Multiplayer, cloud-based, electrojargon-y internet-y games.
It’s easy to bring creatives and managers together in a fiction-based media venture by emphasizing “story.” A supposed story focus makes writers feel good because they can take credit for it, and managers feel good because (aside from the fact…
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Hi folks,
I’ve been pretty sick for about a month off and on due to strep. That’s why this blog’s been silent. What’s going on?
Aeternal Legends: It’s available in print and PDF, still. Stew and I are slowly talking…
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I was going through some old hard drives with an IDE/SATA to USB converter (thanks to Stew and others for advice on this) and the feel of it — seeing/hearing/feeling a chunk of weighty metal rev up thanks to the…
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Tags: cyberpunk, Online RPGs, RPG design
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Between the CCP/White Wolf announcement and the obvious rise of e-publishing as a vital component in the industry it’s time to ask: What should electronically delivered tabletop RPGs look like?
The Current Formula
Electronic implementation is currently a…
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Tags: RPG Culture, RPG design, social gaming, Social Media
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James Mishler thinks he knows where tabletop RPGs are going. So do a whole bunch of people. Nobody’s shy about holding forth on the One Truth. Or another One Truth. Whatever; there can only be one. The tabletop hobby will…
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Tags: RPG Culture, Social Media
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Aspergers and other high-functioning points on the autistic spectrum are associated with nerdy pursuits, but that’s not the point of this post. That’s usually slung around as pop psychology (which this post can be accused of – that’s pretty much…
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Tags: RPG Culture, RPG design, Social Media
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With the Venice Chronicles Beta out, I thought I’d talk a bit about how it got put together. I’m oing to start with a chat about the online medium.
Those of who’ve been following my thoughts on RPGs know that…
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Tags: Online RPGs, RPG design, Social Media
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Digital Service Combines Roleplaying and Next-Generation Social Networks, Begins Open Beta
Mob United Media has completed the first stage of content creation and development for Inter-Canel’s Venice Chronicles: the first application to integrate roleplaying and social…
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Tags: Online RPGs, RPG design, Social Media
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This is the cutting edge of DIY roleplaying, whether you would personally enjoy it or not.
So what are you going to do?
Selected quotes:
“Sorry, we do not accept original characters.”
“A BLEACH/NARUTO/YUYUHAKUSHO Role-play community based on the movie…
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Tags: RPG Culture, Social Media
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