I have been a life long fan of Doctor Who for 60 years. Yes, I was one of the 8-year-olds in 1963 cowering behind the couch as Barbara Wright first encountered a Dalek and started a television show on its way to becoming an almost cult, though no one knew it at the time - although the Daleks became a piece of television history as well. I have ( Read more... )

I just want to know one thing...

Why is it that roleplaying game designers can't figure that "Animal Handling" comes before "Athletics" alphabetically when it comes to lists of game Skills?

I mean, sheesh!

Have I ever mentioned that there are days when I seriously hate roleplaying game companies and the people who work for them?

Well, today is one of those days.

Not saying any more about the matter. :(

Some time earlier in the month, I wrote a bit of a rant about Kickstarter. You can read about this in this blog entry. I've also realised there is one other problem with Kickstarters at this time of year ( Read more... )

Remember my rant/discussion about the matter of Kickstarters and how these crowdfunding projects offer too much in terms of the stretch goals and forget about what product they were actually crowdfunding to begin with?

Over on his blog, zacharythefirst has written an interesting entry about this with some interesting thoughts about this made by Pete Nash, one of ( Read more... )

Remember my blog entry about Kickstarter burnout that I posted up a week ago ( Read more... )

While I love and appreciate and enjoy the freelance editing and writing that I do, I have one statement to make ( Read more... )

Don't get me wrong. I love roleplaying games. Some of them I even GM. :) I love gaming conventions, even if they do stress me out somewhat and I'll moan and whine about going to them and all the problems and inconveniences that that entails. However, in some ways, the most stressful part of gaming conventions that I'm going to be attending is ( Read more... )

Finally had a chance read today's Ottawa Citizen newspaper, and was disgusted when I got to the TV section of the paper, and discovered that tonight's season finale may be the series finale as the chances are pretty good that Monday Mornings (the official TNT website) will not be renewed for a second season ( Read more... )

Okay, let me get this straight...

The ratings on Canada's Space Channel for the Primeval: New World tv series weren't great, heck they weren't good. So, they cancelled the series. I understand the premise behind the cancellation... NOT ( Read more... )