back at Gen Con SoCal (and wrote about here). It does a lot of things right, from letting the newbie player make a few mistakes without affecting the flow of the game to offering bits of advice....
by Will Hindmarch | Dec 21, 2007 | Books, Fantasy, MMOs, Video Games
A screenshot of Weathertop in Lord of the Rings Online, taken from actual play.Out of curiosity, ever since the first day I played LOTRO, back in August, I’ve been informally polling players in the game with a few questions. I’ve asked on open channels,...
by Will Hindmarch | Dec 19, 2007 | RPGs, Story, Video Games
You’ve read the same kinds of opinions that I have regarding RPGs, especially D&D, versus MMORPGs. Specifically, I’m thinking about the opinions that say, “If all I wanted to do was walk a bunch of miniature figures through a dungeon, fighting...
by Will Hindmarch | Nov 19, 2007 | Props, RPGs, Video Games, Wii
The Ghostbusters’ proton-pack is the fantasy device second-most-urgently calling out to be adapted to the wiimote, right after the lightsaber. Good news, then, that Ghostbusters 3 will be a video game. Though we’ll see versions for the 360, PS3, PS2 and...
by Will Hindmarch | Nov 15, 2007 | Board Games, Conventions, Miniatures, MMOs, Musing
On consoles, I play a lot more demos than I do full games. This is due mostly to the likes of Xbox magazine and the many free demos available on the likes of Xbox Live — but what makes a good video game demo is a mile away from what makes a good tabletop game demo....
