Hitting Dirtside, prairie style.
Just finished moving to Calgary, Alberta and it's an exciting place. Still lots to do, like find new employment.I spent most of the day walking around and beyond Panamount Heights to peruse the several...
View ArticleThe Place of Giant Animals in Fantasy
While originally a strong trope of the fantasy genre, (and often science fiction too), the giant animal seems to have been misplaced by the modern fantasy community. So why is this; are they boring,...
View ArticleA Fundimental Future Feature is in a Threatened Space.
The author of an ebook, titled "Spots the Space Marine", has recently come under flak from big-box-business Games Workshop, and I'm sure all but two of you know who they are. Ah, but the problem here...
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Thought Experiment: Kinetic Barriers
Hello Blogosphere, t'is proof I'm among the living yet.Anyhoo, for a while now, I've been pondering the several approaches one could take to mechanically representing force fields, personal shields,...
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Battlestar Galactica: the boardgame
Just today I had the chance to play the Battlestar Galactica board game, and to be quite frank, I was impressed. It full-heartedly embraces the paranoia and uncertainty that runs rampant across the...
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