Luke Crane (Burning Wheel, Mouse Guard, Torchbearer), Sage LaTorra (Dungeon World) and Adam Koebel (Dungeon World) talk trash about boring ideas fantasy RPGs while waxing poetic about OSR and indie...
Archives: Blog
ConnectiCon 2012 – Video Games as Literature: Towards a New Criticism
Dave and Ajay presented a great discussion at ConnectiCon 2012 on video games, literary criticism, use of violence, player interface (e.g., down the barrel of a gun), and so forth. In Dave's own...
Presented at the first PAX South in 2015, Rym and Scott lecture on the nature of what it means to be a "bad" game. We’ve all played “bad” games, but what truly makes a game “bad?” Is...
Ever wonder what it's like to walk through a PAX Expo Hall with Rym and Scott? In a lofty experiment, Geeknights live streams from the Penny Arcade Expo Prime 2014. But, since they're no bandwidth in...
Panel presented at the Penny Arcade Expo 2014 on Monday at Noon in the Sandworm Theatre! It seems obvious that, when playing a game of skill, one attempts to win. Interestingly, this is often not...
How do I get into tabletop gaming? How do I talk about board games I like? How about the ones I hate? How do I find more I want to play? How do I avoid those that would waste my time? How do I...