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syn9 · Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2006 5:52 pm Post subject: rpg development zine

do you guys know of any or if someone started one would you be willing to contribute to it? if so, what articles / tutorials do you think you would write about or do you think someone should write?

i dont plan on starting one, but i was just realizing that i havent really seen one...
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BadMrBox · Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2006 5:55 pm Post subject:

Haven't seen any myself either.
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LeoDraco · Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2006 6:40 pm Post subject:

A few of us, a couple of years ago, used to work on a development zine called GDZine; Jon and Happy were the editors of it, and various people in the community used to contribute articles: I had some trash in it, Skywise wrote something about Zombies, if I remember correctly, and there were a few other things. In any case, it might as well be a pipe-dream, seeing as Happy had it all on his swoo.net account, which seems (along with all things swoo.net) to be permanently tanked.

So, uh, it was not, specifically RPG related, but it was, if nothing else, a momentary break from reality.

While it is also not entirely RPG related, you might be interested in the demoscene zine: hugi.
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white_door · Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2006 10:25 pm Post subject:

I really like hugi, a demoscene mag in 'demo form' is infinitely excellent. In fact, I've always thought a rpg zine in 'rpg form' would be nifty. Perhaps a character walking around to select different articles in a room or building, instead of a classic menu.

Well its good in theory, however it would be a lot of work and not something I'd want to do personally. Although submitting an article or to would be more with in the realm of possible I guess.

Ninkazu · Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2006 10:48 pm Post subject:

Hmmm, intriguing. I probably could do something like that with the engine I'm going to be building pretty soon (blasted editor needs to be finished first though).

I can already see it in my mind too. Gotta love the third eye. It brings so much more fantasy and joy into life without having to do anything.

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LeoDraco · Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 1:02 am Post subject:

Yeah, the Wayback Machine is fantastic, when it actually has what you are looking for. Unfortunately, this is a case where, at least for simple searches (such as for "GDZine," with various whitespace thrown in, or for "happy.swoo.net") I did not get any hits. I actually tried that earlier today, just to see if I could link anybody to it.
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syn9 · Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 11:32 pm Post subject:

what about like, crpg tutorial websites? are there any that you guys prefer?
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zenogais · Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 1:45 pm Post subject:

How about pixelate and the pixelate wiki:

Pixelate Wiki

Mandrake · Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 9:12 pm Post subject:

I'd be willing to contribute articles.
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NyanNyanKoneko · Wandering Minstrel Joined: 12 Dec 2005 Posts: 98

A lot of RPGs make a lot of people uncomfortable with a lot of pagan imagery (pentagrams, fairies, etc...) Not to mention, many are violent and have heathenistic religious themes. Maybe this new RPG magazine can offer Christian-centered game reviews?
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Nephilim · Mage Joined: 20 Jun 2002 Posts: 414

I'd be willing to contribute an article or two to a well-organized 'zine, but I just don't see that happening anywhere.

However, an alternative would be to use the RPGDX wiki (if we think the spamming issues have been sorted out...?).
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