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I played Action Castle with my friends last night. The first time they ran into the ghost they were debating what to do and were killed for waiting too long. The same thing happened when they restarted. It was hilarious. Thanks for sharing the links and making us aware of this series.
Live action Interactive Fiction games
Remember those old text adventure games from the 80s, like Zork and Leather Goddesses of Phobos and Planetfall and Lurking Horror? I loved them, and I loved how they engaged my imagination while they encouraged me to solve puzzles. When I was at Origins, I saw this game called JUNGLE ADVENTURE,...
One of my favorite classes in high school was called The novel. Essentially you read a book from the approved list and wrote a report about it. The great thing was you could choose which book you read and the teacher was familiar enough with every book on the list (which had at least 200 books on it) to discuss the book with you. Not many classes where you could read John Steinbeck one week and Stephen King the next. It really made reading fun in high school. Of Mice and Men is still one of my favorites.
Famous Novelists on Symbolism in Their Work and Whether It Was Intentional
I read this great post on John Green's Tumblr, titled Famous Novelists on Symbolism in Their Work and Whether It Was Intentional: "Reading is not a game of Clue; books are not a mystery that you have to solve by putting all the pieces together. That’s not the point. Find the meaning you want to...
After watching this episode, I only have one thing to say to Steve Jackson, which is "Shut up and take my money!" Love tabletop and will hope for/against a second season so I can enjoy the show and spend my money on all the games you guys play.
In which we play Munchkin on Tabletop with Steve Jackson
If you've been reading my blog for a few years, you may remember when I played Munchkin with my kids in 2008: I'm going to speak in geek to people who have played Munchkin: Neither of the kids would help me, and I kept getting the Truly Obnoxious Curse, so I was having a hard time gaining level...
I have to say, a super tiny benefit to this whole situation is that if they had not made that change, you wouldn't ave mentioned the importance of liking a video on youtube, and I'm sure most people who read this immediately went to youtube and liked both episodes. I know that's what I did.
Google is making a huge and annoying mistake.
I like Google Plus. Some of the smartest people I've ever read are on Google Plus, and the Hangout is amazing. But Google is doing everything it can to force Google Plus on everyone, and it's pissing me off. Yesterday, I tried to like a video on YouTube. I wasn't signed in to my Google Plus acco...
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