This panel went quite well. In pre-discussion, we created a handout with tons of resources and information, and we also printed up a bunch of copies of the Feminist Gamer Bingo sheet. Yes, a panel with not just one but … Continue reading
njw
Apologies for not posting in a few days. I’m trying to work through my backlog of WisCon posts. More soon! In the meantime, here is a zip file of four clouds I’ve taken photos of; all are pretty good candidates … Continue reading
At last year’s WisCon, there was a fairly interesting panel called Creating a Religion. It was nominally about how to create religions for conworlds. Mostly, though, it just kept coming back to polytheism vs. monotheism as the main axis of … Continue reading
I noticed a few days ago that many of the stats for the sample characters on the Blade & Crown website (see the Downloads section) were wrong. (What’s that truism about how sample characters are never achievable within the game … Continue reading
Iain (M.) Banks has passed away. I’m sad to see him go. His Culture novels are a great example of transhumanist SF, and they provide (through the Contact division, and especially its Special Circumstances group) a good example of what … Continue reading
Another good gaming-related panel (WisCon had a bunch of them this year), this one was concerned with how we “expand our understanding of ourselves and the world” through RPGs. The panelists had a good representation of different kinds of RPG … Continue reading
First part of WisCon 37 that was relevant here: a great panel called “Why Is Pleasure So Problematic?” I didn’t catch the whole thing, but what I saw of the panel dealt in a very thorough, interesting way with the … Continue reading
Yesterday was a one-shot game with most of the weekly group members. It was with a GM we don’t usually play with, and a system we don’t usually use, and a genre (horror) that we don’t usually play. The game … Continue reading
While I’m still recovering from WisCon (and that will take a few days), I should note this: ConTessa is an online gaming convention coming up in a few weeks. All the games and panels will be run by women, and … Continue reading
As usual, WisCon was entertaining, mind-expanding and generally wonderful. I have yet to fully recover. I will start posting reports soon.