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Indie Game Roundup: Common’Hood, Dysmantle, The Mad Wizard, and Littlewood

In which I offer short reviews of the indie titles Littlewood, Common'Hood, The Mad Wizard, and Dysmantle

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Video Game History: The First Console Generation

Following the smash success of Pong in the arcades, Atari was ill-equipped to meet the demand for a home version, creating a market need.

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Look, I want to like Wizardry

Thoughts on the foundational CRPG Wizardry, a game I was fascinated with as a kid but never got around to playing

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Reading Old Comics

My prime comics-reading years were something like 1986 to 1995 or so – not that I stopped reading them in ’95, but I stopped collecting

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Matter of Import #102: Birdiy

No, that title isn't a misspelling, the game is called "Birdiy." You play a momma bird looking to feed your chicks until they're eaten by rats

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Adapting Kid N’ Play’s “2 Hype” as an RPG scenario

I take a random album and use it as inspiration for Power Ballad, my tabletop RPG campaign. This week’s was Kid N Play's "2 Hype."

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Adapting DEVO’s “Freedom of Choice” as an RPG scenario

I take a random album and use it as inspiration for Power Ballad, my tabletop RPG campaign. This week's was DEVO's "Freedom of Choice."

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Power Ballad – A musically inspired Feng Shui 2e RPG campaign

Power Ballad is a post apocalyptic Feng Shui tabletop RPG setting inspired by heavy metal album covers and wicked cool van art.

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Power Ballad Campaign Design

Power Ballad is a tabletop roleplaying campaign inspired by heavy metal album covers and rad van art.

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A long and twisty road to narrative design

This is going to get a little autobiographical, so bear with me.

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