http://www.catchyourhare.com/journal Graham writes about games and stuff Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:10:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 1. Stop reading blog posts. 2. Stop trying the latest productivity fad and get on with your work. 2. Stop writing blog posts. http://www.catchyourhare.com/journal/?p=196 Brennen Reece is helping me with the layout for A Taste For Murder over at layoutcoaching.wordpress.com. Do stop by and offer opinions and criticism. Graham http://www.catchyourhare.com/journal/?p=175 If you're in the New York City area, have a look at Cafe Game Exchange, who put roleplaying games in cafes. If you're not in the New York City area, also have a look at that website, and cry when you realise you might never do something that good. http://www.catchyourhare.com/journal/?p=172 Dragonmeet didn't seem like fun at 6am, when I needed to get up to go to it. I nearly didn't. I was working For The Man, in his guise as Pelgrane Press. The Man gave me a Pelgrane Press T-shirt to wear, a little like working for McDonald's, and I ... http://www.catchyourhare.com/journal/?p=171 I've now finished this book. Good God, it was a chore.It is one of those books that comes recommended as "readable" and "witty", but, to me, wasn't at all. The first half was rather turgid; the second half interesting but long.Oh well. The information in it was extremely useful: evolutionary ... http://www.catchyourhare.com/journal/?p=156 Criticism of evolutionary psychology is usually by sociologists. The more stuff I read by sociologists, the less respect I have for them. The criticism usually stems from postmodernism. This is rather cheating, of course. You can argue against anything with postmodernism. So, anyway. Criticism of evolutionary psychology often takes this form: Evolutionary psychologist: ... http://www.catchyourhare.com/journal/?p=155 First, evolutionary psychologists talk a lot about evidence, and how it works differently in evolutionary psychology. This is, to some extent, fair. It is difficult to do experiments in evolutionary psychology, because they take millions of years, by which time lab technicians will all have gone home. Also, sometimes, evidence is ... http://www.catchyourhare.com/journal/?p=154 I'm just back from IndieCon, a convention on the South Coast, in Naish Holiday Village.It was a very pleasant four days. The convention itself was quiet and successful: I hope it'll come round next year.I started on Thursday night by running Poison'd in the bar. For a two hour game, it ... http://www.catchyourhare.com/journal/?p=153 Tonight, we were meant to play A Taste For Murder. Sadly, Steve didn't turn up as expected. Apparently, we'd forgotten to tell him to come. Instead, we played The Dying Earth RPG, which is my new favourite game. It's frustrating. It was a superb game, but if I try to describe it, ... http://www.catchyourhare.com/journal/?p=152 It's proceeding apace. I'm doing background reading. I've just finished Life in the English Country House (that link is to Amazon.co.uk, but our friends across the pond can get it from Amazon.com). It's an extraordinarily fascinating and beautiful book that details country houses from medieval times until 1940, when they were ... http://www.catchyourhare.com/journal/?p=151