by Will Hindmarch | Jun 18, 2008 | Books, Musing, RPGs
While I don’t always agree with Alt Text’s Lore Sjöberg, today he’s got a stellar parody of RPG forum behavior (in some circles) rendered as a reaction to a cookbook, so today I do. It stings with familiarity. We’re not all like this, but...
by Jeff Tidball | Mar 28, 2008 | Books, Conventions, Musing, RPGs
I recently finished reading Scott McCloud’s Making Comics. McCloud also wrote Understanding Comics, which, if you haven’t read it, which pop culture have you been living in, exactly? Near the end of Making Comics, in his chapter about having and developing...
by Will Hindmarch | Feb 7, 2008 | Books, Horror, RPGs, Story
Whether you already have First Person and Second Person or not (getting them eventually should be a foregone conclusion), Electronic Book Review’s collection of articles from the books is a must-read trove of cunning essays. In addition to those, my essay from...
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 Jeff Tidball | Nov 16, 2007 | Books, Promotion
I didn’t pimp this anywhere else prior to its release, or even when it came out, so I’m forgiven for bringing it up now: Check out Green Ronin’s Hobby Games: The 100 Best. Its 100 essays (with bonus foreward, afterward, and introduction!) each make...
