Monday, August 28, 2006

Weekly Review Aug. 20th to Aug. 26th

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Theory developments this week have largely focused on social interactions and contexts, both from the design and play perspectives. Gender R...
Friday, August 25, 2006

Editorial: Actual Play

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Actual play is perhaps the most pervasive criteria for RPG theory. At its root, it is the requirement that any explanation of theory must go...
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Monday, August 21, 2006

Weekly Review Aug. 13th to Aug. 19th

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This week has seen a variety of topics discussed, some as clarifications of older ideas, others as challenges to design and theory alike. So...
Friday, August 18, 2006

Lesson: Exercise 3 - Scene and Situation

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In the context of RPGs, what is a scene? What is a situation? Are they one in the same? Does one include the other? Or are they fully distin...
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Monday, August 14, 2006

Weekly Review Aug. 6th to Aug. 12th

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Despite the other activities of this week, it has seen the rise of several theory topics, some new, others reprised from earlier discussions...
Friday, August 11, 2006

Monthly Review July 2006

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A major theme of this month has revolved around the question of what is immersion. The cause of this discussion originates with Thomas Rober...
Monday, August 07, 2006

Weekly Review Jul. 30th to Aug. 5th

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This week has seen several RPG theory development, focusing on influences in our games, and how our games might influence us. Gender Joshua ...
Thursday, August 03, 2006

Editorial: Definitions

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Communication has been an underlying goal of RPG theory, and at the core of communication are the terms we use to discuss and present theory...
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Sunday, July 30, 2006

Weekly Review Jul. 23rd to Jul. 29th

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This week has continued several investigations into what are RPGs and how we learn to play them. Acquiring Immersion Thomas Robertson bring...
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Friday, July 28, 2006

Lesson: Exercise 2 - Genre and Setting

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Do you consider genre and setting to be distinct? If so, what is the difference between them? If not, what might make something more comfort...
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Monday, July 24, 2006

Weekly Review Jul. 16th to Jul. 22nd

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This week has seen several theory developments all based on what we put in and what we get out of playing RPGs. Its Own Reward Thomas Robert...
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Thursday, July 20, 2006

Editorial: Knowing the Limits

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With something as complex as RPGs every theory will have its limits, places where the theory breaks down, or simply doesn't cope as well...