My first of only two panels for this year’s Convergence, this one was Friday at noon-thirty. Not especially gaming-related, but the panel was very meta, and so applicable in a way. The panelists started off listing our qualifications for being … Continue reading
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As I mentioned before, a lot of the panels I went to at WisCon this year didn’t have much to do with gaming. This one, however, did: Social Isolation and WisCon For many of us, WisCon can be a magical … Continue reading
One of my favorite panels of the con, this was Saturday afternoon: Terra Incognita: The Role of Maps in SF&F Literature A discussion of maps used in speculative fiction, either as endpieces or as part of the story. What are … Continue reading
After “Fandom or Fandoms”, I had a choice between two panels that both looked pretty good: “Navigating The World Of Small Press Publishing” or “The State of Art in the Gaming Industry”. Navigating the World of Small Press Publishing How … Continue reading
Executive summary: Minicon 49 was lots of fun. In the same vein as this year’s Con of the North, I was rushing to get to the con on time Friday. If this keeps holding true, I’ll need to start asking … Continue reading
My last panel of Convergence. This one also went pretty well. We started by discussing how different types of gaming are socially sanctioned. Are social games more acceptable somehow? What about games that are easier to interrupt with other activities? … Continue reading
The third panel I was on; not RPG-specific, but important enough to discuss here. This one got into a lot of topics that are really important to me. We discussed our experiences with the Geek Hierarchy, and how it really … Continue reading
WisCon was again great. WisCon’s level of discussion is uniformly very high and much more clueful than at a lot of other cons. I don’t do much gaming there, but it entertains through mind-expansion. And this year’s WisCon had a … Continue reading
Well hello there, Reddit! There’s some discussion of my “Worldbuilding Ain’t Bad” article going on there, and it’s cool to see people in agreement. A small correction: I’m a woman. Maybe not important to you, but it’s important to me. … 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