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The Indie Game Reading Club

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    Certain Values of Fun

    June 6, 2019 - By Paul Beakley

    My current Godbound game has gotten me thinking about games that have taken measures to ensure they’re fun to facilitate. I mean…running games is its own reward, of course. I...

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    Urban Shadows: Unkept Promises and Promises Never Made

    April 24, 2019 - By Paul Beakley

    I’ve been running Urban Shadows for a while now, seven sessions to be exact, and our session last night was so aggravating that I’m having trouble writing about it. I’ve...

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    NewMexiCon Wrapup

    April 10, 2019 - By Paul Beakley

    What was hot and happening in Albuquerque last week, other than the green chilies.

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    Pattern Completion and Intermittent Rewards

    March 25, 2019 - By Paul Beakley

    The greatest gaming lab ever created is the Las Vegas casino industry. That lab’s most significant finding is that humans crave two things in games: pattern completion and intermittent rewards....

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    By Aecer’s Light! Back it!

    March 18, 2019 - By Paul Beakley

    My buddy Jahmal Brown is running his first ever Kickstarter as part of their Zine Quest promotion, an adventure/campaign/culture booklet for Burning Wheel (and Dungeon World, via stretch goal by Johnstone...

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