(with advance apologies to Songwriters: Geoffrey Downes / Trevor Charles Horn / Bruce Woolley and The Buggles for repurposing their song) Video games have certainly become a part of our cultural egregore since the release of “Periscope” by Sega in 1966. and Duck Hunt in 1969. I dare say that … Continue reading →
In an attempt to further fragment my life into neat boxes, I gave in and set up a new Twitter account today, @Weregamer1. I’m probably going to move the gaming accounts that I follow on @ashareem over to this, although there may very well be some duplication in following. Post … Continue reading →
As with many social groups, our gaming group is dealin with self-isolation during this outbreak. All of our members are in one risk group or another, due to health,age, or a family member in such category 00 many of us fall under several of the high risk categories. And so, … Continue reading →
So, we have now been back under DQ rules for a while. I do enjoy the DragonQuest system, but my gods, it is math-intensive. Fortunately, one of our players is a wizard with Excel, who has graciously prepared spreadsheets for our characters, which perform most of the heavy lifting for … Continue reading →
