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Facebook Feed: #4

nedjer — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 18:00:53 +0000

A batch of recent links from Thistle Games’ Facebook feed:

33 Awesome Augmented Reality Apps for Android

Death Star Cake

When Gaming is Good for You

A Simple Primer On Converting Between [RPG] Systems

Top Apps in 2012 for DMs

Playing The News: To Push Social Gaming Forward, Two New Startups Look To The Real World

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Facebook Feed: #3

nedjer — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:20:28 +0000

A whole bunch of gaming and RPG links via Thistle Games’ Facebook feed. Remarkably 5e free:

35 Amazingly Creative Lego Designs – tripwire magazine

Veterans on Campus Training Simulation

Nearby super-Earth might be the Predator’s real-life home planet

40 Amazingly Hot Free Retro Fonts You [...]

Go On, You Know You Want One

Thistle — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 20:55:07 +0000

Regardless of the Wii’s limits in terms of providing a regular supply of decent RPG software, it’s only fair to recognise that Zelda: Twilight Princess was a lot of fun to play. Consequently, the pre-order period for Zelda: Skyward Sword looks like an occasion for splashing-out.

The final game won’t be [...]

Sims Medieval: Pirates and Nobles

nedjer — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 17:27:36 +0000

After a lengthy period without the release of any videogame RPGs worthy of mention it was probably to be expected that a whole bunch would arrive all at once.

Unsurprisingly, the Sims Medieval: Pirates and Nobles is an add-on pack for the entertaining, but somehow incomplete or unfulfilled, [...]

Movie Previews: Thor And The Eagle of the Ninth

Thistle — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 18:16:59 +0000

Time for a fairly rare trip to the movies to take a look at a couple of films many gamers and RPG fans will probably view over the next few weeks. That’s not to say we can offer any guarantees about either film, as we’ve only seen preview material so far.

The purpose of our ‘I Bought A Computer . . .’ posts is to ask whether or not it’s possible to get a genuine bargain when buying a PC during the Christmas/ January sales period. At the same time, the choice of a relatively inexpensive business and playtesting laptop raises the further question [...]

RPGs Were Always Going To Beat Brain Training

Thistle — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 20:01:57 +0000

The BBC report on further evidence that Brain Training software is of very limited value is here. This may sound like bad news for encouraging the use of games in homes, schools and libraries. It is to some extent, because the headlines may be remembered and held up as evidence against any use [...]