Games and Literature
June 15, 2006Our Francophone readers will do well, I think, to follow Christian’s discourses to “show how literary study can help us better understand games.” I sense good things…
Funagain Games: Gamer’s Notebook
June 13, 2006It took me a while to get through, but Mike Siggin’s return was as good as expected.
Gone Gaming: The Creature that Ate the (Gaming) World
June 9, 2006Shannon Appelcline’s article on Hasbro, The Creature that Ate the (Gaming) World, is yet another great piece from him. This time he describes how Hasbro came to be the monster it is and what that means to the industry.
BGG Thread: Descent: A Choose Your Own Review Adventure Game
June 6, 2006This is quite amusing - a review of Descent in the style of those multiple choice adventure game books.
New Monopoly Variant
June 3, 2006Most Monopoly variants are pretty lame, and make the game worse–this one, however, shows some promise.
Boardgamers’ Pastime: A Matter of Style
June 2, 2006Mario Lanza’s article A Matter of Style keeps up with the consistent quality we’ve learned to expect from him. Good work, once again.
Gaming in East Germany
In the latest Postcard from Berlin, Jeff Allers discusses gaming in East Germany. I’d love to get ahold of a copy of that exhibition catalogue…
Gone Gaming: The Italian Design Scene, Part One: The Analysis
Shannon Appelcline’s analysis of the Italian design scene is great work. Part One: The Analysis was published a while ago, now we get Part Two: The Reference.
