For years, gamers have laughed about video games that include a huge overarching plot of critical importance and then let players run around exploring rather than attending to the matter at hand. The realm is being attacked by demons from Oblivion and our hero spends days picking flowers. The Collectors are ravaging civilizations and the […]

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Until the current console generation, I’d not gotten into the Zelda games. But when I tried out Twilight Princess, I fell in love. You’ll notice that when I listed my top five favorite games, Twilight Princess was number five. “So!”, I said, “This is what all the fuss is about. Zelda games are awesome! I […]

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Dungeon’s Master does a monthly series called “RPG Blog Carnival”, and although I generally don’t write about D&D stuff, this month’s topic intrigued me, and I felt compelled to participate. The article asks blog authors to look at a real-life person, living or dead, and re-imagine him or her as a character in an RPG. […]

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I’ve just had a thought. An idea. I have an idea. This site has been langushing for some time. My own writings have been entirely uninspired over the past year, and I’ve often considered shutting this site down. The main reason I haven’t is because I really like the site’s design, the random header and […]

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