(Via Story Games:) Rebecca Borgstrom has released “Unlikely Flowerings”, the first part of the long-awaited Society of Flowers supplement for
Week in Review
Not a ton to say, really. Kate might disagree, but it doesn’t feel as though a lot’s been going on
“All right, you rudimentary-lathe people have gone too far.” (Galactic: introduction and Session One)
I’m really not going to be able to do the Galactic game justice with an Actual Play report. First, we’ve
“Let’s not create a WoW-widow before we even get married, hmm?”
… or, to be fair, a Gaming-widow in general. I’ve been giving my Google-calendar a workout for the last couple
Fiddling with my global cooldown
Cooldown: n. MMO-related. A period of wait time before a spell, ability or power can be used after that same
Almost suspiciously perfect
A job opening posted by Blizzard Entertainment. I’ll boldface the requirements I meet. Responsibilities: * Contribute to the written development
New TV spot for LotRO shows Ordinary People getting their MMO on
Quite a lot of fun: I like the sense that it’s just regular people, going about their day, and the
Week in Review
Tabletop Got everyone together for the third installment of our Galactic semi-playtest this Sunday. Despite horrendous paint fumes and a
Week in Review: Done with PvP
Okay, that’s not entirely true. I like WoW battlegrounds. I like WoW Arena. I even like flagging myself for PvP
Week in Review
Just a quickie. MMO: WoW Grezzk This was kind of an exciting week with the guild, as we expanded our
WoW, that’s a big number
WoW breaks 10-million subscribers. Blizzard also explicitly defined who it counted as subscribers, clarifying that the 10 million number (2.5
Week in Review
MMO – WoW Grezzk – level 70 (effective level: 117) Most of my time on Grezzk has been spent on
Sillof’s Workshop: Reimagining your Childhood
I’m not sure who this mad, mad genius is, but I can’t argue with the results. Boing Boing linked to
Dragonlance Animated Movie: first one released in a few days.
Holy crap. Holy CRAP. Okay, the animation isn’t great, but the voices are pretty good. Why am I so excited?
Aggro and You (and you… and you… and you)
I really enjoy Lord of the Rings Online as a game and as an immersive Tolkien-geek experience, both because of
Week in Review: Online
Didn’t have any face to face RPG goodness going on this week (and yes, I know I have yet to
Building Excitement
It is a very special kind of activity that, when discussed (even in the abstract) via any medium, actually makes
Week in Review
Tabletop Sunday’s Galactic session (which was the second gaming session, and the third session if you count chargen) was covered
Motivation in Games
Penny Arcade discusses why people play games. Kate said to me “yeah, I definitely play to explore the game —
Week in Review
This one will be brief. I’ll got into more detail in some following posts. Tabletop: Galactic We played our first
Week in Review
No face to face gaming this last weekend (pretty much everyone was gone or busy), but a fair bit of
Getting over the New-guy Wall
After a long dry spell, I feel pretty good with the guild Grezzk joined a couple months ago. MMOG is
Galactic: characters and everything else
So, this part is going to be very sketchy. For more information on the characters, the setting, the worlds, and
So let’s talk about Galactic.
Then Isabel, seeing before all others that the Scourge would indeed be the end of Humanity, did gather up the
Game Mechanics that set the tone
So I’m musing about game mechanics; have been for the last couple weeks, actually, because I’m playing a lot of
Galactic: good for the brain, bad for the eyes
I was going to write up a post about the character/universe generation for the Galactic game from this weekend (a
“I got Girl Cooties” (Weekend in Review, the MMO post)
Figured I’d split this up into two posts, since I have a lot to post about the face to face
Religion in Gaming
We need more Starbucks: the character, not the coffee. An interesting take on probably the most believably religious character in
Year in review
Yes, I know it’s not the end of the year yet, but since the holidays typical kill my gaming, I’m
So Conflicted
The Zombie Fluxx card games combines a great love and a great hate of mine. Love: Zombies. Man, I likes