The Pontifical Council for Culture has announced that it is creating a foundation to focus on relations with atheists and agnostics. The president of the Council announced the initiative on Wednesday as a response to Pope Benedict's call to "renew dialogue with men and women who don't believe but want to move towards God ( Read more... )

Roger Ebert's very open and interesting article "How I believe in God".  Well worth a read from either side of the divide.  I'm much more moved by his searching and humbleness than bombastic attacks over my beliefs.  He comes across as someone I'd genuinely enjoy discussing questions of faith and belief.

For those of you going to Gencon Indy this year, this is the list of IGE events (so far). Apparently we have all the events in the Omni Fisher Ballroom.

Artesia: Adventures in the Known World
RPG0902182 Thu 9:00 AM 4 Hours
RPG0902353 Fri 9:00 AM 4 Hours
"The Bloodstained Chair"
Magister Gause has been found dead in his chambers; an ( Read more... )

Well, through no particular virtue or talent of my own, other than being willing and enthusiastic,  I've ended up as one of the organizers of Indie Games Explosion and Games on Demand (along with the members of the Playcollective).  So far in the Indie Games Explosion area we have Spirit of the Century, Trail of Cthulhu, Ganakogok, Grey Ranks, ( Read more... )