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Copyright-violated by pirates is good! (Or not.)
So, I was pointed to this article yesterday: The "real" victims of online piracy. (No, I have no idea why they put quotes around "real." Seems to me that it undermines the impact of the article.)
( This isn't the fun kind of piracy, with booty and eyepatches. ) -
Have you read more than 6 of these books?
Have you read more than 6 of these books? The BBC believes most people will have read only 6 of the 100 books listed here.
( A new variant on the book meme. ) -
Gamma Rifts
Do you remember my epiphany, from a couple weeks ago? I realized that it wouldn't be that hard to jigger the new Gamma World to run Rifts. Or, well, I realized that it was possible, and was hoping it wouldn't be that hard. I've been tinkering with it on and off since then. So far, I have come up with the basic origins.
( Game blather within, you have been warned. ) -
The world is running down...
I think I may be failing at NaBlogWriMo. I'm just running dry here. I have a couple posts that I am working on. One about Gamma Rifts, a couple short stories, and a couple more philosophical posts. But, none of them are working for me. I'm not "feeling it ( Read more... ) -
Is calling sex a "touchy" subject gauche?
As those wise sages Salt N Pepa once said, Let's Talk About Sex.
( Yeah, I'm going to cut this one before I even get going. ) -
Transatlantic Cruise Final Write-Up
Here is, at long last, the final version of our Transatlantic Disney Cruise. Do be warned, it is big. It's a PDF file, and clocks in at just under 56MB. We're trying to get it posted somewhere better than Google Docs, but so far this is what's working. If you have trouble getting to it, let me know and I can email it to you or something ( Read more... ) -
Making Fantasy Fantastic
For those of you who might not have seen it, I wanted to draw your attention to a quick series of posts I did for Dice Monkey. It's all about how to add a bit of wonder and fantasy back into your RPG games, if you have a problem with your players just not feeling it.
In part 1 of the article, I talk about the power of descriptive language, and ( Read more... ) -
Infinite Jest
One of the subjects I miss most from college is the philosophy of mathematics. I didn't actually discover it until my senior year, so I did not get to explore it as much as I would have liked. The one seminar I took on the topic was really fascinating ( Read more... )