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Writing and musings from Shawn Struck on "geek culture" like video games, technology, web design, tabletop games and more.

Thursday, March 26, 2009

You left me outside and now you want in

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Blogger yeloson talks about some of his personal frustrations regarding fandom and racial cluelessness. An excerpt: A few years back, I went...
Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Fantasy Novel: Amy Tan Meets Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

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coffeeandink asked people to recommend books by people of color. She got a response from Cindy Pon : i've got a YA asian fantasy comin...
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A qucik summary of RaceFail '09

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What is RaceFail '09? daedala provided the shortest summary of RaceFail '09 here and it is as followed: 1. Elizabeth Bear write...

Tabletop Gamers And A Social Contract

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From TaoJeannes in the rpg.net forums, comes a great set of guidelines for both players and game masters that work for any system you deci...
Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Beyond LARPing: Medieval Re-Enactment Village

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The Regia Anglorum , is an English re-enactment society. The society maintains a wealth of information about life in medieval England using ...

TOKYOPOP Pilot Program Rips Off, Talks Down To Artists

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Subscribers to the TOKYOPOP e-newsletter recently saw the following announcement: Manga Pilots: You Read and Review -- You Help Decide Wh...
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Kevin Siembieda Calls Me "A Nasty Critic/Hater, Spreading Lies"; My Head Explodes

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UPDATE: Kevin Siembieda has apologized; you can read his apology in the comments section. Thank you, Kevin. In my recent Robotech: The Shado...
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RPGX at A-Kon 2008 in Dallas This Weekend

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Just a reminder—you can meet members of the RPGX crew at the A-Kon anime convention in Dallas from May 31 to June 1st. I’ll be wandering th...
Saturday, May 24, 2008

Scenes From a D&D Barbarian Campaign

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So, my character, Par Vaartal The Dark, is a barbarian originally from the frozen north. The current campaign has the group of barbarian PCs...
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Thursday, May 22, 2008

DIY D&D: Faerie Dragon PC Write-Up For Dungeons and Dragons (2nd Ed)

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With the permission of her writer, I am pleased to share with you the write-up our gaming group uses for the Faerie Dragon as a PC Race. Enj...
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Wednesday, May 14, 2008

A Great resource for DMs: Gnome Stew

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Wanted to give a little link-love to a site I discovered last week. It's called Gnome Stew . It's a game mastering blog, writt...
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GTA IV: New York City vs Liberty City

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Boing Boing Gadgets has come across and AWESOME photo-set on flicker; it's a side by side comparisons of Grand Theft Auto IV 's Libe...

Second Life Is Being Used... For SCIENCE!

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According to the latest issue of Science News, many research institutions are leveraging the simple simulation tools of the 3-D sandbox Seco...

Warner Bros. & DC Comics Shuts Down Children's Auction For Charity

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From the blog Say It Backwards: Thomas Denton of comic blog Say It Backwards has a nephew who was diagnosed with cancer. A ...
Monday, May 12, 2008

First Impressions: Palladium's Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles RPG Sourcebook

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I finally managed to get my hands on a copy of Palladium's new RPG source book for the Robotech setting: Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles...
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UPDATE: EA/Bioware changes Mass Effect DRM Thanks To Customer Complaints

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In an update to my previous post, Mass Effect For PC Treats Legitimate Customers Like Thieves , EA recently made an announcement on its fo...
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Shawn Struck's writing has appeared on the front page of Yahoo!, in 1UP.com, PC Magazine, 411 Mania, and Associated Content. He lives in a secret hideout in Somerset, NJ. Any posts made here are solely of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the author's employers or affiliates. All posts are controlled solely by the author and produced independent of any employer, organization, or entity unless otherwise noted.
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