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Nov 11, 2009 by Kurt "Telas" Schneider11

Soldiers’ Stories

Today is Veterans Day in the United States, also known as Armistice Day and Remembrance Day in many other countries. Serving in the military is simultaneously dangerous, boring, stressful, exhausting, and frustrating. And the pay frankly sucks. But it’s also one of the most satisfying jobs you can ever hold. Soldiers (and sailors, airmen, and marines) not only volunteer for it, quite a few of them reenlist, and even ...
Aug 25, 2008 by Scott Martin3

Flashbacks and Short Stories

There are a lot of interesting ways to handle time and history in your game. Most of us default into straightforward linear time as characters wander from event to event, like we do in our own lives. Sometimes it's good to mix that up; visiting the character's past can be a great chance to reveal information that puts the present in a new light. Or, like a novel ...

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