If you’re on the hunt for the coolest accessories in gaming–you know, those things that you don’t need to play a game but which make it so much better–be sure to stop by Gamer Bling. The site has a growing list of reviews of cool bits for your tabletop games, and it’s blessed with a self-deprecating sense of humor to …
Matthew’s Miles
John Passarella writes award-winning horror novels, along with the occasional Buffy book (which is how I know him, through the IAMTW). He’s also a husband and the father of three kids, the eldest of whom (Matthew) has a brain tumor he’s been battling for over six years. Matthew is on the road to recovery now, after nearly seven years of …
Roll 100d6, Please
Today’s e-mail from my favorite online shopping site, dealnews.com, came with a listing for 100 tiny six-sided dice for only $1.90, including shipping. There’s a game in there somewhere. (I know, I know. It’s Champions.) Better yet, they go down in price if you buy in bulk. You could get, for instance, 1,000 dice for only $13.20, plus $1.70 for …
User-Generated Games
There’s a lot of talk these days in the computer game industry about user-generated content. It’s done a tremendous amount for online communities, like Second Life, which is sometimes billed as a game but is more of a toy. Case in point is Metaplace, the new venture from Raph Koster, author of A Theory of Fun for Game Design. It’s …
ARGs Against Cancer
Via my pal James Wallis comes a note from Adrian Hon (James’s partner at the wailing-new Six to Start) about a project dedicated to concocting a brand-new Alternate Reality Game designed to raise money for cancer research. You can find out all the details at LetsChangeTheGame.org. In short, they’re asking for 500-word game concepts. They’ll pick the best and give …
Happy October
Fall is on the way, although you might not know it around here yet. Still, October’s started now, which means Halloween, that horrific holiday, is just around the corner. On that note, a friend of mine dropped me an interesting link for something called Fighting the Dead. At the moment, there’s not much to see, just creepy sounds and images, …
The Boys of September
Last night, I hit my first Major League Baseball game in years. For his birthday, Bill Bodden wanted to see the Brewers take on the Cardinals in the last desperate stretch of this year’s pennant race, and he invited John Kovalic, Jim Lowder, and me to join him. We met up at Adventures in Gaming and carpooled down to the …
Sicko
On Sunday, my wife and I went to see Michael Moore‘s new film, Sicko. Going to school at the University of Michigan, I’ve followed Moore’s career since Roger and Me. I don’t always agree with his points (although he often has good ones) or how he drives them home (I don’t think his stunts are as effective as letting others …
Play DTD
To show my support for PlayThisThing.com, I wrote a short rave about Desktop Tower Defense, a nifty and addictive Flash game you can play in any browser. Be sure to check it out and then play the game too!
Play This Thing!
If you’re a gaming omnivore like me, be sure to check out PlayThisThing.com. It features daily bits about all sorts of games that don’t qualify for mainstream coverage (e.g., things you’d see in electronic gaming print magazines). Manifesto Games, which is run by Greg Costikyan and my fellow Alliterates member Johnny Wilson, stands behind it, and you can expect their …