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How My Stupid Bloody Name Finally Paid For Itself
13 Nov 2018For 11½ years, Dan’s name’s caused him trouble. But this month, for the first time, it earned him money.
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Challenge Robin II
9 Nov 2018Following the success of Challenge Robin earlier this year, Robin’s sent out on his toughest adventure yet…
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Shadows Out of Time
6 Nov 2018Dan adapts the Bodleian’s Halloween CYOA adventure gamebook into a Twine/Chapbook powered piece of interactive fiction for your browser. Play…
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The Story of Scgary
30 Oct 2018In the early 2000s, as a volunteer trainer at Aberystwyth Nightline, I invented a roleplay scenario which drew upon anecdotes…
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Since the 1990s, Dan Q has maintained some kind of personal blog, talking about his life as well as technology, programming, relationships, magic, and games.
He lives in Oxford, UK with his partner and her husband in a polyamorous V-shaped thingy, and their two children. Alongside freelance web consultancy, he works for the University of Oxford and volunteers with Three Rings.
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Reactions To The Unholy Alliance
28 Nov 2007
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