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Recommend Me Comics!
I mentioned recently that I was running a superhero campaign with Truth & Justice. I have one major problem when it comes to this campaign, which I don’t have when I write post-apocalypse, high fantasy or historic games – I … Continue reading
The Future of Video-Games – The Open World
Every generation of games has it’s hallmark. The second generation of games systems were characterised by platformers such as Donkey Kong and the Mario games, the fifth generation, which included the PS1, Dreamcast, N64 and Windows 95 PCs saw the … Continue reading
Posted in Computing, Culture, Gaming, Non-RPG, RPG Bloggers
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D&DI: Digital Revolution or Damp Squib?
The advert of the ‘Digital Age’ has been heralded by various soothsayers of the tech and media industries as the greatest revolution in printing since the invention of moveable type in the 15th century. They have a point: typesetting is … Continue reading
Posted in 4E D&D, Computing, Culture, RPG Bloggers
Tagged D&D, D&DI, digital media, Dungeons & Dragons, dungeons & Dragons Insider, Games Workshop, magazines, media, Warhammer, White Dwarf, wizards of the coast
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The Web 2.0 Generation
Twelve years ago, I knew exactly two buildings that were connected to the internet, household wireless internet connections were non-existent and at certain times of the day, your internet connection detectably slowed down as the server loads increased. By 2005, … Continue reading
Posted in Computing, Politics
Tagged Computing, history, internet, social networking, sociology, technology, web 2.0
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