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Tag: method gamers

method gamers
Method Gamers

Diseased Cur

I’ve never been much for roleplaying. Well, let me rephrase that: I’ve never been much for playing the roles assigned to me. When ...
By Joe Blancato Legacy AuthorJanuary 31, 2006
Method Gamers

Quest for Glory

There are conventions in media we become perfectly used to, despite their having no place in reality. If we watch a movie, and ...
By John Walker Legacy AuthorJanuary 31, 2006
Method Gamers

Remember the Ice Chicken

The year: 1999. The game: Ultima Online. The place: Moonglow Lycaeum. The event: A lecture, designed to provide some information related to a ...
By Nova Barlow Legacy AuthorJanuary 31, 2006
Method Gamers

A Roleplayer in Azeroth

CRPGs aren’t RPGs. I’m a snob about this, always have been. To me, Knights of the Old Republic was a complex adventure game ...
By Will Hindmarch Legacy AuthorJanuary 31, 2006
Method Gamers

I Enjoy Playing a Girl

About half of the women you see in World of Warcraft are actually played by men. Nick Yee’s Daedalus Project came up with ...
By Chris Dahlen Legacy AuthorJanuary 31, 2006
Method Gamers

The Contrarian: Masks in the Woods

They’d gamed together before, this group. I’d never met them until that night. They were veteran tabletop roleplayers, passionate about their characters and ...
By John Scott Tynes Legacy AuthorJanuary 31, 2006
Method Gamers

In Celebration of the Inner Rogue

I’m a big fan of my troll Rogue in World of Warcraft. He’s good at ambushing his enemies, and he hits hard. I ...
By Mark Wallace Legacy AuthorJanuary 31, 2006
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