Recent content by JohnH

The root of the "No Oddjobs" class of house rules is an attempt to keep more of the options of a game open to players by outlawing some playstyles that make some decisions obviously bad. Oddjob, because of his height, is the only Goldeneye character with a play advantage. His existence...

spadefoot, it's because, in a world made for griefers, Fansy succeeded in becoming the Grief King, and doing it in a way that brought to them a bit of that all-too-scarce commodity, karma. The real stuff, not governed by any game-tracked variable.

On spreading diseases in Second Life.... It is technically possible, but it would require a huge amount of ground work. SL Avatars cannot hold scripts, only other objects, so an avatar carrying no objects cannot be infected by anything. And an avatar can only wear or hold objects if he...

Ah, very nice article! I think there's kind of a reputation among the most recent class of hipster gamers that pinball "sucks." They could stand to be taught otherwise. You missed a couple of my favorite pinball simulations. Long before Visual Pinball, Rare Ltd. made a couple of video...