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#amazonfail?

13-Apr-09

Just to show this won’t all be about RPGs, I have to admit that the #amazonfail fiasco fascinates me. The company’s failed response. The maelstrom of twitter and blog activity–I had all but forgotten that LiveJournal still existed. The possible mainstreaming of bantown as a concept and term. And a beautifully reductive shattering of our trust […]

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Just to Make Certain the Idea Man is Last

13-Apr-09

I’m still trying to figure out what our wellspring meant by geekery going mainstream. I know that in the court case that CJ discussed Wizards suggested that 6 million people play D&D. You can either view that as .1% of the global population–or dream of some Chicago-sized Xanadu filled with DMs, GMs, and the sound of rolling […]

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Geekery of different stripes.

13-Apr-09

Hey, I’m Sam. Something to be aware of about this site: Of the people who have ability to post updates to the site, none of us have exactly the same interests; though many of them do overlap. This is common with any group of people and  you should be aware that we won’t all share […]

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Welcome to the site.

07-Apr-09

On a particular forum of friends, one person was lamenting that he was too lazy to go out and start his own blog. You see, he’d recently seen pieces explaining to people how to “come out” to others about being a geek, an MMO player, a D&D player, a gamer…  and he was all of […]

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