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Russell Beattie je napisao odličan prikaz igrice Warld of Warcraft:
http://www.russellbeattie.com/notebook/1008308.html

Više informacija o samoj igrici možete pronaći na sledećim lokacijama:
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/
http://www.blizzard.com/
http://wowvault.ign.com/
http://www.worldofwar.net/

Još jedan free RPG sistem koji je pobrao odlične kritike.

Four Colors is a superhero rpg set in the bygone era of the 1940’s, when heroes were heroic and villains were villainous.

So, leave behind the angst-ridden comicbooks of today and fight the good fight against Nazi’s, gangsters and twisted theme villains! Once you go Four Colors, you’ll never want to go back!

Više detalja potražite na http://www.4crpg.homestead.com/.

Srećan lov na zlikovce!

Konačno! Novi nastavak jednog od najboljih RPG serijala je u pripremi …

In keeping with the Elder Scrolls tradition, players will have the option to experience the main quest at their own pace, and there will be plenty of opportunities to explore the vast world and make your own way. Numerous factions can be joined, such as the thieves or mages guilds, and each contains its own complete storyline and the chance to rise to the head of the faction and reap further rewards.

Linkovi:
http://www.elderscrolls.com/home/home.htm
http://www.elderscrolls.com/games/oblivion_overview.htm
http://www.elderscrolls.com/art/obliv_screenshots_01.htm
http://www.rpgplanet.com/morrowind/

Jedno od legendarnijih RPG izdanja, koje zaslužuje da bude spomenuto na ovom mestu, je svakako GURPS Traveller:

First published by Game Designers’ Workshop in the summer of 1977, Traveller was one of the first science fiction roleplaying games (indeed, it was one of the first RPGs of any sort). Traveller rapidly became the standard against which other SF roleplaying games were judged, and influenced many other designs in many other genres. The game went through several editions over the years, and quite a few changes were incorporated along the way. One of these was the Rebellion, something GDW did to bring conflict and excitement to campaigns that had become dull and mundane.

Vredi pogledati i odličan prikaz na lokaciji http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/reviews/GT.html.

Prenosim ovaj tekst samo zbog simpatične sličice koji ga prati:

Prior to the Fall, the Willy World thrill park was one of America’s leading vacation destinations. Beloved for its animated characters, it entranced children and drew families from all over the country.

In post apocalyptic earth, Willy World still stands, attracting a new breed of “customer.” But are the artificial denizens of Willy World still so benign?

A Darwin’s World adventure designed for a party of four 8th level characters.

Preuzeto sa www.rpgobjects.com/index.php?page=pro&product_id=62.

… pod nazivom “Dva meseca bojkotovanja bloga!” je upravo završen.

O rezultatima nešto kasnije…

Pošto se skoro pojavila 3.1 verzija Movable Type-a ozbiljno sam počeo da razmišljam o nekim izmena na sajtu. Pre svega, trenutno mi najviše smeta sistem arhiviranja koji je prilično neefikasan po pitanju zauzimanja prostora – unosi se arhiviraju na tri mesta (pojedinačno, mesečno i prema kategoriji). Zbog toga sam se obradovao novom funkciojm MT-a, koja će mi umnogome pomoći u predstojećem održavanju sajta:

Flexible static and dynamic PHP publishing controllable on a per-template basis
Choose between static page generation or dynamic pages on a per-template basis. This allows you to optimize the performance of your weblog, providing you the best of both worlds: you can turn on static page generation for frequently-requested pages like your site index and feeds, and use dynamic pages for your monthly, individual, and other archive pages. This allows you to create the best balance of fast rebuilds and low web server load. Dynamic pages completely eliminate the need to manually rebuild your files; when you update the design of your archive templates, for example, the design of your site will immediately be updated without requiring you to rebuild.

Takođe, simpatično mi deluje i sledeća mogućnost:

Subcategories
The new category management interface in 3.1 gives you fine-grained control over the organization and display of your posts. You can easily create new subcategories, and move a subcategory from one parent category to another using a sleek, intuitive interface. Not only that, the subcategory support is extremely powerful, because it builds upon David Raynes’ SubCategories plugin and thus inherits all of the tags included in that plugin. David has done a great job helping us integrate the plugin into the core Movable Type engine.

Paralelno sa tehničkim izmenama, namera mi je da u skorijoj budućosti uvedem neke nove teme o kojima bih pisao (malo bih se udaljio od RPG-a koji me u poslednje vreme prilično guši), kao i da uključim još neke ljude čija se interesovanja znatno razlikuju od mojih.

P.S. Od sada možete pratiti i mobile verziju bloga na wap.undergroundhill.org.

Pomalo zamrlu domaću scenu (zlobnici bi rekli da nikada ni nije bila “živahna”) osvežio je sajt pod nazivom knights of ni. Da citiram:

Ovo je test stranica, sajt je još uvek u izgradnji. Naš e-zine je pokrenut na inicijativu članova Mensine rpg mailing liste, s ciljem da informišemo ljude širom Srbije, kao i da podignemo kvalitet rpg-a kod nas. Nadamo da će stranice ‘knights of ni.’ zaživeti i prevazići okvire u kojima su nastale…

Fantastično: e-zine, recenzije, saveti i odličan dizajn obećavaju nešto novo!
Detaljnije ću o sajtu pisati kada u potpunosti počne sa radom, a do tada vam svakako savetujem da ga stavite na vrh svoje Favorites (tj. Bookmarks) liste.

Još jedan interesantan free RPG sistem:

The Battleaxe RPG is an action adventure game with an emphasis on the action. It’s flying arrows, ringing swords, and blood soaked battlefields. It’s for those times you want to power your way through an evening of role-playing without too much story, but with a lot of detail. This is a game of elves, dwarves, orcs, and men, where war and treachery rule the day and the line between good and bad is a very fine one indeed.
Designed with kick-in-the-door gamers in mind, the Battleaxe RPG brings to life a familiar fantasy setting with familiar fantasy races so you can strap on your backpack, pick up your battleaxe, and start your adventures right away!

Preuzeto sa http://www.16cbh.net/Battleaxe/ (download pravila).

U poslednje vreme pažnju mi sve više privlače travel blogovi, koji predstavljaju pravu stvar za odmor od pomalo dosadnih IT i sličnih tema. Jedan od mojih favorita je svakako lonelyplanet.mytripjournal.com/athens2004:

Nathan Hegedus is a freelance journalist based in northern Europe. He spent the last three years as a reporter for the Times Herald-Record outside New York. His work has also appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Newsday, Boston Globe and Philadelphia Inquirer. He is working at the Athens Olympics as a photographer. In the mid-1990s he lived in war-torn Croatian towns for three years working in grassroots peace projects then for an American non-profit. He grew up in northern California.

Ukoliko i sami nameravate da napravite nešto slično, bacite pogled na http://lonelyplanet.mytripjournal.com/demo/aid=1083&sid=launch.