Good morning! The snow is gone now but fun times were had, especially when the good fluffy boy met a snowman and looked nervous
The Stochastic Game
Ramblings of General Geekery
Binge-watching all the Fast & Furious movies, I’m realizing that there’s a whole bunch of problems that can be solved by driving a car really fast! Who knew?
“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.
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.