Both creative writing and free form role-playing can get a bit boring without some sort of conflict. And in most cases, to have conflict you need a ‘good guy’, and a ‘bad guy’. Writing for or playing a bad guy though is not always as easy at it would first seem.
Jerry Stratton wrote an enlightening […]
Copyright issues are of concern to writer’s in general because of the desire to protect one’s work. Role-players have the same concerns, but also sometimes need to be aware of the other side of the coin when it comes to things like ‘fair-use’.
The World Intellectual Property Organization has put out a publication that it hopes […]
I just saw the first trailer for the upcoming movie adaptation of Beowulf, and while it’s origin is Old English, I think most perceive it as more of a Norse/Viking epic. And since movies such as this often spur a surge in character creations based on their theme, I thought we could dig up some […]
…the award-winning internet encyclopedia of mythology, folklore, and religion. Here you will find everything from A-gskw to Zveda Vechanyaya, with plenty in between.
The Encyclopedia Mythica is possibly one of the most definitive resources on mythology and folklore, and it only continues to get better. Currently housing over 7,000 articles on gods and goddesses, heroes, legendary […]
Lydia Loran suggested this list of the 100 Most Commonly Misspelled Words in English.
Dr. Language has provided a one-stop cure for all your spelling ills. Here are the 100 words most often misspelled (’misspell’ is one of them). Each word has a mnemonic pill with it and, if you swallow it, it will help you […]
No, it’s not a battle royal, but you can find out just about everything there is to know on these two Star Wars characters and make your own comparrisons by visiting the Wookieepedia.
It’s one of the largest wiki’s on wikia.com, and while it is subject to some of the usual negatives of being a wiki, […]
