Category: pontificating
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A Middle-aged Man Returns to Viriconium
Viriconium comic, in German, by Dieter Judt Deep in work-work and in lieu of anything new to say, I’m rehashing this passage from my personal blog. When I discovered the OSR 18 months ago, it surprised and pleased me to discover how much influence M John Harrison (or at least his Viriconium sequence) seemed to have over the…
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Kickstarter or bust?
Yesterday’s news that Kickstarter are moving to become a Blockchain platform has hit the indie gaming community like a bomb. Many people I know immediately declared that they were leaving the platform, others (me included) are very confused/torn on the issue. My just-completed Kickstarter campaign for Mostly Harmless Meetings was more successful than I had…
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Magic in the Real World
Mumufication As players of fantasy games, we are all familiar with the concept of magic, but how many of us believe that magic exists in the “real world”. I do. Allow me to clarify… At university, I was taught by the amazing Professor Susan Blackmore. Sue taught me many lessons, and introduced me to the…
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FTFA*
* Fuck The Fucking Acronyms**** Yes pedants, <whiny voice>it’s an intialism not an acronym</whiny voice>. That’s not how English works. My spell checker doesn’t even recognise the word “initialism” and neither does 99% of the population TL;DR – Old Man Shouts at Clouds Ever since I rediscovered gaming and the OSR (which I always assume…