Well, I'm wrong again. This time it's just been one day since my last post. I think that I may make this blog slightly more regular than I had planned, by reporting interesting goings on, while I wait to write something meaningful about games. I really will do that sometime I promise. But anyway here is what is new in the last 24 hours.
New Web Site
There is apparantly a new web site that purports to be about the latest game news. They cover board games, collectible card games, role playing games, and miniature games. Their mandate is wider than either Board Game News or Board Game Geek. You also seem to be able to download the Dice Tower from them. What's that about? I'm not really sure what they are about yet, but they might be worth watching.
You've probably noticed that I haven't mentioned their name yet. That's because it's a discussion in itself. They call themselves The Game Geek or sometimes The Game Geek News, (that's their web address). I would have thought that this name is pretty much taken. Perhaps they are hoping to trade on confusion with the name of Board Game Geek. I've taken Intellectual Property law, and this is very close to the line of violation of trademark and possibly over that line. So they may only be around until the cease and desist letters arrive. They have been added to my links.
Another Exile
The inimitable Mr. Skeletor has made his decision to leave the Geek official. He's made a fairwell Geek List mourning the graves of the banished. It looks like hobitti's banning was the inspiration for the list. My understanding is that Mr. Skeletor might post occasionally, but he is basically done. It's a great loss for the Geek, as his posts are consistently amusing. However, on the balance its a win for me because of two reasons:
a) Mr Skeletor was holding back and (mostly) respecting the rules. On F:AT and so far the Wiki he has been insulting paople with flair and aplomb. Did I mention Mr. Skeletor is Australian.
b) He's writing longer pieces now for F:AT. His pieces are usually humourous, and not so much about ideas or reviews. They're consistently entertaining.
Mr. Skeletor's memorial Geek List was only erratically on the front page of the Geek. It kept disappearing for mysterious reasons. Here is the list:
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/21331
About Me
- Julian
- I play board games with my family (especially my son). I mostly play Ameritrash games, but I also play some Euro's and abstracts, and the occasional game of Magic. I play Dungeons and Dragons on and off. Right now its off, but I hope to get back to it. I also design games for my own amusement (although they are the best games ever made, of course). Recently, I have fallen in with a bad crowd, and I am helping them undermine civilization through the most dangerous creation ever invented: board games with dice and theme.
2 comments:
Hey there. My name is Daniel and I run The Game Geek. I wanted to post a comment about the name of our site. We are not affiliated with the board game geek in any way. I also run an online store by the same name. When I launched the store (about 3 years ago) I never even heard of board game geek. The way I found out about them in fact is that I was trying to buy the domain when we started to sell a small number of boardgames. LOL. So we are not interested in the board game geek or trying to confuse anybody. We have a link to them in our links section. I’ve advertised on them. They are aware of us, and it’s all good.
I’m a fan of The Dice Tower so whenever they post a new show, I put a link up to them. It’s just a link to their funagain page. You can’t download the show from us. And that’s a good thing since I can’t afford that type of bandwidth. ;)
I just launched this site and it’s not even 100% finished. I’m just getting it going and if it turns out there is a problem with our identity and folks getting confused, I’ll address it. But in the 3 or so years that my store has been in business we have never had any problems with it.
I realize that board game geek is popular with the board game crowd. But I want to cater to gamers who also play RPG’s (As I do) Card Games and Minis. I may even add Video and PC games in the future. I’m not going to change my name and my business just because there is a popular website that has a similar name.
Thanks for checking us out and linking to us. I’ll put a link up back to this blog.
Daniel
Thanks for the information Daniel. I was a little surprised about the name, interesting to know its just a coincidence. Good luck on your site.
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