by Will Hindmarch | May 28, 2008 | Fantasy, RPGs, Story, Writing
Did you see this yet? Clarkesworld Magazine has a great little article with quotes from modern fantasy writers about their experiences with RPGs. Do have a look: Of Dice and Men: Modern Fantasists and the Influence of Roleplaying Games I hope that’ll tide you...
by Will Hindmarch | May 1, 2008 | Horror, Musing, RPGs, Story, Writing
As a kind of author’s note, I’m cross-posting this piece I wrote on RPGnet this morning, in response to the question of resemblance between the World of Darkness (of Vampire and Changeling) and the real world. Read on after the jump. The secret monsters of...
by Will Hindmarch | Mar 25, 2008 | Board Games, RPGs, Story, Will's Thesis
Let’s take a closer look at how gameplay webs and dramatic elevation work in practice—and how these things relate to that classic icon of RPG adventure architecture: the dungeon. Scenes or encounters arranged to one side of an instigating event (fig 1.1)...
by Will Hindmarch | Mar 25, 2008 | Board Games, RPGs, Story, Will's Thesis
Let’s take a closer look at how gameplay webs and dramatic elevation work in practice—and how these things relate to that classic icon of RPG adventure architecture: the dungeon. Scenes or encounters arranged to one side of an instigating event (fig 1.1)...
by Will Hindmarch | Mar 11, 2008 | MMOs, Musing, RPGs, Story, Video Games
When we first started playing LOTRO at the White Wolf office, via a free trial, a lot of us thought (or feared) that the unavoidable public conditions of an MMO would ruin any sense of real immersion into a setting that intended to take itself seriously. We joked...
by Jeff Tidball | Feb 23, 2008 | Promotion, Story
Over at Electronic Book Review, they have a “thread” that started out being about First Person, and has now moved on to being about Second Person as well. Will made a post about their collection of fantastic essays recently. Since then, they posted...
