I'm interested. Also a bit of a night owl. It's about 23:00 here, which is about 16:00 in Canberra (not sure where in Oz you are). But I'm game if we find a site.

I'm in Melbourne, which is the same timezone as Canberra. But if I'm working, I wouldn't be home, fed and ready for a game until at least 7:00, or 2:00 am your time. That'd be pushing it. Weekends, OTOH...

I didn't even know there were online board gaming apps (other than like Yahoo games, Facebook games, etc). Cool! Let's get some RoboRally going!

I notice they also have Guillotine, which is a constant favorite lunchtime game at my office. Something about work makes people want to decapitate French aristocracy, I guess.

ION, slashdot has a book rec that sounds neat: [link]

It's about the use of the second person, which is almost never done in lit-ra-choor, but overwhelmingly done in games (please to see thread title).

Section One, "Tabletop Systems," contains 15 essays devoted to a discussion of traditional, old-school RPGs, including standout bits penned by the likes of Greg Costikyan, George R. R. Martin, Erik Mona and Ken Hite. It's the most accessible part of the book, and without a doubt my favorite.

Speaking of web games, I just noticed that Oregon Trail on Facebook is now Northwest Trail. Looks like somebody got C&D'd...

I notice they also have Guillotine, which is a constant favorite lunchtime game at my office.

It sounds like a sequel to Down With the King, which I played many years ago. Imagine a card game based on Versaiiles during the reign of Louis XV, and you get the idea.

It's about the use of the second person, which is almost never done in lit-ra-choor, but overwhelmingly done in games (please to see thread title).

I've written several stories in the second person, because of the immediacy of the voice. I think it would be damned near impossible to sustain a whole novel that way, but it's fun to use in shorter fiction sometimes.

I notice they also have Guillotine, which is a constant favorite lunchtime game at my office. Something about work makes people want to decapitate French aristocracy, I guess.

I played this card game with my niece and nephew a lot a few years ago. Very fun.

Back to BT's question:

I would absolutely LOVE to play some online board games. Actually, I think Republic of Rome could easily be played online (provided it also included a chat function for the political phase). Like most computerized versions of board games, I imagine that would speed the game up considerably, since so many of the tedious manual manipulation of cards and pieces is automated by the computer.

I'd be down for playing some RoboRally. I don't remember how to play, but I'm sure I'll pick it up right away.

Obviously the scheduling with BT will be tough, but I'll probably have an easier time scheduling than some, since my schedule is kind of all over the place.

I think it would be damned near impossible to sustain a whole novel that way, but it's fun to use in shorter fiction sometimes.

I just read Halting State by Charles Stross. Entirely in 2nd person, flipping between two characters, so it always took me a couple paragraphs to figure out who I was. AND written largely in Scottish. Not the most fun read ever.

Not entirely off-topic either, as it's a what-if about real-world police action for an in-game (WoW-ish) item.

On a completely other topic, the non-profit Federation of Galaxy Explorers group is looking for some volunteer developers to help build video games for kids. My company participates every year; I think you can check NASA's website for more info.

They are also looking for a few people to spend a few hours a month helping to contribute to the Open Source “Orbiter Flight Simulator” project to add in some FOGE requirements. [link]

I have purchased Tomb Raider: Anniversary and a game controller.

I have snuck these things into the house.

I love subversive Sean. Hey, with the laptop you can even sneak out to play.