OK I have heard enough about the nu-wave tabletop rolly-hitty RPGs of the last coupla years to wanna play one.

I would love to try either Descent or D&D4 sometime. Any action around here I can get in on? Anything else I should be playing?

I rediscovered last night at Matt's house that, yea verily, it is a fine thing to have video games. He and I agreed that among the best things about adulthood is never again having to gnash one's teeth at the phrase "Christmas is coming, you know." You want a cool toy? It's yours!

Well, unless you don't have a steady income. Hrrn. The thought of a ( Read more... )

The Diesel gambit paid off; I wrote for two hours, and the chapter has enough momentum to roll itself home. There's just the matter of time. I have decided that I can't write well when I'm sleepy... I can't start things at 10 p.m. I found myself doing this after I got home and settled in to continue, but then Carla's GURPS group started to drag ( Read more... )

This house officially Wins. I did good by coming here, and have said as much to the preinstalled peeps, with whom I seem to be swimming swimmingly. Charles acknowledges my skill at memetic boxing, and Carla invited me into her GURPS Discworld campaign. We've all played the official house game of Lost Cities many times, and we chat and share food ( Read more... )

Logged two hours of work today for Arcus, my first two ever as an independent contractor. Picked up plenty of useful advice from veteran contractor (and Arcus bossman) Jim, on when and when not to bill. Figuring out how to navigate the customer's whacked-out labyrinth of existing databases and APIs: bill. Thinking to self about how to solve the ( Read more... )