Cerise Magazine

Is getting an Adults Only (AO) rating as much of a death sentence as RockStar Games made it seem?

Apparently so. (more…)

With a wide variety of back-to-school supplies currently in stock in office supply stores, now is the perfect time to construct your own custom game master’s screen. These screens are very adaptable, and can be made suitable for any tabletop game where one or more players benefit from a space to organize papers and equipment out of the view of others (note: these screens make for a nice homemade gift, if you yourself cannot use one but play in game where another can. And everyone can use the goodwill of the person behind the screen, right?). And because this particular Craft Check project can be so easily customized, the skill of the crafter can dictate the demands of the craft – anyone can have fun with it, from those who have no artistic talents whatsoever on up. (more…)

We’ve got an exciting line-up of content this month at Cerise. In addition to our regular features – Craft Check, and Latoya Peterson’s Gaming in the Media column, focusing this month on the potential impact of Adults Only ratings – and an interview with Miriam Ruiz, a game developer and blogger active in a variety of online communities, we have some great articles for you. There’s the first in a series of articles about gender in Live-Action Role Play by Samara Hayley Steele, a discussion of the myth of the anti-social gamer by Andrea Rubenstein and a report from Yvonna Lynn about her impressions of Stranglehold, which she played at E3.

We also have reviews, of course, and be sure to check out the three excellent Gamer Stories revolving around this month’s theme, “The Social Gamer.” And when you’ve read all of that, take a look at our newest addition to the magazine’s line-up, the Back Page – a place for fun odds ‘n ends.

We’re featuring more contributors, and a greater variety of content, with every issue. Want to be a part of it? The submissions guidelines page will tell you how.

Welcome to the Back Page! This is where we publish the odds and ends that our readers send in, from artwork and writing, to shout outs, thoughts on gaming, and whatever fun and silly things we can come up with. If you have something you want to show off to the rest of our readers, head over to our submissions page and fire off an e-mail to us! (more…)