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Gavin Annand

Low Fantasy Gaming

Gateway to the OSR

8 min readJul 29, 2023

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Low Fantasy Gaming

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Want to be a Dungeon Master? Don’t play D&D 5th Edition.

D&D 5th Edition is the world’s most popular RPG by a long shot, but the multitude of unnecessary crutches can undermine a novice DM.

11 min readJul 7, 2023

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Gavin Annand

An Update for my Medium Presence

A quick one for my small but valued band of readers who have honoured me by taking the time to read my work here on Medium over the years —…

2 min readJan 11, 2023

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Gavin Annand

Before Counter-Strike there was Action Quake 2

Way back in 1999, Minh “Gooseman” Le and Jess “Cliffe” Cliffe released Counter-Strike, a mod for Valve’s Half-Life. Within a couple of…

6 min readSep 9, 2021

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Gavin Annand

GTA6 Needs to Push the Boundaries

More than ever, this is the game that could sink the franchise

11 min readSep 8, 2021

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GTA6 Needs to Push the Boundaries

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Gavin Annand

Great Australian Bytes

A country batting above its average

6 min readAug 29, 2021

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Great Australian Bytes

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Counter Arts

Everything changed with Quake

Many games are claimed to be “revolutionary”. Quake was one of the few that truly was.

11 min readJul 10, 2021

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Everything changed with Quake

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Gavin Annand

Change

The phone rings. It’s mum and dad. Some things never change. A family of my own now. Kids I’ll one day hassle myself. Some things change.

3 min readMay 28, 2021

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Mass Effect is good. But it’s not THAT good.

Managing expectations with a critical look at one of the modern era’s most beloved series; what it is, and what it isn’t.

8 min readMay 21, 2021

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Mass Effect is good. But it’s not THAT good.

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Videogames Could Be Education’s Greatest Ally, If We Would Only Allow It

From inspiring learning to practical application of theory, games are a powerful tool in the teacher’s arsenal.

8 min readMay 7, 2021

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Gavin Annand

Gavin Annand

At some point in about 1989 I played my first videogames on a Sinclair ZX Spectrum. This was the beginning of a lifetime obsession with games...

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