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Thief : a book review
So how much would you sacrifice to win your heart's desire? Read Thief and discover just how far Sevy was willing to go.
Continue reading...Gaming in the Classroom?
12. July 2010
I've always thought there should be some educational/non-violent/classroom based RPG. Kids deserve that opportunity to expand their imaginations, and why shouldn't learning be fun?
Continue reading...Go Mutants! A retro-future, teen angst, mutant love story
17. June 2010
Go Mutants! arrived on my doorstep not to long ago and I was, on opening the package, immediately struck by two facts. Fact #1 - James Dean with a giant brain and no hair. Fact #2 - Oh my god I never new it but I've been waiting for this book for years! If I had to describe this book in one word, I'd use the word "romp" because that's what it is. Like a happy puppy it runs through B-movie camp, teen angst, singing the blues like you mean it and countless references to the pop culture of a bygone age.
Continue reading...Reviews & Ideas: Abraham Lincoln – Vampire Hunter
2. June 2010
Using novels to spark imagination and develop questions for RPG world-building.
Continue reading...The Shattered Glass Project – Jess Hartley, her readers and nothing in between
12. May 2010
Jess Harley is a familiar name to many gamers and has an impressive resume when it comes to designing and writing for the RPG industry and can also be heard on the Pulp Gamer Out of Character podcast. She's also recently launched the Shattered Glass project.
Continue reading...Here there be monsters! Speculative Fiction authors make beasts.
23. April 2010
What do you get if you take some of the masters of speculative fiction and ask them to create non-existent creatures? You get some pretty freaking awesome creatures, that's what!
Continue reading...Romantically Apocalyptic is the snaziest web comic you’re not reading
2. April 2010
Romantically Apocalyptic is one of those internet gems that a lot more people should be aware of. RA takes place some unspecified time after a nuclear apocalypse and follows the lives of the Captain, the Pilot, the Sniper and the Engineer as they bumble through, laugh insanely at and generally try to get by in a post-nuclear wasteland.
Continue reading...This Is Not A Game
26. March 2010
I picked this up purely on the basis of my impressions of Williams’ earlier work, Hardwired. Hardwired is a book that has a fair amount of influence in the Cyberpunk genre, and Williams wrote a supplement for Cyberpunk 2020 based on Hardwired as well. Though I was expecting the book to be Cyberpunk-ish, I had no idea how much of a gamer’s book it was until I started reading it.
Continue reading...Stories with Meaning
12. March 2010
In order to create a believable world, in which characters do more than simply hack and slash, some study and research will always be needed. In fact, to create the most effective game world possible, as much effort could be required as penning a novel. Penning a novel, however, need not be done from scratch – authors do tend to have a “toolbox” of useful story elements handy to make their jobs easier.
Continue reading...Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks
10. March 2010
When I saw this book in my library, I immediately picked it up, and proceeded to blast through it in about two days. Though the book is not primarily about “gaming geeks” in a way that I was originally hoping for, it still offers an interesting trip through many avenues of fantasy fandom.
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