This article from NiemanLab titled “I’m a journalist and I’m changing the way I read news. This is how.” didn’t start particularly well for me. It read less about ways to read the news, and more about the inability of some people to just, you know, keep their phone in their pocket when they’re with […]
POSSE is in the air! Molly White recently published a great primer on the POSSE philosophy, so it’s time to do some rare advertising of my own tool, SiloRider
There haven’t been any blog posts about some of my open-source projects in a while and the reason for this is two-fold. First, I’ve been lazy about that side of my hobbies while I’ve been re-allocating my free time to writing and illustrating roleplaying game books. Second, I’ve actually discontinued a couple of my main […]
My friends over at the Titterpigs podcast did a recent episode on “played vs unplayed reviews”, and in a sort of interesting synchronicity, the Modern Mythos podcast just released an episode on actual plays. It’s interesting because I see all three types of content as being on the same scale of “game prep”. Let me […]
Every wondered how to play Delta Green without playing as one of those “problematic” US Law Enforcement agencies? Here is some advice for you! #TTRPG #DeltaGreen
Travis Miller wrote this interesting article on his Grumpy Wizard blog about “genre emulation” in TTRPGs. He basically argues that games don’t “emulate” a genre as much as they are part of that genre: To “emulate” is to imitate, simulate, or copy a thing without being the thing itself. If you are running a game […]
This is your reminder that ever since video games moved to online services and proprietary servers, they effectively stopped being a form of art. They’re just “content” and “monetization” until they’re thrown away. Want to work in video games? Stick to the indie scene.
Apparently cheese heists are a thing now? Where is this “cheese black market” they mention? Is it just average cheese cut with low quality cheddar to increase margins? (First slice is free!) Or can I get French imports of good, rotten, stinky cheese? Asking for a friend. Who is me.