Matthew Sylvester
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Morgan Grimes – The Best, Best Friend Evah!
I’m watching Chuck back-to-back on Netflix. It’s an absolutely brilliant show and makes me laugh out loud at least once per episode. One of the main characters is Morgan Grimes, the main POV’s best friend. He’s short, geeky, clumsy, a sidekick, and the most loyal, loving and dedicated friend that I’ve seen since Sam Gamgee. … Continue reading
Intellectual excercise – creating a magazine
If you’re a gamer, and you’re in or around your forties, you’ll remember the heady days of roleplaying games and tabletop battles. These were the days of Thrud the Barbarian and Derek the Troll. Dragon, White Dwarf and Warlock are but three of the magazines that catered to the market. Out of the three, only … Continue reading
2013 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 8,600 times in 2013. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 3 sold-out performances for that many … Continue reading
How much does it cost to create and make figures?
Before you get confused I’m not talking about any sort of diet, although I’m sure the spammers will jump all over this. No, what I’m asking is; how much does it cost to design, prototype and mould a gaming figure of 28mm? The reason I’m asking is because there seems to be an ever-increasing number … Continue reading
Flash fiction writing challenge – Travel
Every week my daughter comes home with a writing challenge. She’s only in Junior school and I think that this is a brilliant idea and that I would share this week’s one with you. The task (modified slightly for adults) is; 1) Write a 1,000 word short shorty. 2) The them is; You have travelled across space … Continue reading
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