The Stochastic Game

Steve Jackson Games’ Pyramid Magazine Volume 2 is now available as an HTML archive! Oh the good old times…

Sony is stopping production of consumer writable Blu-ray disks. They still make them for other businesses like movie studios, but it’s obvious that will go away (along with the concept of “ownership”) as everybody transitions to streaming & licensing. Piracy remains attractive.

Yesterday we saw this banger classic that is “Pirates of the Caribbean” at the Orpheum with the Vancouver Symphonic Orchestra playing the soundtrack live. It was great, with the audience cheering enthusiastically during the best moments. Great job by the VSO!

Kieron Gillen’s “General Player Advice for RPGs” has 7 great and simple recommendations to be a better #TTRPG player. Share it widely!

In British Columbia, the common-folk graffiti isn’t found on walls but on arbutus trees.

Adventures in Lighthouse Park! The fluffy good boy always have lots of fun there.

Out and about without the fluffy good boy… the BC coast is pretty neat.

I finally watched the 4-hours long (yes) Jenny Nicholson video about the Star Wars hotel and it was great! If you only have 10min, watch the “Robbed” segment at the end for a damning summary of Disney’s shareholders pandering.

This in-depth look at the 4K “upgrades” of “Aliens” and “True Lies” is both awesome and totally depressing.

Uh oh, there might be bigger political changes coming to France soon: Durandal, the 1300 years old sword of Roland, knight of Charlemagne, was stolen earlier this week… 😬😓