•REC (spoilers! beware!)
Last night, due to the absence of Jim, we watched movies up at Graham's rather than gaming. When I arrived (a little late due to teleconferences with NBC), they were…[...]
Our First Glimpse of an Alien World
Discover Magazine writes about our first glimpse of an alien world. Achieving a feat that seemed impossible not so long ago, a team of scientists working with the Hubble Space…[...]
Artistic Proofs
Thing I appreciate: Self-deprecating humour Thing I don't: Humour that deprecates others. Self-deprecating humour is related to Ethos, one of the "artistic proofs" in rhetoric. Ethos is an appeal to…[...]
SinglePlayer AI vs MultiPlayer
Scott Anguish writes about Left4Dead: The other game I just tried out today was Left 4 Dead. This is one hardcore shooter that really ramps up the 'fast zombie' genre.…[...]
23rd Letter RPG
The time is now. [gallery] Psychics exist, not many, but enough - enough to worry those in power, and interest those who seek power. Governments and Corporations fight over them.…[...]
Zombi RPG
the earth won’t hold the dead What if the people who were dead got up one day? What if they got up and started killing other people? What if the…[...]
The Great Game
Alternate Reality Games (or Layered Reality Games) are going to be big. When someone mentions ARGs, I always think of Total Recall (the film) [thanks Eamon]. The protagonist takes a…[...]
It’s been slow here…
...and I apologise. From June last year until July this year I was working in a very low creativity (but nicely paid) job which meant that from the very minute…[...]
MURDERDROME: iPhone comic reader BANNED!
Wednesday afternoon I popped round to Paul's house for a quick chat (and a couple of headache tablets) and I saw a demo of MurderDrome, the first iteration of a…[...]
D&D 4th Edition … now with more!
I had a poke through a friend's copy of 4th Edition D&D. It seems it has been genericised to the nth degree, and everything has been made more powerful from…[...]
Sarcasm
Sarcastic quotes made me laugh this morning. Thanks to @darrylxxx for the link.[...]
The Morality of AI
On the Morality of AI (from an rPG net thread about Eclipse Phase"Their morality may seem alien because we may not want to grasp it but, at the end of…[...]
Gallifreyans do it in Time…
Wired writes about Gallifreyan incest: "Doctor Who star David Tennant is currently dating Georgia Moffett -- the actress who portrayed The Doctor's daughter in the Who episode of that same…[...]
Erick Wujick has passed away
Kevin Siembieda writes: “Erick passed away as gentle as a snowflake.” That’s how Kay Kozora, Erick’s ‘Beautiful Kate’ of nearly 30 years put it when she called with the sad…[...]
Questions about Frontier
Back in the day, Eamon, Colin and I did spend some time discussing the concepts a long time ago but it's clear that we had divergent ideas. Some of these…[...]
Citizen: a skill?
In our BRP-based Runequest game, Michael has asked a few times for rolls on 'Gloranthan Lore' and 'Human Lore' so that we can remember items from our own cultures. Because…[...]
COPS – Japan Stylee
Eamon, a technologist in the area of Cybernetics I know[1], posted this: "If you peruse Japanese foreign-resident forums you'll read a depressing amount of stories about foreigners being told to…[...]
Tonight…
...I'd like to be recording a podcast. But that's, like, a heap of work.[...]
Transhumanism
In 1966, Transhuman was defined by F. M. Esfandiary (later, FM-2030) as: included physical and mental augmentations including prostheses, reconstructive surgery, intensive use of telecommunications, a cosmopolitan outlook and a…[...]
War of the Worlds: Earth concept art
Which do people like more? (See the comments for more info)[...]