Author: doycet

I first read the phrase in Nobilis, but this quote from Mike Holmes breaks it down the best for me:

Most folks have been mentioning this for a year, but I’m just getting caught up: Five Geek Social Fallacies Geek

Every time I give up on Capes and say “You know what? I just don’t know if it’s something I’ll

Another quote from the Fruitful Void thread, and this one is awesome. Both Narrativism and Gamism strike me as “dilemma”

anyway: The Fruitful Void in Game Design A game design must demand that its human audience reach into it to

TonyLB starts a conversation about the Social Footprint inherent in various game and non-game activities — the potential time required

“Every game works better when the players trust each other enough to fully get into collaborative retelling of the world.

I’m just saying… I know how those people who restore historical buildings feel. Except… more blind.

Okay, I can’t leave this alone yet, so… check it. Let’s say we want to chart coherently Narrativist games on

You know… all this searching for common language in terms of game-stuff made me realize something else. I might never

Over in the chocolate/peanut butter post, MT said: I keep thinking that there are challenges that were made by players

So… driving home after the Shab al-Hiri Roach game (which I still haven’t written about. :P), I had this simple

me: hi 🙂     sorry,     writing big comments. Kate: i saw some of ’em.     My eyes glazed over…     🙂 me: Yep.

Awhile back, I posted a question up to the story games site, esentially asking seriously, how many sessions have your

So… after playing the Shab all-Hiri Roach tonight (which was fun and a really good time for all) and discussing

Randy and I were talking last night, and I mentioned Capes — parenthetically commenting that it and games like it

Over here, one of the Jason’s poses the question “What is your ‘Thing’.” What he means is… well, he gives

You shall have joy, or you shall have power, said God; you shall not have both. — Ralph Waldo Emerson