I ditched most of Amazon’s stuff a couple years ago, including my Kindle which I replaced with a Kobo. But I have noticed a few months ago that Kobo seems to use more and more Adobe DRM bullshit. Apparently that causes problems for book authors. Piracy and jailbreaking are still the best user-experience.
The Stochastic Game
Ramblings of General Geekery
Let’s go back to forums, web rings, and janky chat rooms.
I added an appendix to my recent Dragonbane review, since a couple of people were surprised at how much of a generous gamemaster I am with heroic abilities… hear that, my dear players? I’m an overly generous gamemaster! I have proof! Stop asking for more XP!
Drawing with a view.
Some Notes on Dragonbane
If there’s a sure way to get my attention, it’s including some good looking maps in a game. But a sure way to get an instant buy is to include a big-ass cloth map in a game. That’s what Dragonbane did with their original crowdfunding campaign, and so of course I backed it at the “Deluxe Bundle” level. But wait! Instead of forgetting about it by the time it shipped, and then collecting dust on a shelf after receiving it, we actually played it! Shocking, I know. So here, let’s talk about Dragonbane!
The trailer for “Whalefall” reminds you that the odds of being swallowed alive by a whale are technically not zero. This is another great occurrence of taking a common folk-tale/biblical trope and doing a horror movie out of it. A whole movie inside a whale’s belly… sounds fun!
“Landmark German ruling declares Google’s AI Overviews are Google’s own words and makes it liable for false answers”: more of this everywhere please.
“Catlantean 3D – Making Graphics Like It’s 1993”: this looks absolutely amazing, and I love that people out there are doing stuff like this.
Me, writing a TTRPG scenario where kids discover ancient cursed ruins under their school, giggling at how preposterous this whole idea is.
I knew that the Diamond consignments really fucked at lot of people hard, but didn’t expect to still see some consequences so late after the event. It must be incredibly sad and frustrating for the people at Paizo. I’m thinking of buying a few of their PDFs in support. Good luck to all.