“Amazon Is Making It Harder to Move Your E-Books Around”: remember that there’s no theft without ownership. Piracy is one of the only online media spaces left that isn’t a victim of enshittification.
The Stochastic Game
Ramblings of General Geekery
Some new TTRPGs use prose for making characters, but remember 25 years ago when QuestWorlds (then called HeroWars/HeroQuest) did that? You wrote a paragraph about your character, and gave scores to nouns/verbs. Such an innovative design by Robin Laws and Greg Stafford.
I forgot to share what the February drop of our chocolate subscription looks like! For you chocolate lovers out there.
Happy Canadian Flag day! And of note, this is our national flag’s 60th birthday!
Speaking of “We Stand On Guard”, there’s also a lesser known indie comic called “USNA” with a similar premise that’s worth checking out too!
Vaughan and Skroce’s comicbook “We Stand On Guard” was very good 10 years ago, but it’s even more relevant now. You should definitely check it out.
“Love for the Love Gods”, a TTRPG pitched as “Cabin in the Woods, but for Hallmark movie tropes”, is the absolute genius premise I didn’t know I wanted. Backed!
Hahaha the guy who has been going through trash for more than 10 years to find his cryptowallet encryption key is now trying to buy the landfill and pass everything through some AI scanner. What a fulfilling and meaningful life this guy is living.
“As Trump comparisons pile up, [Conservative] strategists think Poilievre should stay the course”: these strategists are wrong. Poilievre should have been done when he started using childish Trump-like nicknames for other politicians. This guy has no place in Canadian politics.
One of the interesting consequences of Trump’s trade war against Canada is bolstering Canadian pride and unity. Among other things: a renewed push to for easier trade between provinces, a problem I didn’t really understand until this article from the Tyee.