This week Tim considers what it is that interests him so much about the Kickstarter-funded game “Dog Eat Dog.” Also, “Dog Eat Dog” is probably a terrible thing to put into a search engine.
Tim on (table)Top: Dog Eat Dog
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Feature Editorial: Be Less Shitty
This week Tim gets distracted by a long form post published under three hours before this one, and decides to utterly change his topic. He hopes it won’t show in the improvised writing style, but it does. A lot.
Linkbait: Does This Link Have the Greatest Title Ever, or Is It a Large Man Bouncing Off a Horse?
LINK: “Will Gaming Save Education, or Just a Waste of Time?” by Dian Schaffhauser (August, 2013) In keeping with the tradition of piggy-backing off of themes set by Seth, this week’s linkbait offers up an article written by Dian Schaffhauser for T.H.E. Journal, a magazine covering educational technology for the last 40 years. Setting aside the
Feature Editorial: No, Ubisoft, Historical Accuracy Doesn’t Work Like That
This week Tim throws down the gauntlet on Ubisoft, a company completely known for being perfect in every way, shape, and form and not already beaten to a pulp for other offenses. Oh, wait, no, it’s the opposite of that. Oh well, easy target.
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Feature Editorial: The One In Which The Beau is Forced to Act Like a Victorian Lady
This week Tim finds out that he’s going to be able to meet his sister’s beau for the first time, and you all know what that means: being put in separate rooms until they get used to the smells of each other. Or board games, those work too.
Wednesday Linkbait: Crusader Children
LINK: “For Ovaries and Glory” by Metaphlame (June 22nd, 2014) It’s no secret that Metaphlame, a frequent leaver of great comments on AcaGameia, is a prolific blogger in her own right. Recently, while sitting over beers and the World Cup, I had the pleasure of selling the great story-telling mechanism/historical dynasty simulation Crusader Kings II
Feature Editorial: The Atari Unearthing Was Decadent and Depraved
This week Tim finally publishes the long-awaited editorial about Leigh Alexander’s “The Unearthing.” Was it worth the wait? Were the Jewish communities in Spain safe after the completion of the Reconquista? Read on to find out!
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Tim on (table)Top: The Inevitable Post About Sex
With a feature named “Tim on (table)Top”, it was only a matter of time before he brought up the dirty deed as a subject…though he could have lasted longer than just one week. Join Tim in pondering his inadequacies and hesitations at confronting the mommy-daddy dance in Monsterhearts.
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Tim on (table)Top: First Thoughts on HeroClix
Cracking open the box of figurines and sliding out the tray, I suddenly felt my legs turn to complete jelly. In the spirit of trying new things, I had brazenly volunteered myself to take part in a HeroClix tournament at my friendly local game store mere days after learning to play the game for the
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Monsterhearts Mondays: Havoc and Heartache at Harlequin High
In preparation for our annual Extra Life Charity game, Seth and I decided to run a few online RPGs with our various crews, just to make sure we kept those role-playing muscles nice and loose-like. Immediately seizing the opportunity to chose the game that I would lead, I thrust the rulebook for “Monsterhearts” into everyone’s
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