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Monthly Archives: June 2007

SA ComicCon 2007

I never read comics as a kid. I was too caught up in reading actual books. Now that I’m older, I can’t help but noticing all the comic book stands at anime and game conventions
As usual, I only got interested in things that are unconventional, unknown, unobtainable, and out of print anyway. (Xombi, anyone?)
After hanging [...]

Free/Libre/Gratis Information

“Information Wants To Be Free”. What this phrase means depends very much on who’s using it. Roger Clarke has researched the various places and ways that this phrase has been used.
When Richard Stallman uses the phrase, “free” means “freedom”. “I believe that all generally useful information should be free. By ‘free’ I am not referring [...]

ICON 2007

I look forward to this convention every year. Apart from the usual roleplaying, card gaming, comics and anime screenings, this year the Medieval Armed Combat Society is giving a demonstration of medieval combat.
ICON 2007 will take place from 13 to 15 July at the Jabula Community Centre in Sandringham. Check Roleplaying South Africa for [...]