Comments for DarrellHardy.com http://darrellhardy.com Writing | Game Design | Assorted Bloggery Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:45:41 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Comment on Save the Internet by Brian http://darrellhardy.com/archives/save-the-internet/comment-page-1#comment-11136 Brian Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:45:41 +0000 http://darrellhardy.com/?p=1024#comment-11136 Oooh, also a cool Wordpress plugin that will automatically shut your site down on the 18th: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/sopa-blackout/ <--- I like this particular one because it returns a 503 error on pages, which Google has said is the way to do it so that it won't hurt your rankings. Oooh, also a cool WordPress plugin that will automatically shut your site down on the 18th: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/sopa-blackout/ <— I like this particular one because it returns a 503 error on pages, which Google has said is the way to do it so that it won't hurt your rankings.

]]> Comment on Save the Internet by darrellh http://darrellhardy.com/archives/save-the-internet/comment-page-1#comment-11131 darrellh Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:49:03 +0000 http://darrellhardy.com/?p=1024#comment-11131 I think they can block websites without a court order, but actually SEIZING them takes a little bit more hoop-jumping. (Note that they can and have done this already. I think the new laws would just make it easier.) I think they can block websites without a court order, but actually SEIZING them takes a little bit more hoop-jumping. (Note that they can and have done this already. I think the new laws would just make it easier.)

]]> Comment on Save the Internet by Brian http://darrellhardy.com/archives/save-the-internet/comment-page-1#comment-11121 Brian Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:55:40 +0000 http://darrellhardy.com/?p=1024#comment-11121 "It gives the US Attorney General, with court order, the power to seize websites..." Wasn't that something they will be able to do *without* a court order? “It gives the US Attorney General, with court order, the power to seize websites…”

Wasn’t that something they will be able to do *without* a court order?

]]> Comment on At Play in the Fields of Creepers by Rob Barker http://darrellhardy.com/archives/at-play-in-the-fields-of-creepers/comment-page-1#comment-11071 Rob Barker Tue, 10 Jan 2012 13:14:59 +0000 http://darrellhardy.com/?p=997#comment-11071 Found this post on a Google of 'Minecraft Storytelling' and enjoyed it. Reminds me of the Brontes' collaborative juvenalist storytelling on <a href="http://bronteblog.blogspot.com/2010/10/tales-of-glass-town-angria-and-gondal.html" title="Glasstown" rel="nofollow">, which we're big fans of at Overlap. Found this post on a Google of ‘Minecraft Storytelling’ and enjoyed it. Reminds me of the Brontes’ collaborative juvenalist storytelling on , which we’re big fans of at Overlap.

]]> Comment on Winners Without Losers, Games Without End by Skip http://darrellhardy.com/archives/winners-without-losers-games-without-end/comment-page-1#comment-10639 Skip Mon, 21 Nov 2011 11:51:56 +0000 http://darrellhardy.com/?p=962#comment-10639 There is a critical shortage of ionfmraitve articles like this. There is a critical shortage of ionfmraitve articles like this.

]]> Comment on Theme and Mechanics: Gaming’s Cake and Icing by Fun Action Games Online http://darrellhardy.com/archives/theme-and-mechanics-gamings-cake-and-icing/comment-page-1#comment-10169 Fun Action Games Online Fri, 26 Aug 2011 22:03:03 +0000 http://darrellhardy.com/?p=853#comment-10169 What's a fun video game you like to play on the computer? What’s a fun video game you like to play on the computer?

]]> Comment on The Victorious Condition of your Victory Conditions by Winners Without Losers, Games Without End » DarrellHardy.com http://darrellhardy.com/archives/the-victorious-condition-of-your-victory-conditions/comment-page-1#comment-9737 Winners Without Losers, Games Without End » DarrellHardy.com Wed, 13 Jul 2011 13:19:53 +0000 http://darrellhardy.com/?p=913#comment-9737 [...] few weeks ago, I wrote of the glory and beauty of victory conditions and how, if your game doesn’t have them, it’s not really a game: it’s a [...] [...] few weeks ago, I wrote of the glory and beauty of victory conditions and how, if your game doesn’t have them, it’s not really a game: it’s a [...]

]]> Comment on X-Com is a Harsh Mistress by Smiley http://darrellhardy.com/archives/x-com-is-a-harsh-mistress/comment-page-1#comment-9680 Smiley Fri, 08 Jul 2011 10:48:31 +0000 http://darrellhardy.com/?p=336#comment-9680 I really wish there were more aricltes like this on the web. I really wish there were more aricltes like this on the web.

]]> Comment on The D&D Code by Jeffrywith1e http://darrellhardy.com/archives/943/comment-page-1#comment-9542 Jeffrywith1e Thu, 23 Jun 2011 17:56:38 +0000 http://darrellhardy.com/?p=943#comment-9542 Ah yes. That game with the ballista.... Ah yes. That game with the ballista….

]]> Comment on Embracing Limitations by darrellh http://darrellhardy.com/archives/embracing-limitations/comment-page-1#comment-9518 darrellh Mon, 20 Jun 2011 13:21:48 +0000 http://darrellhardy.com/?p=891#comment-9518 Best of luck on your game! Once you've got it working, take another look at your expensive components, and see if you can get the same functionality out of something a little cheaper to produce. Custom dice, for example, can be replaced with a deck of cards. Huge quantities of cards can sometimes be replaced with a single pad of paper. Dozens of glass beads for tracking resources might be replaced with a single sheet with tracks printed on it, and a handful of cardboard tracking tokens. Stay true to your vision, of course, but don't forget to keep an eye out for economical alternatives. Best of luck on your game! Once you’ve got it working, take another look at your expensive components, and see if you can get the same functionality out of something a little cheaper to produce. Custom dice, for example, can be replaced with a deck of cards. Huge quantities of cards can sometimes be replaced with a single pad of paper. Dozens of glass beads for tracking resources might be replaced with a single sheet with tracks printed on it, and a handful of cardboard tracking tokens. Stay true to your vision, of course, but don’t forget to keep an eye out for economical alternatives.

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