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Stage actor offers tips on how to get better at non-combat roleplay

January 31, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

TR8R also encouraged Mean-Tie6199 not to worry about being wrong or even bad. There’s no Oscar at risk

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: reddit, rpg tips

Discord’s supportive approach vs Reddit’s monetisation: Insights into differing company strategies

July 21, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

I just asked the most challenging question I think of; what’s the difference between Reddit and Discord’s strategies? Let’s get to the so what of it.

Filed Under: Cool Tech, Interviews Tagged With: discord, reddit

UK GAME store brings out GameStop supporting t-shirt

February 3, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Later this month, GAME, a UK game store, will release t-shirt in support of the Reddit revolt against short-sellers.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: fashion, game, reddit, t-shirts

Mods quit /r/boardgames in an anti-racism protest

June 13, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The community of boardgame fans is so large and the subreddit so busy that applicants are told upfront that it’s convenient to be familiar with tools like Automod and the language Python.

Filed Under: Sites Tagged With: board games, reddit

Redditor Medusa – monsters on social media

January 2, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Now, hiding away in the darkest corners of the Geek Native store we’ve discovered a Medusa (the Medusa?) busily engaged in comment banter on Reddit!

Filed Under: Sites Tagged With: geek native, monsters, redbubble, reddit, shopping

This is what happened after a games publisher followed random Reddit advice

December 17, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

You’d do better with a picture of a happy duck and tiny text at the bottom saying “product x now available. Consider buying product x

Filed Under: Sites Tagged With: humour, reddit

Running a competition ad on /r/rpg. Is it worth it?

May 31, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This week Geek Native is running a fantastic competition in which you can win a pretty awesome dice bag. The catch? You’ve got to be in the US or Canada and you need to use Twitter to enter. Why? Shipping and because the goal of the competition is to promote an etsy store who have […]

Filed Under: Sites, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: ads, reddit

Reddit rebellion over BF3?

June 13, 2011 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This geeky roleplayer is not in the Battlefield franchise and there was every chance that BF3 would have sailed past without me noticing – except, EA seems to have botched their “game blance” saving through like some rookie GM. The result? The powerful Reddit community is planning an open revolt. How did EA mess up […]

Filed Under: Console, PC Tagged With: dice, ea, reddit

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