http://www.ghostwoods.com/2009/07/the-dark-side-of-gaming-279/ Something beautiful and strange is hiding in the dark. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:48:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.ghostwoods.com/2009/07/the-dark-side-of-gaming-279/comment-page-1/#comment-118 Dave C Fri, 31 Jul 2009 06:48:47 +0000 http://www.ghostwoods.com/?p=279#comment-118 It is with a heightened sense of mental (and spiritual) discomfort that I recall the events that transpired in a certain hotel room in the coastal town of Eastbourne, one stormy night many years ago... It is with a heightened sense of mental (and spiritual) discomfort that I recall the events that transpired in a certain hotel room in the coastal town of Eastbourne, one stormy night many years ago…

]]> http://www.ghostwoods.com/2009/07/the-dark-side-of-gaming-279/comment-page-1/#comment-116 Ghostwoods Thu, 30 Jul 2009 20:58:57 +0000 http://www.ghostwoods.com/?p=279#comment-116 I completely agree, on all counts. It's a wonderful piece of work, beautifully self-referential, and undoubtedly genuinely dangerous to certain personality types. I completely agree, on all counts. It’s a wonderful piece of work, beautifully self-referential, and undoubtedly genuinely dangerous to certain personality types.

]]> http://www.ghostwoods.com/2009/07/the-dark-side-of-gaming-279/comment-page-1/#comment-115 James Wallis Thu, 30 Jul 2009 20:41:59 +0000 http://www.ghostwoods.com/?p=279#comment-115 I hope you'll forgive me for pointing out that the book is wonderfully written, and--quite brilliantly--the entire thing is simultaneously the rules and an example of play. It's also the only RPG I've ever read which justifies its cover warning: it is not for the fragile or the easily tweaked, and there is a real chance that someone could go mad from playing it too hard. Many people should not buy this book, and I'm the man who published it. I hope you’ll forgive me for pointing out that the book is wonderfully written, and–quite brilliantly–the entire thing is simultaneously the rules and an example of play. It’s also the only RPG I’ve ever read which justifies its cover warning: it is not for the fragile or the easily tweaked, and there is a real chance that someone could go mad from playing it too hard. Many people should not buy this book, and I’m the man who published it.

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