the gist, tumbld
Shorter posts, notes to self, and links to various posts across various sites. If I published it somewhere, it's mentioned here. By Will Hindmarch of wordstudio.net.
I Won’t Review Crystal Skull →
A fair number of people have asked when I’ll write my review of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, knowing that I am a big, big Indiana Jones fan. This is not that review. There…
Thu 05 Jun
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Fourth Edition for the First Time →
Like a lot of people eager to get an early taste of Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition (D&D 4E), I picked up the adventure/quick-start kit Keep on the Shadowfell. Like a lot of people, I…
Tue 03 Jun
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Link: Forbes Covers D&D 4E Leak →
Perhaps to the surprise of no one but me, Forbes has covered the online leak of the D&D core rulebooks, along with some information on retailers who broke the street date for the books. Best of…
Fri 30 May
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4th Edition, From Here →
Unlike a lot of designers I know, I’ve been looking forward to the 4th Edition of Dungeons & Dragons. Unlike a lot of designers I know, I was finished with D&D v3.5 years ago. Plenty of…
Thu 29 May
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Pirates vs. Forgers: A New Name for Unauthorized Media Distribution →
This article’s been sitting in my drafts list for months. With the reports of a leaked release of the Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition printer’s files to torrents all over, though, it feels like a…
Thu 29 May
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Link: Mint 1893 Board Game →
It’s not as remarkable as discovering, say, a beautifully preserved Senet board, but for game fans this is still something. Have a look at the condition of the 1893 baseball-themed board game…
Wed 28 May
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Link: Of Dice and Men →
Did you see this yet? Clarkesworld Magazine has a great little article with quotes from modern fantasy writers about their experiences with RPGs. Do have a look: Of Dice and Men: Modern Fantasists…
Wed 28 May
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Bloody Subtext →
A while back, I made mention of some subtext in Lords Over the Damned and got asked to clarify just where some of this subtext is. At the time, I thought it was too soon to go…
Tue 27 May
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The Greedy Geek →
Perhaps “The Greedy Geek” will be the name of the bar/bookshop I one day open just so I can sit in it and read with a pint of Strongbow or Newcastle. What I read, though, is partly up to you….
Fri 23 May
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Things Current and Upcoming →
Scattershot, that’s what this is. I’m just going to quickly hit you with some of what’s happening now or is soon to come, and then get on with more regular blogging now that I’m back at my desk for…
Fri 23 May
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Seen on the Cutting-room Floor →
This text was recently cut from the project that Will and I have been working on for the past couple of months.
Don’t use a space or a hyphen when writing “roleplaying,” as in, “roleplaying…
Wed 14 May
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Ablogalypse →
The Burmese cyclone called Nargis has killed tens of thousands of people.
The earth is trembling beneath Taipei, Tokyo, Illinois and, now, a killer earthquake in China is felt in Thailand.
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Mon 12 May
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In Which I Post From Athens →
Hoping to catch up on blogging a bit, I wrote the following short notes to myself while I was in Athens, GA this weekend. They are a poor excuse for actual writing, but what’re you going to do? A…
Sun 11 May
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Where are the new fiction markets? →
Futurismic ponders the future of short fiction markets, and even recalls The Escapist’s new fiction issue along the way. This is a top that interests me a great deal these days, and there’s good links in this post.
Sun 11 May
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