Tag: one-shots
Welcome!
In the unlikely event that you stumbled onto this, hello! You're reading the first post to the organizational site for a Twin Cities TTRPG one-shot group; my wife and I recently moved here from Seattle and are looking to build a gaming group suitable for our tendency to enjoy lots of different TTRPGs, from the deeply traditional to the wildly experimental. Please stay tuned throughout September and October as I build out the infrastructure and get this party underway.
Big Walk: social gaming done right
I have long been resistant to so-called "friendslop" -- games that are designed to primarily or even exclusively be played in cooperation with other people. There are numerous reasons for this. Chief among them is, quite simply, the fact that I have never really felt like I have many (or any) people to play them...
Thank You For Your Application: a depressing, poignant look at a future that isn’t far off
Few phenomena in video games are more curious than the advent of the "work simulator" -- games where you do a job that is rather tedious, and which you would probably complain about if you were doing in real life. However, I can't deny that there's something quite comforting in games like this -- and...
I am furious about the state of my hobby
This week may well go down in history as one of the bleakest the world of video games has ever seen, with the biggest news being the impending record layoffs at Microsoft, and Sony announcing that it is both closing the digital PS3 and Vita stores and stopping the production of physical discs. These are...
You just don’t fuckin’ need generative AI, man
Just recently, Sega announced that it would be bringing back the beloved Crazy Taxi series with a new entry: Crazy Taxi World Tour. Hooray! Then they went and put a somewhat-ambiguous generative AI disclosure on their Steam page. Boo! I'm going to be absolutely clear and completely fuckin' up-front here: I will not be buying...