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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.

Carolina Death Crawl

Posted on June 7, 2015 by fakedtales

I introduced the people of Who Dares Rolls to what role-playing games are and can be, so I needed an example to show people how cool games are. I landed on a recent play experience because it was great, but … Continue reading →

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Theatrhythm: Final Fantasy: Curtain Call

Posted on June 4, 2015 by fakedtales

A Final Fantasy license has collided with a jumble of random words and created Theatrhythm: Final Fantasy: Curtain Call, which is an awesome game despite the silly name. I wrote about the game here on D+Pad Magazine. You can download … Continue reading →

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The D+Pad YouTube Channel

Posted on June 3, 2015 by fakedtales

I’ve been part of the video game blog D+Pad Magazine for a while now, but did you know Fred Black and I run their YouTube Channel? Almost certainly not, given our viewing figures. That’s okay, I forgive you. You were probably all … Continue reading →

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Oh, the Places You’ll Go

Posted on June 2, 2015 by fakedtales

I’ve started to write for Who Dares Rolls, a website which deals with tabletop games. I’m a friend of Ben Hendy, who introduced me to the site and explained that they had a big RPG-shaped hole which I could fill. I joined the site and … Continue reading →

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Operation Lightning 2015

Posted on February 1, 2015 by fakedtales

Last year I triumphantly shouted to anyone who would listen about how I would be publishing the first ‘season’ of my Lightning novellas in 2015, starting in April 2015 so that the final part would be launched in time with … Continue reading →

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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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