The five things right now: #2 – roleplaying games
In my last post, I started this short series of articles on how I’ve been living since the death of my wife Vickie on the 10th of April this year. …
The five things right now: #1 – friends and family
On Wednesday, April the 10th, Vickie, my wife of fourteen years, died due to an infection terminating the function of her already-impaired liver. The past few months have been a …
RIP Vickie Farquhar (1942 – 2019)
This was taken in our living room in Normahurst on August 14th, 2004. We were looking forward to our fifteenth anniversary this year. I love you, sweetheart, and I want …
Cool Things: 2017 and 2018
A quick summary of 2017 and some things I’m hoping to do in 2018!
Farewell to a Geek’s Second Home: KerSplatt! Comics and Collectables
The life and recent closure of Cairns’ locally-owned comic book and collectables store, KerSplatt! Comics and Collectables.
A Paid to Play Podfade: Examining Motivation
There’s a term in the podcasting game called “podfading”. Podcasters and listeners use it to refer to when a show producer either suddenly or gradually stops producing regular episodes with …
My Run with Announcements
I seem to be having a run when it comes to big announcements these days. I’ll be gearing up to launch something and suddenly life will throw itself square in …
Losing Dungeons and Finding Stars – July-August 2017 Update
Greetings one and all! It’s been a while since I did a solid blog post update, so rather than pick a particular topic I wan to do a general update. …
GMpreneur Burnout: Too Much, Too Early?
It’s good to go in on your passions. Regardless of anything else, there’s a special feeling of confidence and competence that comes out of your own unique mix of skills …
Male Player, Female Avatar: It’s Not Me
Is there an actual need to escape that causes a man playing a female avatar in a video game?