When I started reading gaming blogs a while back, I wasn’t really expecting much from them, and I thought there would be only a few of them. Boy was I wrong… on both counts! The Other Side blog was one of the first RPG blogs I visited, and I have to say that I got hooked. I can’t really explain it, but I keep finding myself heading over there to catch up on the latest that Tim Brannan has to post.
Here’s Tim:
The Other Side started as a way for me to share some of my game-related work, and hopefully improve my writing. I started the Other Side as a blog back in 2007, and then forgot about it. Eventually I remembered I had it and I began to start posting.
The blog became the reincarnation of my old website, also called the Other Side. I wrote a lot of gaming-related material, mostly horror-related and for Unisystem games by Eden Studios. Originally, I posted materials related to some of the games I had worked on: Buffy, WitchCraft RPG and Ghosts of Albion. As it progressed, I also got involved in the Old School movement, and began to expand into the OSR and Retro Clone games too, but keeping in the general theme I had established.
I also do a number of book, movie and game reviews. So on any given day I could post a new Unisystem quality, a character write-up, a new monster for Basic D&D or horror movie review. I also post a bit about the gaming community as a whole and my own point of view as a player and freelancer.
I do have a few special features I like to post. I do a lot of character write-ups of various supernatural characters, particularly witches. I have run an entire series of posts on Willow and Tara from Buffy the Vampire Slayer for about a dozen and half different game systems. I also run a weekly series called “Zananurday” where I post something about the DC Character Zatanna every Saturday.
Currently I am also using my blog to promote the Ghosts of Albion games I am running at Gen Con (ran at Gen Con), and a new book I am working for – the Basic versions of the OSR Retro-Clones, called “The Witch”.
I really enjoy the interactions I get from people replying to my posts, and seeing others talk about something I had posted on their own blogs. See you there!
Tim Brannan
The Other Side blog, check it out!
Chris Stevens
In Chris's opinion, the very best vices are dirt bikes, rock music, and gaming, while the very best medicine is fatherhood. If he could just learn to balance them all, he'd live forever. He's much more creative than intelligent, often wakes up belligerent, and ponders many things insignificant. Lastly, in an effort to transform his well-fed body, P90X, Roller Blades, and Food are all laughing at him. And the pain continues.
Awesome! Thanks for the plug! I hope I don’t disappoint this month.
You’re welcome, and never!