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