by Will Hindmarch | Dec 22, 2008 | Fantasy, MMOs, Promotion, RPGs
The game I’ve been playing the most, without a doubt, and for something like the past year, is Lord of the Rings Online. I’ve written about it around here before, and I’ll write about it again soon. More fun than reading about the game, though, is...
by Will Hindmarch | Oct 31, 2008 | MMOs, Musing, RPGs
At first, I just thought it was Jay Bushman tweeting The War of the Worlds in honor of the holiday, but I see I was wrong. It’s actually a massively multiplayer online roleplaying game taking place via Twitter: see it in action here. Participants are playing...
by Will Hindmarch | Oct 25, 2008 | Fantasy, MMOs, Musing, Promotion, RPGs, Writing
This week I’ve been guest-blogging over at Ecstatic Days, the excellent blog of literary-fantasy writer, anthologist, and world traveler, Jeff VanderMeer. While my posts over there focus mostly on writing and neurosis, I’ve also written a bit about the...
by Jesse Scoble | Sep 25, 2008 | MMOs, Video Games, Writing
Today, a GenCon follow-up piece from guest contributor Jesse Scoble. Read more of Jesse on his website, at www.jscoble.com. Last month I was lucky enough to attend GenCon, and I caught one of the “Pencils to Pixels” panels (apologies for all alliteration),...
by Will Hindmarch | Sep 11, 2008 | MMOs, RPGs, Storyteller's Dilemma Series
My new table-top RPG group hasn’t gotten together for a month now. In fact, we’ve only played twice so far. Finagling our grown-up schedules and managing the physical distance between our physical selves is just plain complicated. There are jobs and meals...
by Will Hindmarch | Apr 18, 2008 | MMOs, Musing, Video Games
I’ve hit a wall. Though I’ve been paying for it, I haven’t played Lord of the Rings Online in weeks. I’ve been busy, but I’d been busy before. So why haven’t I been playing? It is a unique, MMOG-centric experience to hit a point...
