Dear James,
Don’t be an asshat. That’s right. I said it. Do not be a hat worn on one’s arse because I think you’ll find that I tried to open up the conversation about organizing this month’s post and was met with silence (well, I was met with “yeah we should totally sort that out” and then silence”.
I have no idea where Rhavi is, he just sort of disappeared but I’m sure he has very good reason for doing so, you know, like the fact that exam season is less than 2 weeks away *twitches*
Anyway, now that we’ve gathered that you’re taking Mondays and I’m taking Thursdays (or the wee hours of Friday) I’m sure  Rhavi can fit himself in somewhere. So, I’d like to move on and talk about my new gaming obsession: Dungeons & Dragons!
Oh my God this is such an awesome game! I’ve wanted to give it a shot for a really long time because, well quite frankly as a kid I thought D&D was a standard board game that you could buy from a shop and I am in love with board games. Then I found out what D&D actually is and although I was a little disappointed about it requiring more work than a standard board game, I was still excited to play – and then I found out about the stigma and the fact that no one would fucking play with me. Especially considering that (statistically speaking) girls don’t like tabletop RPGs and I went to a girl’s school.
But then I fell in love with a total nerd who would play games with me and beat me at nearly all of them because I’m terrible due to my lack of practice and who would go on to introduce me to other games INCLUDING Dungeons and Dragons. My first ever experience of this game was as the Dungeon Master (they basically come up with the story and run the whole thing) and as much as my boyfriend and other close friend keep telling me that it was awesome, I’m sure it was awful but now I’m playing as a character (well, various characters because like 20 of them have already died) and I just wanted to express my gratitude for the fact that I have finally found people who will play stupid games like Dungeons and Dragons with me and for the creators of Roll20.net for making it easier for people to find others to play with even if its their first time.
Also, games that don’t actually need technology but are merely enhanced by it are awesome.
The Zone Of Proximal Development 