Review: Project Roleplay (and giveaway winners announced!)

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If you live the fandom life, you’re probably familiar with roleplay. Roleplay has been around since the dark ages before Facebook, back when the only way to live out the life of a fictional character was via forums and chat rooms. Fandom roleplay has become huge on social media websites: you can find RPers on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and more.

If you’re a current RPer, you’re probably aware of the crackdown that has been happening on roleplay accounts, particularly on Facebook. While this is being done in the name of security, it’s putting a bit of a damper on the roleplaying community at large. Luckily, the team behind Project Roleplay has come up with a solution. This time it’ll work, this time it’s right, this time your carefully cultivated character profile won’t suddenly be suspended while you’re in the middle of 

On My Love for Tolkien

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Yesterday, the third of January, was J.R.R. Tolkien’s 121st birthday. I struggled to think of some way to celebrate it properly. Nothing I could come up with seemed to do the man justice.

There have been many brilliant minds in the realm of fantasy in the past century; none, however, have done quite so much for the genre as Tolkien has. He is arguably the father of modern fantasy. The Lord of the Rings is the paragon of the genre, the ideal which has influenced all subsequent works. He also happens to be the author that has been a constant source of inspiration and admiration for me personally.

Geek Girls Are Taking Over The World

Or: Why Nerd Culture Isn’t Exclusively Male (And Never Was)

In recent years, what has been perceived as strictly “nerd” culture has become increasingly more popular. The film adaptations of popular franchises such as Marvel comic’s Avengers, the new Star Trek, and Peter Jackson’s forays into Tolkien’s world, have made what was previously “geek” territory into common pop culture ground. This has led to an influx of new geeks exploring the source content and participating in these fandoms. Combined with the popularity of social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr, it’s easier for fans to engage with the material (and one another) in new, creative ways. In short, what was once a fringe culture has become part of the mainstream.