#bearraid, version 0.0

I was just sitting around, waiting for a spot on the Trakanon raid to open, and I got to thinking, hmm… I should write that Twitter-based RPG I’ve been talking about. So last night and this morning, that’s what I did. Players can enter the game and whack on a mob until one of them … Read more

Thoughts on a Twitter RPG

I was inspired by a tweet from Red Headed Tim this morning to think about what a Twitter roleplaying game might look like. Twitter, for those new to it, is, famously, “short messages continually answering the question, ‘What are you doing?’”. If that sounds only marginally interesting, I agree. What Twitter REALLY is, is a … Read more

The clandestine Norrath/Dragonspyre connection

Norrath, the planet itself, wasn’t discovered by humans or elves or iksar or the ancient snake people or even the gods. It was discovered by the great she-dragon Veeshan, who chose this nondescript planet on which to raise her brood. She marked the planet with a swipe of her claws, claiming it as her own … Read more

Feeding less, Twittering more (or less).

I love the whole concept of using Google Reader to custom tailor my news, but it has just gotten to be too much. I found what I really looked forward to was new blog postings from my friends, and I would scroll through the blogs on the side looking for their updates first. I have … Read more