In Real Life: The News From The Intersection Of Games & The Real World
Everything that affects the lives of gamers and things gamers care about is right here. If it’s a brush with the law, new legislation affecting gaming, or just the many cool things happening in gaming culture, IRL’s the place to be.
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Amazon Is Giving Out Dishonored 2 Free, One Of The Best Sneaking Games Ever
The attention-grabbing headline for this story, of games coming with Amazon Prime membership this holiday, would be “Ten Free Games!” But when the other nine are so old they’re starting to peel at the edges, that’d be pretty anticlimactic. The true news here is the utterly fantastic Dishonored 2 is yours, gratis, if you’re member…
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How To Uncurse Your Dice Before Game Night
Earlier this week, while preparing for a tabletop role playing game, I was perusing my dice, trying to pick out a set of polyhedral dice (which consist of seven dice: a D4, D6, D8, two D10s, D12, and a D20) that would best fit my Dragonborn Monk, Teimuraz. I found a set still in its…
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How You Can Start Playing The Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh And Magic Card Games
If you’re a nerd of a certain age, there are three trading card games that have been a near constant in your life, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh! and Magic: The Gathering. While you might not have played all of these games – or even any of them – you’re most likely well aware of their existence and…
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Hobbiton From The Lord Of The Rings Is Going On Airbnb
One of the coolest things about Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings films is that if you travel to New Zealand, you can actually visit many of its real-life locations. But what if you could go a step further? What if you could live there?