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Category Archives: The Miscellaney
2012 Pieces on the Board
Over the past few years, I’ve spread myself a little thin, and my projects suffered for it. When I started out as a Creative Guy Who Gets Paid, I had no other job or just part time work, and was…
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Freelancing and the Scumbag Social
I don’t know Robert Schwalb except through his work, but I appreciate him sharing some hard truths about RPG freelancing. Unfortunately, that has all but invited the usual crowd of shitheels, who always leap in with the following:
- Halfassed
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Blogus Genericus
Hi folks,
Sorry I haven’t been around. I’ve been busy. I have a bunch of interests that have nothing to do with games or media nerdery; one of these caused an ulnar nerve injury, making extended typing an incredible pain…
Says It All
I’m a big fan of Nick Mamatas, and he recently wrote a bit that handily explains what I think of exhortations to have a “professional demeanour.” It’s at
http://booklifenow.com/2011/05/against-professionalism/
Hope this clears things up!
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Vampire 20th and Socializing With(out) Tears
“V20,” made me think about social systems. But the Storyteller system is just part of the inspiration. I don’t like where RPGs have been going with social systems and to my surprise, have discovered the social mechanics I like the best…
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A Lazy New Year
I took some time away from blogging to other things, and nothing. Sometimes, doing nothing is a virtue. Regularity, reliability — too often, these are the things that lead to dull-ass blog series designed to boost your searchability, and soon…
Toy Dogma 4
So last time, I stabbed at a working definition of what happens in tabletop roleplaying games:
- In TRPGs, participants communicate using rules and customs to establish details about related fictional narratives that are not yet defined.
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Tagged RPG Culture, RPG Playcraft, RPG theory, Toy Dogma
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The Zombie RPG Industry
Yeah, this is about Gareth’s big post. Once again, we’ve got big arguments about where the hobby and industry are headed just because somebody didn’t lie to you about a noncontroversial fact to get some cheap network marketing karma. There’s…
So, I Took a Break
It’s been an interesting chunk of time away from the blog. There’s so much I want to tell you about, and plenty I don’t — some insights stay on the inside. On the gaming front, I’ve been running AD&D1e with…