RPG Review #1 Released, Philosophy Conference in New Zealand

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I have released a sixty-four page gaming quarterly, RPG Review #1, with industry news, a review article of D&D 4th edition, a AD&D/D&D3.x high-level scenario, designer's notes from Mythweaver and Cannibal Contagian, a Call of Cthulhu article about the Tcho Tcho, a RuneQuest article on Demiurgy and related scenario, an interview and article by Steve Perrin, a Dragonquest retrospective review, scenario and interview with a NZ group that have been playing the same mutlt-GM campaign for 25 years, a moview review of Dark Knight, a game theory article on bad design, a review of Fatal Frame/Project Zero IV, an article by CAR-PGA and finally words of wisdom from Lord Orcus. Both the feedback and download of the journal over the past thirty-six hours give me cause for great optimism that a lot of people were actually looking for something like this. Also, the wonderful synabetic has added a feed for it rpgreview_rss

In other news, I'm off to New Zealand in December. The Australasian Society for Continental Philosophy is holding a conference in Auckland on "The Post-Human Condition". I have submitted an abstract entitled, "'Lying in Politics' Revisited in the Age of the Internet". This takes up Hannah Arendt's pithy essay on the subject with her equally blunt essay on civil disobedience and compares both the form and content of mass media at the time when these essays were written (during the Vietnam war) and the formation of public opinion via computer-mediated communication. There is, of course, more than a little bit of of Jürgen Habermas' consideration of the public sphere and legimation crisis in this comparison.

Comments

Looks great

[mtdesing.livejournal.com]

The first issue looks great. I think you accomplished your stated purpose (and then some!) and presented a wide tapestry of RPG-related info. I don't know how familiar you are with the world of comics, but this had the feel of the Comics Journal, which has always (and I assume continues... it's been a few years) to bring a sense of literary analysis and intellectual discussion to comics. I felt the same sensations while reading the first issue of RPG Review, and I look forward to more.

Re: Looks great

[tcpip.livejournal.com]

Comparison to the Comics Journal? Wow, that's high praise indeed.

Comics used to be something I was quite into; I have a fairly significant back-collection from the DCs Vertigo line c94-95. These days caseopaya does the buying for me :)

Re: Looks great

[tcpip.livejournal.com]

Hey, can I turn this into a letter to the editor'?

Re: Looks great

[mtdesing.livejournal.com]

You may absolutely use this as a letter to the editor.

Mike

Re: Looks great

[tcpip.livejournal.com]

Excellent!

Something else I've noticed is that D&D4th ed. has more than a passing resemblance to Mythweaver, especially with the idea of each level being significant and the attention to power balance.... I wonder if they read MW?