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The Blogging Paradox (or Why I Stopped Blogging and Why I’m Starting Again)

Internet culture is a fascinating, terrifying, distorted reflection of human behaviour. Social media is a House of Mirrors which warps context, subverts emphasis and provokes opinion. I’ve learned from experience that emotionally investing in online interactions is a hazardous pastime which can lead to dark places. It can also be Read more…

By Mathew James Westhorpe, 3 years13/01/2020 ago
Computer and Video Games

An Open Letter to Frontier and Friends

Dear all, As any of you who followed my teenage nephew’s brief, tragic foray into the Elite Dangerous community starlight likely already know, Michael (aka CMDR Michael Holyland) died on 22nd May 2019.  His funeral service and cremation was on 7th June at which I gave two eulogies to remember Read more…

By Mathew James Westhorpe, 4 years01/07/2019 ago
Roleplaying, Tabletop and Card Games

Sheetpicking: D&D Beyond Versus Roll20’s Charactermancer

How many Players Handbooks does it take to change a lightbulb? To be honest, I couldn’t tell you; I’ve got three 5th edition PHB versions and no lightbulbs have yet changed. Let me explain… Over the last year or so, my newly awakened Dungeons & Dragons passion has slowly eased Read more…

By Mathew James Westhorpe, 4 years28/01/2019 ago
Dungeons and Dragons

Dungeon Master’s Folly: Campaign Debut (Out of the Abyss)

Returning to Dungeons & Dragons after a quarter-century absence was always going to be a challenge. But I may have underestimated just how much. Mistakes were made. Pick a World, Any World I have vague recollections of being a reasonably competent dungeon master once, but they were simpler times. As Read more…

By Mathew James Westhorpe, 5 years01/04/2018 ago
Dungeons and Dragons

The Eighties Called, They Want Their Dungeon Master Back

Over a quarter of a century ago, I was a Dungeon Master. Then life happened; career, mortgage, marriage, kids. The funny-shaped dice gathered dust. Yet over the passing decades, the impact of those teenage roleplaying game sessions has resonated through my life. Not least the fact that I’ve remained close Read more…

By Mathew James Westhorpe, 5 years ago
Entertainment

Upon a Rock in a Dark Place

Derrick was about to die. Shrouded in the empty blackness of a vast, subterranean cavern, Derrick Stoneballs – second-storey man and lifelong criminal – clung to the vertical rock face and gave his predicament careful consideration even as his muscles screamed for respite. As a dwarf, he accepted his people’s Read more…

By Mathew James Westhorpe, 5 years08/03/2018 ago
Freebooted

EVE Re-evaluated: Hydrostatic Fluid is Thicker Than Water

At Fanfest 2013 – the last I attended – I idly speculated with CCP Guard at the press buffet about whether or not I would be attending the following year. I recall he laughed and said something along the lines of ‘of course you will, we won’t let you leave’ Read more…

By Mat Westhorpe, 8 years10/04/2015 ago
Freebooted

Moments in Elite: Dangerous – The Cobra Money Pit

Oh, Cobra Mk. III, icon of my childhood and versatile chariot of the stars, why do you hate me so? An early goal I’d set myself was to get into the signature ship of the original Elite. In Elite: Dangerous terms, it offers a solid platform to experiment with a Read more…

By Mat Westhorpe, 8 years24/10/2014 ago
Freebooted

Moments in Elite: Dangerous

While I appreciate that Freebooted has historically been an EVE Online blog exclusively, my current love affair with Elite: Dangerous has left me considering expanding my content. After all, five years dedicated to a single game does seem a little… obsessive. Of course, I’ll continue to discuss EVE Online – I Read more…

By Mat Westhorpe, 8 years24/10/2014 ago
Freebooted

Moments in Elite: Dangerous – The Dodgy Hauler

After cutting my teeth on the spry but limited Sidewinder, I wanted to try out other ships but lacked the capital to do it. The quick solution seemed to be to use what little I had earned to upgrade to a hauler, facilitating more lucrative cargo runs and courier missions. Read more…

By Mat Westhorpe, 8 years24/10/2014 ago

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