The Stochastic Game

“Crowdfunding Oct 15: Ars Magica Definitive Edition”: I’m not that I like this trend of rulebooks getting bigger and bigger with each edition, but hey, it’s Ars Magica, and they know how to speak to me: there’s gonna be a poster map of Mythic Europe!

Ephemeral Tic-Tac-Toe: a Tic-Tac-Toe game where your past moves disappear after 4 rounds, and those squares are available again… a very interesting twist!

For the 20th anniversary of the venerable #TTRPG that is GURPS, Steve Jackson Games are running a sale, which includes -20% off hundreds of GURPS titles. Ends August 29th. Go grab something!

“Your TV set has become a digital billboard. And it’s only getting worse”: This is one reason I finally switched from Roku to Apple TV, even though Apple TV’s user-experience is inferior and, ironically enough, full of Apple advertisement. But hopefully those are non-tracking ads…

If you tilt your head and squint a bit, it looks as if modern #TTRPG games used to be scenarios, and modern TTRPG rules used to be playstyles

Good morning everyone!

“Radiohead ‘Leaked’ Their Own Track in 2009, Now We’re Accused of Pirating It”: it’s a sad state of affairs when you have to rely on Google to defend your rights.

“James Gunn’s Approach to VFX Speaks Volumes”: yep… the VFX industry has been a shit-show for many years (even worse, I’ve been told, than the video-game industry). I’m hoping unionization continues. A majority of jobs in the movie industry are unionized anyway.

A live-action movie of Garth Ennis’ “Crossed”? A few years ago I would have said “no way”, but after having seen “Preacher” and “The Boys” adapted successfully and without too much “editing”, I mean, sure, fuck yeah?

Accurate.