Exploring The World Of Blur

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Parking Mode

As anyone who has read my post at the ADD Grognard blog knows I'm going to be doing some parking and this one is officially parked. I have had little time to work on Blur after the hardware failure that basically wiped out my entire database that I spent years gathering. Even recently I thought I had found a good back-up of some of the material but it was corrupted as well.

So until life slows a bit or find a hidden back-up Blur will be in 'parked mode'.

Have a great holiday season and enjoy the archive here if you haven't had the chance. There are some good pieces in there :)

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Riskail

Riskail

This is a great resource site for Blur enthusiasts everywhere. Their links alone are a national treasure.

Saturday, March 5, 2011

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

A Look Back at the Year in Alternate Reality Games: 2010 Edition

ARGNet has posted a year end wrap up and offers a sneak peak for the ARG scene in 2011. If Surreal is your favorite kind of Blur experience it's well worth checking out.


A Look Back at the Year in Alternate Reality Games: 2010 Edition
http://www.argn.com/2010/12/a_look_back_at_the_year_in_alternate_reality_games_2010_edition/

Friday, December 31, 2010

That Time Of Year

It's that time of year when we look back and want to cry or scream for joy. There's been a bit of both here but overall it has been a trying year.

Blur is a simple concept that I think becomes overly complicated due to the breadth of its nature. But it is easy when you remember this-Blur is the line to stand on between reality and fiction, or non-reality if you like.

Blur is films like Inception and Moon, books like Scorch Atlas and Motorman (still a classic), ARGs (Alternate Reality Games), Transhumanism like Eclipse Phase, Jeepform, Norwegian style, Story games and Game poems.

Between the rise of sheer inventiveness and ingenuity of the indie scene and the explosion of the Open Gaming Content / Open Gaming License (OGC / OGL) scene gaming has taken on a whole new life, one that many can't get their heads around yet. We can play anything from an Original Edition fantasy game to something so abstract that many gamers don't recognize it as a game.

And that is the literal definition of AWESOME.

With the advent of the Virtual Table Top and online services that match players up it is possible to play any game any time from nearly anywhere in the world.

Wow.

May your 2011 be filled with excitement and joy of living and gaming and, as us old grognards like to say, may you always roll natural 20's.

Peace