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Niche areas of the internet you read for games
To start, my *strong* recommendation is to consistently read Chris Farrell's instagram account. It's an almost perfect medium to give a quick paragraph discussion of a game with a picture of it. I'm tempted to rip off his format and start a games instagram, though my observations wouldn't be as pithy or good:
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www.critical-distance.com/2017/12/17/december-17th/
I also recommend The Digital Antiquarian (Jimmy Maher). I actually know this guy because I read one of his books "The Future was here", which covered the history of the Commodore Amiga, It was a great read and his blog is even better. Super well-researched, interesting stuff. Some highlights:
- History of text adventures and Infocom
- History of Sierra
- He's now doing a series on MUD (Multi-User Dungeon) and online gaming before the internet
. Almost step by step analysis of Zork, Ultima and other games
- History of the IBM PC
- Apple, Carmen Sandiego, and the Rise of Edutainment
- One of the few bullshit-less historical analysis of Populous (Molyneux lies always make it into articles, even if you try not to)
- Analysis of the D&D Gold Box games
It's very niche, but great. I really recommend it. My only complain is that his titles are not conductive to reading, half of the time you don't know what the actual articles are about until you click on them (Eg. A Tale of the Mirror World)
www.filfre.net/
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I also follow Pulsating Paula on Facebook. She was a biker chick who photographed the bikers of the 80's. It reflects what true biker culture was like back in the day. Not boardgame related certainly but sometimes funny, sometimes scary, always nostalgic.
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re: the critical distance linked pax piece, I read and enjoyed that one too:
reallifemag.com/period-piece/
*edit* I had some stuff on this piece but I liked the original intention of this thread as a clearinghouse. Be glad to discuss it in a new thread if anyone found it interesting.
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Unfortunately, his site went inactive five years ago. The content is still all there.
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When I started doing rpgs last year I fell in love with these reviews... then found out it was run by a FAT:ie much later. If you are at all into OSR stuff it is can't miss stuff.
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Gary Sax wrote: This site is totally niche, yes.
re: the critical distance linked pax piece, I read and enjoyed that one too:
reallifemag.com/period-piece/
*edit* I had some stuff on this piece but I liked the original intention of this thread as a clearinghouse. Be glad to discuss it in a new thread if anyone found it interesting.
After reading that glossy academic commentary in the linked article about the trouble with Eklund's views in Pax Renaissance, I'm now absolutely convinced that even Marx and Engels would absolutely love and endorse gaming with Pax Renaissance since it advances their own nebulous theories about of the march of history and economic determinism--i.e., you can't have Communism until you advance from Barbarism to Feudalism to Capitalism, and, (per Marx and Engels,) the deterministic end state that is Communism. Of course, Eklund disagrees with the end state.
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