Jonathan PayI occasionally run tabletop RPGs, I own too many board games, and I have opinions about both that nobody asked for. This is where I write about them anyway.
There’s a moment in Deus Ex that’s stayed with me for at least fifteen years. That conversation between JC Denton and the Morpheus AI. Morpheus: “JC Denton. Twenty-three years old. No residence. No ancestors. No employer.” JC: “How do you know who I am?” Morpheus: “I must greet each visitor with a complete summary of his file. I am a […]
Deus Ex treated its players differently. It assumed we could question authority, notice contradictions, and weigh ethical choices with more than a points system. It was, in hindsight, a game designed to teach critical thinking through play. That sense of consequence lingered long after I closed the game.
First and foremost: this is more of a thought exercise. It is a personal challenge. It is not a statement of preference for one game setting or system being better than another. I love Star Wars. I’ve played Fantasy Flight Games’ (now Edge Studio’s) and West End Games’ RPGs a few times. However, I also […]
Perhaps it’s my limited experience of RPGs. I played my first game with LRC back in 2017. I have basically become a part of the furniture since. However, it seems to me that troupe play should be found in more RPGs than there are. It could just be my preferred style of play, but let […]
Somewhere between 1.5-2 years ago I started playing D&D with a meetup group. Since then I’ve made some great friends. I’ve played in some pretty amazing campaign arcs. I’ve even DMed maybe a dozen sessions too. I love D&D (5e), though I’m also really excited by how many other RPG systems there are out there. […]
It was more than likely an assistant, however it was a very cool moment to receive a quote tweet from famed Hollywood director, Ron Howard! I did enjoy Solo. They made a really fun story. My major critique however, was that they tried to fit too many nods and references into a single movie. These […]
I was kind of excited about this game a while ago when I first hear they were making it. It’s an alternate history fiction where the Nazi’s win the second world war. The game starts in 1946, the war is still raging (and the Nazi’s have giant technological war machines!) but the main character is […]
Deus Ex: Human Revolution isn’t just about cybernetic limbs or shiny technology; it’s about what happens when the line between human and machine starts to blur. It asks whether perfection is worth the cost, and whether becoming “more than human” might actually make us something less.
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