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

[morrigan77.livejournal.com]

You have certainly excelled :)
If I miss you in November perhaps you may allow me to show you a part of Auckland? Do you know where you will be?

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Why thank you m'dear..

Sure, I'd be great to catch up again F2F.. Not sure where I'll stay.. last time I was in the old Auckland railway building which has been turned into quite a delightful set of apartments...

[morrigan77.livejournal.com]

Nice and central! :)
I'll see where I'm at at the time. I'm currently about 15 minutes by bus out of the city (but along the coast which is just gorgeous)... water in site all day :))

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BTW, I think your email address may have changed over the years :)

Do you want to send me a "Hello I am here" to lev@levlafayette.com ?