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QR codes for games

Following my last QR test, I got an email from Roger Smolski who runs the 2D Code web site. He had previously posted about the iPhone being an unsuitable device…
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•REC (spoilers! beware!)

Last night, due to the absence of Jim, we watched movies up at Graham’s rather than gaming. When I arrived (a little late due to teleconferences with NBC), they were just finishing off Dead Set. Michael’s opinion was that it didn’t add anything to the genre and although I think it was excellent, I am inclined to agree.

Afterwards we settled down to watch •REC. And there are spoilers ahead.

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Our First Glimpse of an Alien World

Discover Magazine writes about our first glimpse of an alien world. Achieving a feat that seemed impossible not so long ago, a team of scientists working with the Hubble Space…
Posted inCool

Boom!

Via @hitman2victor: "If a Tunguska event happened over Belfast most of the City would be obliterated." Using the High Yield Detonation Effects Simulator: Be a terrible shame, eh?
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Last Night’s Game

I've been in a gaming group for nearly three years now and l ran my first game for them (or more properly two of the usual three). I've been echoing…
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Artistic Proofs

Thing I appreciate: Self-deprecating humour Thing I don't: Humour that deprecates others. Self-deprecating humour is related to Ethos, one of the "artistic proofs" in rhetoric. Ethos is an appeal to…