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Go Play Northwest: 2023
So as some of you may know, I have greatly enjoyed playing 'tabletop roleplaying games' (i.e. the genre of games that includes D&D) over the years. Since the pandemic, I've been involved in a startling increase in the number of games I've been able to play online: at one point last year, I was in *five* at once! It's dropped back down to three in ( Read more... ) -
Actual Play Report: 'Storm Cellar' (Part 3)
(Continued from part one and part two, which reveals that I played in a LARP called 'Storm Cellar' at Go Play Northwest, as the character Emily Rayne.)
Part Three: Aftermath
After the game that night, I had a warm glow that lasted all night and well into the next day. I even had a positive dream about Donald Trump--he managed to escape his secret ( Read more... ) -
Actual Play Report: 'Storm Cellar' (Part 2)
(Continued from part one, which reveals that I played in a LARP called 'Storm Cellar' at Go Play Northwest, as the character Emily Rayne.)
Part Two: Wherein Our Hero Reveals More Details Of The Happenings From Part One, Of An Even More Personal Nature
Spoilers. Big ones. I can’t write about this without ‘em; sorry ( Read more... ) -
Actual Play Report: 'Storm Cellar' (Part 1)
I was able to play the “Storm Cellar” LARP at Go Play Northwest this year, and it was one of the most amazing experiences I have ever had. To all the people I played with: thank you for your portrayal of your characters, and to the authors: thank you for creating such an amazing world ( Read more... ) -
IF Review: 'Switcheroo'
Right now the annual IF Competition is going on, with an unusually high number of games this year. So much so that, worried about the corresponding burden on judges writing reviews, Emily Short asked some people who don't usually write IF reviews (or haven't recently) to review some. I asked her if there was a game she thought I might be uniquely ( Read more... ) -
Anyone around with a paid account?
If anyone reading this has a paid account, there's a couple more rss feeds I wouldn't mind being added to lj. There's one from a guy who's just started watching geek iconic movies (http://somewonderfulkindofnoise.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default) and ( Read more... ) -
On being an ugly woman
So, in this year's play at our church ('The Comic-Con Caper'), I'm playing Francis Reynolds, a single mother of five, who goes to this Comic Con every year dressed as Princess Leia. I've been dressing as and trying to act like a woman for several weeks of rehearsals now, and I've learned a lot! I now know how to take off a bra without taking off ( Read more... ) -
Refuting Memes: the King James edition.
Now we get to the post I actually meant to make in the first place ;-)
( A friend posted this picture on Facebook... ) -
Belated bus report: "A Year of Living Biblically" and "The Unlikely Disciple"
I went to go post something, and when I did, livejournal asked me, "Do you want to restore from a saved draft?" Surprised, I clicked 'yes', and got the following unfinished post, from maybe a year ago:
( Two books, one by a New York Jew and the other by his Quaker slave )