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1. anarchy online:
   The only MMORPG aside from Everquest that I've played. The basic concept is interesting but, sadly they didn't learn from the things that Everquest does well (which is, as I understand it, true of a lot of the rival games out there) and it seems to be a game that encourages min-maxing which I'm (a) not very good at and (b) don't like very much (for reasons for this, see (a)). Also, although the soloing aspects of the game are extremely good, they do get a bit samey ... even more so than Everquest (and that's saying a lot!).
2. bears:
   What can I say? I have a thing for furry men. Curiously though, the whole 'bear' culture seems to reflect a more macho side of gay culture, which I think is probably what attracts me to it more than anything else.
3. crows:
   Crawley (my home town) is, despite being tarred with the title of 'new town', nothing of the sort ... in fact, it's rather old. The name "Crawley" actually means "Field of Crows" in one of the languages that were once used here. True to its name, there are crows everywhere and having grown up with them I've developed quite a fondness for them.
4. everquest:
   I used to be dreadfully addicted to this game, thankfully my addiction has waned with time and now only I play it at weekends and very occasionally on weekday evenings. I've had a look at other MMORPGs but none of them has quite the appeal of EQ ... though almost all of them are prettier and technically better. Still they aren't such good games ... which is the main thing.
5. fantasy:
   Admittedly I'm not terribly fond of the real world, fantasy is what keeps me going.
6. jorune:
   A tabletop roleplaying game with one of the best backgrounds I've seen (just between you and me, I actually prefer the background to Tékumel). The premise (like Tékumel) is a human colony is cut off from earth and gradually goes native. However in Jorune, the colonisation is far more recent (only a few thousand years) and technology far more recognisable. The 'magic' system (isho use) has the best rationale for any I've seen. I've been playing in the current campaign for somewhere in the region of four years now and it's as much fun now as it was when I started. Sadly, I don't think 'Skyrealms of Jorune' or, more importantly, its supplements are in print any more ... which is a great shame.
7. live roleplaying:
   I used to do much more of this than I do now, for the most part this is due to health constraints though I'd be lying if I said that money wasn't also a factor. I'm involved with two, very different, systems at present: Profound Decisions' 'Maelstrom' campaign; and New World Order's 'Ars Magica' campaign. Both are extremely fine, although they occupy diametrically opposite ends of the hobby (at least in some respects).
8. neil gaiman:
   A very fine author who first caught my attention through his 'Sandman' graphic novels. The prospect of an LRP game based on Neil Gaiman's 'Neverwhere' is causing my juices to flow at the moment.
9. roleplaying games:
   A huge amount of my spare time is spent either playing, preparing for or writing roleplaying games whether tabletop, online or live. In fact, it's amazing how much of my life I've spent being people other than myself!
10. Tékumel:
    'Empire of the Petal Throne' is a roleplaying game set on the world of Tékumel. The world has an incredibly rich background, even to the extent of having had several languages developed for it ... Tékumel's author, MAR Barker, is a linguist. Unusually for many games, Tékumel is not Euro-centric, rather it posits a future where (some thousands of years in our future) India, Africa and South America become the dominant powers on Earth and who then moved out to colonise other worlds, Tékumel among them. However the actual game is set some tens of thousands of years after the colony lost contact with Earth and could not be described as a science-fiction game ... although there are some rare elements of super-advanced technology in it.
    
    A major gripe among fans of MAR Barker is that the world of Tékumel was thoroughly plagiarised by Raymond E Feist in his Riftworld series (the invading Tsurani being a direct copy of Barker's Tsolyani) but this generally goes unnoticed because Feist's work is far better known than is Barker's.
    
    The game has recently been re-released and is stocked by Leisure Games ... just in case anyone was wondering what to get me for christmas!

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Comments

Crows

[nyarbaggytep.livejournal.com]

I am also fond of crows. I've always wanted to get a decent photo of one. They have an almost preternatural sense for when you're getting close enough to get a good picture of them. I need a longer lens than I have.

Re: Crows

[binidj.livejournal.com]

A longer lens won't help ... what you need is permission.

Re: Crows

[pauln.livejournal.com]

Crow and Coyote both. Both tricksters. Both chary of having bits of their souls taken.

I've not tried with Crow, but Coyote taught us a lesson in Canada. We were driving along a remote twisting mountain road near Jasper when he popped out of the forest with something bloody in his mouth. We slowed to a crawl looking at him. He looked at us briefly then continued to lope along the road, supper in jaws.

We reached for the camera. Coyote glanced up at us and the camera refused to work. We pressed the shutter release several times to no avail. Eventually he hopped over the low concrete wall at the side of the road and headed back into the forest. As he did so the camera took a picture of the inside of the car, with fingers nowhere near the button. Permission was definitely not granted.

The House of Corvix

[smokingboot.livejournal.com]

Such tricksters! I love them. Don't know why I specifically associate them with winter when they are here all year round.

Re: The House of Corvix

[binidj.livejournal.com]

As alluded to above, I asociate them with home.