Category Archives: role-playing games

Keepers of the Flame: The vintage RPGs that still survive and thrive

Posted on December 10, 2017 by

I’ve been on a bit of a nostalgia kick lately, investigating (and buying) copies and components of those classic pen-and-paper role-playing games that I played or always wanted to play. Along the way, I’ve learned that quite a few of … Continue reading →

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The geometry of weird-shaped dice

Posted on March 9, 2017 by

I’ve been enjoying a bit of reminiscing about my childhood lately, hunting down old copies of role-playing games I enjoyed in my youth as well as exploring newer games that have come out since then.  One thing that has changed dramatically since … Continue reading →

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A gallery of my fantasy miniatures

Posted on May 16, 2013 by

Time for a little break from physics and fiction!  Though I haven’t been very active recently, for many years I was a hardcore gamer, playing both role-playing game and board games.  In fact, I credit much of my early aptitude … Continue reading →

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Richard Garriott on Ultima V

Posted on December 4, 2009 by

(I’m still working hard on my book!  I’ll throw a few posts out here and there as I find the time.) As a follow-up to my post on “videogames as art“, I decided to buy “The Official Book of Ultima“, … Continue reading →

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Video games as art: My favorite games that are more than just ‘point and shoot’

Posted on November 25, 2009 by

The other night, I stayed up way past my bedtime playing the finale of the video game DragonAge: Origins, the recently released fantasy role-playing game (RPG) by BioWare.  Though the game had a lot of technical limitations that drove me … Continue reading →

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Nice interviews with Richard Garriot and Lyn Evans on Vice/VBS.tv

Posted on August 12, 2009 by

A few months ago, I got a nice email from the folks at Vice Magazine/VBS.tv pointing me to a video interview they did with Richard Garriot (aka “Lord British”), the fabulously wealthy fantasy computer-gaming guru responsible for the Ultima series … Continue reading →

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Dave Arneson passes away at 61

Posted on April 9, 2009 by

And now, we can officially say that it is the end of an era: Dave Arneson, co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons, has died, a little over a year after Gary Gygax passed away.  Though Gygax’s name was much more synonymous … Continue reading →

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