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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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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, [...]

I Bought A Computer From . . . Marks and Spencer: Update

Thistle — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 19:29:56 +0000

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 [...]

I Bought A Computer From . . . Marks and Spencer

Thistle — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 21:31:09 +0000

Our occasional coverage of gaming and game design hardware options keeps to recommending kit we like. It also tries to reflect the genuine pace of change, which is not half as fast as the technology media would like us to think.

A glance at the end-of-year Top 10 Hardware lists from [...]

100 Up

Thistle — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 21:41:01 +0000

The blog’s birthday came round a couple of weeks ago, but we were too busy making content to pay much attention.

We’ve now reached our 100th post and we’re still too busy making content to pay much attention.

It does, however, seem worth pausing briefly to [...]

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 [...]