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Mass Effect/AEC: FORWARD!-Citadel’s Space Military Review
Tweet of the Day: Gaming as #SuperWomen: Female Protagonist Can’t Be Justified? ——— ——— FORWARD! : Issue 3/96 The Alliance Premiere Military Publication “A Review of the Citadel’s Military Forces: 2196″ April 2, 2196 by Lydia Mugabe The reconstruction of the Citadel races military forces continues. While the galaxy returns to economic stability the Citadel’s […]
Lessons from the Aether: Sandbox Games and Populating Your Worlds
Tweet of the Day: Gettin’ Nerdy With It: RPGs ——– The lowly spear carrier. It is a steeple of story telling from time immemorial. Somebody must deliver the news that the king is dead or simply stand around while the heroes do the hero thing. In movies they are the extras in crowd scenes which […]
Mass Effect/After Earth Chronicles: ANN News Bulletin-Movies
Tweet of the Day: What Jeaniene Frost Did Right ——– From: Alliance News Entertainment Desk December 27, 2195 2196: The Year of the Historical Vid By Joan Calder MILGROM, BEKENSTIEN – 2196 will be the “Year of the Historical Vid,” claims vid critic Roger Eberron of Milgrom Morning News. A dozen vids based on historical […]
World Building Wednesday: The Cataclysm
Tweet of the Day: Alexios & Elysia #13 ——– What puts the THE in THE EVENT. When authors want have an established event, especially in speculative fiction, they don’t want to go half-way. Go big or go home is the only way to go. Enter the Cataclysm. I first encountered this phenomenon (aptly named, you […]
World Building Wednesday: For Your Eyes Only
Tweet of the Day: There’s a Story Here Somewhere: Inspirational Stories from Flickr ——- Last week I wrote the following: One interesting thing about game books is that they tend to have areas meant to be read by all the players involved, while certain materials are meant for the Game Master’s eyes only. This might […]
AW’s February 2012 Blog Chain: Second Chances/Not Goodbye but Farewell (DA:O Fic)
Tweet of the Day: Are You Making Your Characters (and Yourself) Look Stupid? ——– Yes, it is that time of the month again. Welcome to the Absolute Write Forum’s February 2012 Blog Chain. The rules are as follow: This month’s prompt: Second Chances Again, go wherever the prompt takes you. It can be fiction or […]
Sci-Fi: Galactic Empire
Tweet of the Day: Staying Out of the Story ——- This is what Wikipedia has to say about Galactic Empires: Galactic empires are a common trope used in science fiction and science fantasy, particularly in space opera. Many authors have either used a galaxy-spanning empire as background, or written about the growth or decline of […]
February Blog Chain: Antagonists
‘Tis time for another blog chain. This month’s theme is Antagonists. There is going to be two parts, so please read carefully. Part one: Describe the antagonist in your novel in 50 words or less. Part two: What would you say to your antagonist if you met him or her in real life? Post a […]
