Noteworthy Internet Links
Gaming
www.rpg.net A great source for gaming news and discussion.
www.indie-rpgs.com A superb collection of RPG publishing resources.
www.contestedground.co.uk The website of Contested Ground Studios, creators of a/state, a very slick gothic horror Sci-Fi RPG.
Game Books
www.gamebooks.org Demian Katz's compendium of gamebooks, including reviews of hundreds of titles from dozens of gamebook series.
www.the-underdogs.org/gamebook.php A site with dozens of classic gamebooks available for download.
www.projectaon.org Project Aon's site, distributing titles from one of the best and most memorable gamebook series, Lone Wolf, which Joe Dever has most generously offered to allow to be downloaded free-of-charge.
Anime/Manga
anipike.com An excellent meta-site for anime links.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowboy_bebop The Wikipedia article on Cowboy Bebop, a major source of inspiration for Wild Sphere
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_Suit_Gundam The Wikipedia article on Mobile Suit Gundam, another major source of inspiration for Wild Sphere.
www.building12.net An online comic by Wild Sphere's Chris Hazelton.
www.misfile.com/ An second online comic by Wild Sphere's Chris Hazelton.
www.liuart.com The online portfolio of Wild Sphere's Lucy Liu.
signalburst.org/rejean/ The online portfolio of Wild Sphere's Re'Jean Dubois.
www.tritium-sand.com/ The online portfolio of Wild Sphere's Steven Wen.
SF Technical Commentaries
Mobile Suit Gundam: High Frontier This site attempts to detail the real science behind the science fiction, giving a general overview of the physical aspects of the Gundam universe and the scientific speculations and fact upon which it is based.
The Babylon 5 Tech-Manual This site attempts to apply real science and physics to the fictional universe of Babylon 5, so as to provide the most accurate and plausible explanation to what was seen during the seven year run of the Babylon series.
Star Wars Technical Commentaries A web resource primarily featuring scientific and technical discussion of the Star Wars universe.
History of Role-Playing
http://ptgptb.org/0001/history1.html An informative series of articles by Places to Go, People to Be Magazine.
http://www.skotos.net/articles/TTnT_131.shtml Another series of interesting articles by Shannon Applecline.
Castle Blackmoor Website of Dave Arneson, co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons, which includes a discussion of the origin of role-playing, and a free PDF download of D&D Supplement II, the original Blackmoor campaign from TSR.
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