Posted in Gaming, tagged hope, sexy on Thursday, 30 July 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yeah, it is called fantasy for a reason…
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Posted in Gaming, tagged games, video, virtual reality, zombies on Wednesday, 24 June 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is simply stunning. Using this hand held thing with a screen, they are able to create virtual reality right in front of you that reacts to your actions. Imagine putting his on some of those video glasses people are using on planes now, it would be full immersion in the real world. My mind [...]
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Well, I sat at my computer for a long time today working on various Army things. Occasionally the mind would wander (hence the sub-title of the site) and I started thinking about gaming and me. I once heard a very wise man say “Stick to what you know.” I think he was talking about writing [...]
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I have had a love/hate relationship with Risus for about three years now. For the longest time I struggled to find any brave souls to attempt this unique game system with me. When I finally did, well, I hated it. This was partly due to a misunderstanding between a player and I. I wanted Risus [...]
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Hello all, guest-poster Crazybear here. I have a one and half year old daughter that loves all things Dora the Explorer, so I get to watch it all the time. Since I watch it frequently, I began to think of it like a role-playing game. I can definately see the potential of a kiddy RPG based around Dora and her adventures. She is all the time solving puzzles or riddles, going up against trolls and other baddies, and traveling to some destination. In honor of this, I give you the Risus version of Dora the Explorer and Boots her monkey companion.
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Posted in Gaming, Risus, tagged Burning Wheel, failure, failure mechanics, game master, game theory, Mouse Guard, participation trophy, Risus on Saturday, 13 June 2009 | Leave a Comment »
No, this is not a statement on our societies need to claim that no one is a failure, everyone is good and should get a participation trophy….then again, perhaps they are related. “Little Johny, you didn’t fail! You made an interesting twist!” Yeah you still suck at baseball, take your participation ribbon kid.
Instead, this is [...]
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