We finally played the Spectaculars #TTRPG last week-end and it was pretty interesting! I’m not sure that it’s our jam past a one-shot or two, but it was fun! I had to spice up the rather bland first issue scenario though.

Just read an article about how “genAI will let us take back the open web” and…. ugh.

I love the term “cognitive surrender” to describe what happens with people using genAI, and how it leads them down wrong paths.

Thinking about a Mission: Impossible #TTRPG, I wonder whether it should be a straight up adaptation, or a “X but with Y” thing like “M:I but in Fantasy Renaissance Venice”. One reason is that since some M:I tech (like masks) feels magic, why not actual magic?

Another old TV series I started (re)watching lately is Mission: Impossible. Hard to remember a time before Jim Phelps, but Dan Briggs is pretty good too! It all hold up well, it’s suspenseful and often clever. I totally want to make a #TTRPG out of it!

The fact that Andy Weir is a borderline-libertarian who doesn’t want “politics” or “social commentary” in his sci-fi isn’t surprising. Even in software engineering I’ve met a lot technically incredibly clever people who are dumb as a brick when it comes to anything else.

There are only two meals: breakfast, and dessert.

Went to see Project Hail Mary with the family! Verdict: good good amaze amaze

Technology Connections on renewable energy: I like the way he frames things here, it’s an interesting way to think about renewables. What comes after the fake ending shouldn’t be anything anyone doesn’t know already though.

Speaking of “Prince of Persia”, here’s a compilation of behind-the-scenes footage!