So I finally shared the thought I've been kicking around about hacking Fate for "righteous criminals exacting their revenge-type stories." These variations on Spirit of the Century's five phases owe a lot to a post by Leonard Balsera, among other things. The following is excerpted from an email I sent to my gaming group's list explaining what I'd ( Read more... )

Starting in the Spring of 2007 or so, I found myself answering the greeting, "Wow! Have you lost weight?" with a vague, awkward reply, mustered in much the same halting and awkward tones I used when Scott McCloud's --innocent and jovial, I should note-- inquiry about my Totoro t-shirt left me confused and speechless. I must apologize to Mr. ( Read more... )

But first, we interrupt our regular programming to let you know that Greg Costikyan is both thinking in public and looking for fellow thinkers. The discussion has some gems, and led me to articles like this one on the Netflix Prize. Death to the games industry, long live the games.
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It was not until I discovered the Television Tropes and Idioms ( Read more... )

I got rather lost on my way to DC Gameday last Saturday, but no one held my tardiness against me. At least, not for very long. In the morning, I played Off to School, a Game in a Jar adventure. The system and the scenario were both designed by our 7-year-old GM, formerly known as Samantha the Red. We played young students looking for, and then ( Read more... )

I just finished quoting from and paraphrasing the article "A Different Take on Phases [and Aspects]" by lcdarkwood for the benefit of my friends, with whom I will be gaming tomorrow. It would be impolite of me not to share, don't you think? Any departures from the text of the original email are italicized.

For Your ConsiderationI found these four ( Read more... )

I really am working on it. Starting around the night of June 4th - right after Lena and Elisabeth arrived at the beach - I started churning out hand-written stuff for Pirates like mad. Not just bits, pieces, and random notes - I'm talking about big blocks of prose that I'm actually proud of. I haven't been this excited for months! And it's all ( Read more... )

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Thank you, Morte from E.N. World, wherever and whoever you are. And I did do a lot more reading, that's for sure.

Nicole Lindroos and John Wick's tributes to Erick Wujcik on LiveJournal are really nice.

Anyways, games about culture. How We Came to Live Here aims to be one. They list a ( Read more... )

I have too much fun writing about not-so-fun things sometimes. Observe!Hey there Richard (and Dad/adviser/customer/potential investor)!

Pinnacle Studio 11 Ultimate is PC Mag's Editor's Choice, and it has some nifty features. It's also only $130, not the $150 I thought, and Best Buy has it on sale for $90. There's always the cheaper versions, too ( Read more... )

Classy, EN World. Classy.

If I can ever figure out what I'm doing, Avidemux may be new best friend. Which is kind of a shock, because not 2 hours ago Virtualdub was my new best friend. Eventually, I'll break down and get Premier Pro, but today is not that day. I think I've got my machine converting from raw digital video to compressed DVD ( Read more... )

So the D&D Delve is supposed to be a 30 Minute thing, and he let us play from like 2:30 to 4:30.

Did I mention I had a blast?

I can't wait to read part three of the 4th Edition preview/review on Ain't it Cool News. Here are links to parts one and two respectively ( Read more... )