August 2004
The Mobile Platform Wars, Part Deux
Thu, 08/12/2004 - 19:40 — Anonymous...talking about server-side platforms here, not platform in the sense of hardware.
...New York Waterway Censors RPGs?
Wed, 08/11/2004 - 19:45 — AnonymousThis has me rather annoyed.... Apparently a fellow carrying a White Wolf book (Exalted: The Abyssals) was hassled by security while boarding a New York Waterway ferry from Jersey to the city.
...German Boardgames as Fraud
Tue, 08/10/2004 - 22:42 — AnonymousGreg Aleknevicus at The Games Journal has a long piece entitled "German Boardgames Are Fraudulent," a title he acknowledges is purposefully inflammatory, in which he argues, in essence, that German boardgames (or Eurogames, to use a broader term) are bad because they graft an arbitrary set of game mechanics onto a
...Amazon Recommendations
Mon, 08/09/2004 - 23:32 — AnonymousI used to think this was somewhat useful, and cool technology. I am now having my doubts.Over the last several years, I have bought from Amazon: 1. Many books on game design and development. 2. A fair bit of science fiction--mostly either technologically edgy or British. 3. Quite a lot of books about the circus (don't ask).
...Internet Archive to Preserve Games
Sat, 08/07/2004 - 15:01 — AnonymousNow this is tres cool: the Internet Archive has established a program called the Classic Software Preservation project to preserve older software, focussing on computer games.
...PARANOIA XP GOES GOLD
Thu, 08/05/2004 - 19:52 — AnonymousPARANOIA XP GOES GOLDInternet Technologies Revolutionize Roleplaying Game DevelopmentNew York/Austin/Swindon -- Aug 5, 2004FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMongoose Publishing Ltd. and the creators of Paranoia XP announced today that the new version of the classic tabletop roleplaying game had "gone gold," and would be released in time for GenCon 2004.
...Sabotaged by Spam
Thu, 08/05/2004 - 17:36 — AnonymousI suppose I shouldn't complain overmuch, given that I purposefully chose about the cheapest hosting place I could find.Nonetheless:
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