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Role-playing games can be art
Role-playing games can be art if the people involved wish them to be. My justification for this statement is that I will have a fucking tantrum and bite holes in my game books if I'm wrong. -
Game Theory with Mike McCall - The Threefold Approach Model
Like a few, and unlike many, I spend a great deal of time thinking about how to play role-playing games. What makes them fun? How do we make a more-fun game? What problems can arise? Etc. etc. I have my own set of theories, influenced by, but strongly separated from, anything I've seen out there. I'm going to start chronicling my theories, because ( Read more... ) -
Gary Gygax Is Dead - He Has Forfeited His Opinion
Okay, so...
There is a poster (Old Geezer) on RPGNet who played with Gary Gygax. He is an old-school gamer. He is fond of posting "kill them and take their stuff" as a solution (mostly as a joke). He is intolerant of theory-discussion, in favour of "sit down and play - anything else is a waste of your time".
A guy is trying to figure out how to pare ( Read more... ) -
Pointless Troll Post
Why are you so stupid?
Yes, you.
No, I don't really mean this. I just need to get the desire to be antagonistic out of my system in a place where it's easily ignorable. -
Another Pronouncement
A few years ago, I banned d20 from my home, because I was sick of a particular attitude that was attached to it. I'm going to do something similar, except I'm going to ban the attitude - or rather, its expression ( Read more... ) -
Pardon my rant, Please
It is not "just gaming". It is something I am interested in and passionate about. I have more'n a couple of those ( Read more... ) -
Random: Superman is NOT a dick!
Random spaz attack brought me to thinking about that past phenomenon - Superdickery.com. And not just it, but all the baggage that goes along with it ( Read more... ) -
Me, LARP at FRAG, and Dilemma
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Random Ranting
A thread on RPGNet has gotten me annoyed. Now, I'm not annoyed at it for any good reason. I'm annoyed at it because it pushes my buttons ( Read more... )