Random link from the archives: "Dungeons & Dragons Is a Case Study in How Capitalism Kills Art" https://web.archive.org/web/20211105101701/https://www.jacobinmag.com/2021/11/dd-ttrpgs-gygax-arneson-peterson-games-capitalism originally retrieved Fri 05 Nov 2021 10:17:01 AM EDT
Random link from the archives: "Why Do You Always Kill Gods in JRPGs? - YouTube" https://web.archive.org/web/20230824184258/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEUqLL8J4gI originally retrieved Thu 24 Aug 2023 06:42:58 PM EDT
Random link from the archives: "Glitch by Jenna Katerin Moran — Kickstarter" https://web.archive.org/web/20200204193841/https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jennamoran/glitchrpg/ originally retrieved Tue Feb 4 19:38:41 EST 2020
Incredible pictures from an era of games we never got to experience | rpgcodex > Where do these email titles come from? https://rpgcodex.net/forums/threads/incredible-pictures-from-an-era-of-games-we-never-got-to-experience.76520/
Male Weepies: A Misunderstood Genre - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4maNSmRPGEE
Today’s game developers grew up with gender diversity in early RPGs - Polygon https://www.polygon.com/23473203/pokemon-crystal-kris-gender-representation-trans-non-binary-characters-video-games
Random link from the archives: "A Trip Down Cemetery Lane - Jason A. Clark | DriveThruRPG.com" https://web.archive.org/web/20190924103335/https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/288264/A-Trip-Down-Cemetery-Lane originally retrieved Tue Sep 24 10:33:35 EDT 2019
boy am i glad that, for the kinds of games i make & play, the only large proprietary third party dependency i'm liable to run into is rpgmaker
The CRPG Addict: BRIEF: Everything We Know About 1970s Mainframe RPGs We Can No Longer Play http://crpgaddict.blogspot.com/2021/06/brief-everything-we-know-about-1970s.html
Random link from the archives: "" https://web.archive.org/web/20220209090521/https://scribe.rip/p/on-the-dating-of-two-early-crpgs-pedit5-and-dnd-47538d68f712 originally retrieved Wed 09 Feb 2022 09:05:21 AM EST
Why Do You Always Kill Gods in JRPGs? - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEUqLL8J4gI
Bad idea of the day: gunswords in an action-RPG have realistic wear patterns: hit too often with one side of the sword and it makes the gun less accurate by biasing it to one side
Baroque (1998): Rebirth of a Cult Classic Horror RPG - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAJVmEmkawc
Random link from the archives: "Glitch by Jenna Katerin Moran — Kickstarter" https://web.archive.org/web/20200204193841/https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jennamoran/glitchrpg/ originally retrieved Tue Feb 4 19:38:41 EST 2020
Thanks to fans, the weirdest official Doom game is now playable on Windows | Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2022/06/dumbphone-exclusive-doom-rpg-has-been-reverse-engineered-by-fans/
Bad idea of the day: an mmorpg with no combat, where the only way to progress is crafting & raids are just really difficult group negotiations with NPCs over rare crafting materials
Cozy Anime RPGs - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xYhv15qv4A
Dungeons & Dragons Is a Case Study in How Capitalism Kills Art https://www.jacobinmag.com/2021/11/dd-ttrpgs-gygax-arneson-peterson-games-capitalism
Returning to an RPG that you haven't played in a while - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yegdG8F8oM
Random link from the archives: "The Sorcerer Supreme!" https://web.archive.org/web/20190119203445/https://200wordrpg.github.io/2017/rpg/2017/04/15/TheSorcererSupreme.html originally retrieved Sat Jan 19 20:34:45 EST 2019
Bad idea of the day: a computer RPG where you play as the DM for a group of AI roleplayers
Random link from the archives: "The Birth of the Japanese RPG | Design Icons - YouTube" https://web.archive.org/web/20201014125517/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJiwn8iXqOI originally posted Wed 14 Oct 2020 12:55:17 PM EDT
The Birth of the Japanese RPG | Design Icons - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJiwn8iXqOI
Random link from the archives: "Part 1: Copyrightability of #RPG Stat Blocks #DnD #copyright #iplaw – Frylock's Gaming & Geekery" https://web.archive.org/web/20200120100553/https://gsllc.wordpress.com/2019/08/12/part1statblocks/ originally posted Mon Jan 20 10:05:53 EST 2020
Bad idea of the day: a 2d tile-based MMORPG with turn-based combat and deckbuilding mechanics
Remembering Hylics, the surreal art RPG | PC Gamer https://www.pcgamer.com/remembering-hylics-the-surreal-art-rpg/
Glitch by Jenna Katerin Moran — Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jennamoran/glitchrpg/
Part 1: Copyrightability of #RPG Stat Blocks #DnD #copyright #iplaw – Frylock's Gaming & Geekery https://gsllc.wordpress.com/2019/08/12/part1statblocks/
Bad idea of the day: an RPG where you're just a handyman. There's no great evil or anything -- you just get better and better at doing progressively more complicated odd jobs by leveling up your craft skills, while developing a relationship with the townspeople and managing your reputation.
Random link from the archives: https://web.archive.org/web/20190119203445/https://200wordrpg.github.io/2017/rpg/2017/04/15/TheSorcererSupreme.html originally posted Sat Jan 19 20:34:45 EST 2019/
A Trip Down Cemetery Lane - Jason A. Clark | DriveThruRPG.com https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/288264/A-Trip-Down-Cemetery-Lane
Japanese Play-by-Postcard RPGs: Net Games https://www.dampfkraft.com/games/japanese-postcard-net-games.html
Random link from the archives: https://200wordrpg.github.io/2017/rpg/2017/04/15/TheSorcererSupreme.html originally posted Sat Jan 19 20:34:45 EST 2019
Bad idea of the day: an RPG where, because all the merchants have internal politics between them & different social networks, loyalty to a particular mechant (and maybe even making friends with them) will change how other NPCs treat you & what information & resources are available
Are there sports video games that, RPG-like, allow a user-created character to progress by getting access to better personal trainers & medical support by winning games while in constant fear of breaking their legs?
Kieron Gillen's Comic 'Die' Is About A Tabletop RPG Gone Wrong https://kotaku.com/kieron-gillens-new-comic-is-about-the-sad-mess-of-rpgs-1831441119
How BioWare’s ‘Baldur’s Gate’ Saved the Computer RPG - The Ringer https://www.theringer.com/2018/12/21/18150363/baldurs-gate-bioware-1998-video-games
Bad idea of the day: An RPG whose stats are traits like alienation, shadow integration, neurosis
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