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About fakedtales

I'm a writer, a podcaster, a reviewer of games. Here's where I share my own fiction and my encounters with other people's media.

Dead of Winter

Posted on January 4, 2015 by fakedtales

I admit I had a little fun initially with Dead of Winter and my promise of a review of it. At first there was this, then my review of the camp fire horror role-playing game Dead of Night which had … Continue reading →

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Twenty Years Ago

Posted on November 7, 2014 by fakedtales

It’s a big anniversary for me today, so rather than rant about NaNoWriMo or the popular culture, or putting up a short story (I actually did that last week, there’ll be another one soon, I promise), I’m going to delve … Continue reading →

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Flash Fiction: Do Not Read

Posted on October 29, 2014 by fakedtales

It’s been a little while since I put a short story on this site, so here’s a little something I’ve done to stretch my legs (yes, writing legs, shut up!) and provide a little bit of horror for the season. This … Continue reading →

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NANOWRIMO 2014 CHARACTERS

Posted on October 29, 2014 by fakedtales

We’re almost at NaNoWriMo, so I don’t know how useful this advice will be, but it might help people as they go. Characters are awesome, it would be pretty difficult to make a story without them. I’m sure it’s not … Continue reading →

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NANOWRIMO 2014 PLANNING BASICS

Posted on October 25, 2014 by fakedtales

In National Novel Writing Month there’s one challenge; writing 50,000 words in one month. The thing is, there are so many different ways to get that done and so many ways to prepare for it. I’m going to go through … Continue reading →

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NaNoWriMo 2014

Posted on October 22, 2014 by fakedtales

National Novel Writing Month or NaNoWriMo, is a challenge for writers to write fifty thousand words in one month. Breaking that down we’re talking about 1,667 words a day, roughly. It’s an amount which seems daunting at first, but with … Continue reading →

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Tomodachi Life Review

Posted on October 12, 2014 by fakedtales

I was wowed and weirded out by the Nintendo Direct advert for Tomodachi Life. On D+Pad Magazine I’ve posted my review of my experiences with the game itself. I warn you, I made the X-Men for my little fictional island … Continue reading →

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Game Review – Mountain

Posted on July 30, 2014 by fakedtales

I blame Monument Valley. It made me susceptible to arty-looking iPad games. Mountain sounded weird and potentially interesting. In truth… well, you can read what I think is my first one-star review of a video game here.

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Game Review – Monument Valley

Posted on July 28, 2014 by fakedtales

I have an iPad. I often forget this as far as gaming options go, but it’s there, occasionally being a thing I touch for gaming instead of The Guardian, Reddit and Google Hangouts. Mainly I play Lords of Waterdeep, but … Continue reading →

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Game Review – Tower of Guns

Posted on July 26, 2014 by fakedtales

This game hit at an odd time for me. I’d heard enough news of upcoming shootybang games where I reached the point I felt I was pretty much done with games where the only method of interacting with the world … Continue reading →

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