http://blog.enthusiastick.com A little something for the geek in all of us. Thu, 29 May 2008 22:23:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As the two men reached the top of the stairs one of them paused and reached into his coat. He was a head taller than his companion, who stepped forward, first knocking and then balling a fist to thump noisily against the door. "Sage? It's William. I know you're in there. ... http://blog.enthusiastick.com/2008/05/29/darkpages-sage-introduction/ I don't like the term "immortal". Something about it just rubs me the wrong way. Maybe because it's defining something in the negative. Telling you who I am by telling you what I'm not. My name is Doriana Mudd. I was born on November 1st, 1851. I'm still alive, and I ... http://blog.enthusiastick.com/2008/05/22/darkpages-doriana-mudd-everlasting/ It's cloudy this morning, lending a sort of blueish quality to the light coming in through my bathroom window. It's not quite bright enough for the task at hand, but my electricity's been cut off again, so it will have to do. I peer at my own face in the mirror, ... http://blog.enthusiastick.com/2008/05/16/darkpages-day-dreamer-introduction/ Deep in thought, I loitered a moment, trailing slightly behind the end of the queue to board the subway. I was brought up short by the doors closing in my face, having waited half a heartbeat too long to follow the man in front of me onto the train. Stirred ... http://blog.enthusiastick.com/2008/05/16/darkpages-the-occultist-late/ Part 2: Names of Magic So in keeping with my teeth-gnashing frustration at the abuse of the name Seraph by the Matrix trilogy, I've decided to focus a little bit of attention today on naming and terminology for this game. To that end the game itself has been given a name. ... http://blog.enthusiastick.com/2008/03/19/a-gnostic-allegory-part-2/ The preference in the indie gaming community seems to be for play sessions that consist of a series of short, punchy scenes. Scenes are meant to be to the point, a goal which is often accomplished by having them revolve around a particular conflict. Such scenes are framed to drive ... http://blog.enthusiastick.com/2008/03/11/game-tempo-a-question-of-pacing/ Part 1: Throwing My Cap Over The Wall A few weeks ago on the SGBoston mailing list I casually mentioned a desire to run a Matrix-themed game at some point. Not long after that my friend Dev wrote on his blog a post titled "The Matrix: Unknowable". I cannot say for ... http://blog.enthusiastick.com/2008/03/10/a-gnostic-allegory-part-1/ So why do I have a WordPress blog when I've already got a perfectly good LiveJournal? That's a good question... kind of. Let's discard for the moment the notion that I don't need to have any good reason for doing things other than "because I felt like it." OK? I am ... http://blog.enthusiastick.com/2008/03/06/no-really-why-are-we-here/ I graduated from college in the Spring of 2004. Around that time, I established a web presence at Be-Epic.com. This was just slightly before the release of Gmail, when I was concerned about having a stable email address for the rest of my life. Also I am just geeky enough ... http://blog.enthusiastick.com/2008/03/05/why-are-we-here/