Her
I was lucky to see a preview screening of Spike Jonze’s Her, and like plenty of people, I loved it. I wasn’t sure if I was going to, but I did, and the reasons why are perhaps interesting, since...
View ArticleOn spoilers
Everyone’s going on about spoilers at the moment, and I feel a little strongly about them (relatively, I mean I don’t consider it an issue of social justice or anything). So I’d just like to reiterate...
View ArticleShipping it like FedEx (and the consequences)
I’m currently watching Adventure Time series three (I’ve been waiting for the full seasons to come out on Blu-Ray), and really dug the episode “What Was Missing”. It kind of brings some closure to the...
View Article#RPGaDAY 1, 2 & 3: Catching up
There’s a lovely initiative during August (the month of GenCon, the big tabletop games convention in the US) to write about an RPG each day, according to a schedule of prompts. My schedule being what...
View ArticleFighting back against arts cuts
I wrote an original version of this post on Facebook, then decided it should live here instead. So I cut and pasted it. Or at least, I cut it. Oh the irony. Here’s version two. So I’m pretty angry...
View ArticleTrying to play more games
I spend a lot of time around games, but I seldom get to play them – except for ones I have installed on my phone. (On that score I’ve enjoyed The Guild of Dungeoneering, Futurama: Game of Drones and I...
View ArticleEnding the year with a bang!
I’m coming to the end of my time writing a videogame with Tin Man Games; it’s not yet been officially announced, so I can’t talk about it in specifics, but it’s been a great project to work on. My...
View Article200 Word RPG 2018
This is a yearly contest for roleplaying games which…well, it does what it says on the tin. I’ve had a few ideas over the last few years but this is the first one I’ve written and submitted. Note that...
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