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An early review of Kuro

I have had my eye on this little beauty for a while, and when a couple of twitter people I follow started talking about it, I just had to ask if there was a way to get my hands on a review copy of it. Quite selfishly, I also wanted it to run the game at some point. I get a huge kick out of running horror RPGs, and my regular readers will know that I’m currently GMing a CP2020 game for my local gaming society. Seriously, they couldn’t have designed a game to grab my attention better, without rubbing some Steampunk all over it…

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The G*M*S Magazine Episode 65 – Sarah Newton and Mindjammer Press

You might remember that a few episodes ago we started a discussion about art and role playing games. At the time, we had some difficulties with audio and Rob couldn’t stay online due to bad internet connection.

This time, Rob is in a much better place and can talk for ages about the subject, so we can hear what he has to say. And some of the things he says are very, very interesting, even if I have to throw a few challenging questions back at him!

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The G*M*S Magazine Podcast Episode 63–Spiel report and Chronicles of Skin

I couldn’t help myself! Should have waited for Dr Reddy to be around, but I had to give you my report on Spiel 2012.

The show was quite amazing this year. Children were on holidays so, unlike other years, they were able to attend the show before Saturday. This made the first two days a lot busier than they’d normally be. Usually they are a lot quieter and Saturday goes mental with number of people.

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But is it Art?

A little while ago, Robert Sullivan, aka The Grumpy Celt, posed the question Are Games Art?

This is indeed a very tricky question to answer, as the concept of art is very subjective and some people consider things to be art forms only when they understand and respect that form of expression.

So, since the answer to the question Could Games Be Art? is a resounding yes, answering the question are they art is a different kettle of fish.

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