Offworld returns

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Awesome!
May I suggest Offworld Trading Company as a game to feature? Itā€™s something pretty new and very cool. Economic RTS.
http://www.offworldgame.com/

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Will this be focusing on computer games? I am more a fan of board games.

Also, nice to see some ethics inā€¦ oh nevermind. :wink:

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Spiffing idea.

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I dont want to sound like a GG over this. Really. Iā€™m not, and Iā€™m not saying this with any wish for a fight.

Just a bit confused, and as I cant get to the site right nowā€¦

It is for ā€œwomen and minoritiesā€? It is for people that ā€œdidnt thought games were for themā€?

Or it is for everybody and this is just a reminder that those people ARE part of everybody?

I fail 3 of the 3 in the first case so, well, good luck and hope the space you create is good for whatever you want, in that case. If the second, I may add the site to my list of media, now that Iā€™m dropping others due, precisely, to GG :stuck_out_tongue:

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I came to say the same thing.

Iā€™m about ready to go back to reading only zines at this point for culture.

There was KILL YR TELEVISION ā€¦ but no one wants to KILL THE INTERNET. My guess is because internet porn has changed the relationship we have with our digital appliances.

So yeah ā€¦ board games, too.

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I think it is for people who like games, but donā€™t want to be caught up in all the bullshit that has happened recently.

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Actually, it is about ethics in board games journalismā€¦ :wink: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/15/business/behind-monopoly-an-inventor-who-didnt-pass-go.html?_r=2

Awesome! I love Leigh Alexanderā€™s work whereever Iā€™ve come across it.

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This is needed in so many ways. Looking forward to reading!

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TOO LATE!

It is for ā€œwomen and minoritiesā€?

No, it is BY them, mostly, I suggest you read carefully.

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I jsut got back from PAX east. Half a room full of video games, which caused me to feel like having a siezure. Half a room of board and card games, which I really really enjoyed.

I may do a quick write up on one I found there. It uses legos and dice. Awesome.

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Right!!! You donā€™t even know! I circled back like 5 timesā€¦ itā€™s the one I bought for me.

/ https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/JoshuaACNewman/mobile-frame-zero-rapid-attack

@codinghorror (does discourse usually stop autoplaying vids?)

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How about board games based on computer games, that require a tablet to play?

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Iā€™m just getting tired of shooting at things, dying, and paying for more coins. Hereā€™s hoping for even a little decent VR in the near future.

I started seeing references to this on Twitter, then found out this was a BoingBoing project. Iā€™m looking forward to seeing it.

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The difference between ā€œbyā€ and ā€œforā€ women and minorities seems to me a thin one. Sounds like thereā€™s some backstory thatā€™s not being put forward here, the end result being a front page mission statement that is a bit of a turnoff for me.

the difference between reading a website and sitting on its editorial board seems a similarly thin one, to you.

Your ā€˜ā€˜concernā€™ā€™ has been noted in their log, I am sure.

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