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David Arneson, co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons game, dies at 61

Games

I cannot believe another D&D creator has failed his savings throw. Having just started Dungeon Mastering for my sons and his friends – I cannot help but think that the time may have finally ended for pencil and paper games for me. Just 3 hours of play with them leaves me exhausted. I am guessing [&hellip

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The Future of Gaming

Games

How can you go wrong with a blog entry that instantly quotes both William Gibson … and Dan Quayle! Well, nevermind, but The Age has an interesting read on some future trends in gaming, with somewhat of an Australian slant but still some good insights and trend analysis. And a mention of the long hyped [&hellip

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Ling Stated it properly: D&D – Gateway Drug?

Culture, Games

Ling just sent me an email and since he did not blog it (shame on him) I will… Adam Rogers (from wired) has an article on the New York Times website that sadly/gladly reflects the life path of many of my friends and I… We started with Dungeon & Dragons almost 30 years ago and [&hellip

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Gary Gygax fails his saving throw…

Games

Truly a sad day for me and my high school friends as the great Gary Gygax (the Stan Lee of Roleplaying games) enters into the gates of Valhalla… Gary was one of the founders of the game Dungeon’s and Dragons which I spent so much time playing on the weekends as a youth… Wired reported [&hellip

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Virtual World Griefers

Games, General Cyberpunk

Interesting articles in Wired about v-world griefers, malicious or just practical jokers? I do agree with the sentiment that it really shows how serious the players take their in-game experiences through how exasperated they become. But griefing someone so much they quit a game? That ain’t good

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Reality Gaming

Games, TV/Film

Ah, another reality gaming endeavor! I keep hearing about these over the last five-ten years it seems, but not much after they actually take place. Text messages to your phone for a treasure hunt. I saw an interesting “choose your own adventure” recently (prolly Boing Boing or Gizmodo) that involved small text snippets painted on [&hellip

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World of Warcraft

Games

Ok so this is not so cyberpunk but I love this game! It looks like a new expansion pack is coming out at some point in the future (no release date). Good news – level cap moved to 80, new quests, hero class, new instances, siege weapons, destructible buildings – good fun! Read About Wrath [&hellip

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