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Category: Outside world

  • Spielboy and The Games Journal

    The latest issue of Spielboy is out. Check it out — it’s the typical mixture of interesting articles and, ehm, artistic pictures. Most interesting article this time is Do I Offend?, which takes a look at the ways how games can offend people. It’s interesting, because I just recently wrote a column at Lautapelit.fi on…

  • St. Petersburg PC version

    Chris Brooks mentioned the St. Petersburg PC version. I downloaded it (it’s available at the Westpark Gamers website) and tried it. It’s neat, but the user interface looks like it’s done by an engineer and not a designer. However, it works — only thing I’m missing is the cards other players have bought. They are…

  • Games Journal is out

    Another month, another issue of The Games Journal. This time it’s a rather fine issue, too. Greg Aleknevicus writes an interesting piece on game themes called German Games are Fraudulent!. Reviews feature Memoir ’44 and others. Check it out!

  • Interview

    Rick Heli (A Spotlight on Games!) interviewed yours truly for his series of interviews of gamers around the world. Thanks to his frames, I can’t provide a direct link, but it should open directly on the front page.

  • New blog added: Chris Lohroff

    I noticed Chris Lohroff has a games-related blog. It’s called Chris’s Game Comments. It’s a Blogger blog, so there’s an Atom feed as well.

  • New blog: Settling Catan

    A new blog was brought to my attention: Settling Catan. From the start it seems it’s mostly about game reviews. That’s nice. Go check it out!

  • New Games Journal is out

    The Games Journal has been notable for it’s steady schedule. This month it was late for the first time in a long time. That’s a shame, but fortunately the delay wasn’t long. The issue is a thin one, too. There’s an interesting review of Coda, which piqued my interest. Here’s Coda at Geek. I think…

  • Anagrams of Boardgame Titles

    Being a some kind of word person myself, I found the geeklist Anagrams of Boardgame Titles rather interesting. My favourite of the crop is probably one twisted from Hammer of the Scots: "Shame, frost cometh" — that’s certainly what English player might think when his attack to crush the Scottish resistance would need just one…

  • The Games Journal

    Once again, The Games Journal is out with a new issue. This one is great! Goodness starts with an insightful editorial on the front page. Destination Gaming is a curious article — I don’t get the point, but it’s a good read nonetheless. Greg Aleknevicus starts a new series on Basic Strategy of games. The…

  • The Games Journal is out

    A new issue of The Games Journal is out. This time it’s a slightly thinner one, with articles about not figuring out games and the duration of games and a review of Werewolf.