I hadn’t seen this nice “making of” documentary before… if you love “Who Framed Roger Rabbit” even a 10th of how I love it, you’ll get a kick of some of those production anecdotes: https://youtu.be/ty4xkdBbnOk
The Stochastic Game
Ramblings of General Geekery
I found a local producer who makes a delightful rhubarb jam. I’m happy.
LOL so we’re making it harder to get a loan instead of, you know, building more homes? https://www.cbc.ca/
“We have politicians that are trying to please everybody and are making totally counter-productive policy decisions”. https://www.nationalobserver.com
“Why a Japanese delicacy grows near old B.C. internment camp” https://www.nationalobserver.com
At first I was, like, “this isn’t so bad", and then I realized it was 20min long https://boingboing.net/
Overheard at home: “I know what it means to ‘calm down’, but what does it mean to ‘calm up’?”
Nice to see Hannah John-Kamen still kicking ass out there! Killjoys was thoroughly fun to watch. https://gizmodo.com/
Oooh yes please. And more. https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/
I love this chocolate’s backstory
This is way overdue for Canada, and there are a lot of obvious next steps to take https://www.nationalobserver.com/
We are never as good as we think we are ☹️ https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/
“I grew up a Black girl in Alberta without ever hearing of Amber Valley. How does history go missing?” https://www.cbc.ca/
This is a laudable move from Epicurious but frankly all of these initiatives, all of our personal choices to reduce or eliminate meat, they’re not going to accomplish much. Only government regulation will. https://www.epicurious.com/
Go hummingbirds! Fuck you Trans-Mountain! https://www.nationalobserver.com/
Yep that’s pretty much how I rationalize my purchases too http://www.dorktower.com/
RPGs and Fighting Fantasy Books
When Bud (of Bud’s RPG Review fame) did his RPG DNA on Twitter, it featured something not quite like a traditional RPG: Fighting Fantasy books. I remember going “huh” when he mentioned this in his “First, Last, and Everything” in the Grognard Files podcast #41, because Fighting Fantasy books were also a big part of my early gaming life. I can’t remember exactly if they came before or after The Dark Eye (more here), but of all these adventure books, one is forever etched in my memory: “Le Manoir de l’Enfer”, a.
Old school Marvel logos! https://reaganray.com/
Oooh that is a very nice way to present the Savage Worlds system! https://www.uptofourplayers.com/
The Roku Remote
From The Verge:
In a sign of how far Apple is willing to go to continue raising the profile of Apple TV Plus, the company has worked out a deal with Roku that will give the streaming video service its own shortcut button. This is the first time a branded Apple TV Plus button has appeared on any remote control.
I’ve been a Roku user for years, dating back to when their devices were basically shitty under-powered little pieces of cheap plastic with a laggy interface (the current models in comparison are good, decently smooth-going, and get the job done).
Fans: “Ghostbuster: Afterlife will finally be the sequel we deserve, faithful to the original!”
Ghostbuster Afterlife: (cringy merchandising opportunity)
The “New World” edition of @TheRPGLibrarian’s RPG Bookclub has been moved to the 24th because I’m a dumbass and the previous week-end conflicted with @theGROGNARDfile’s Virtual Grogmeet 2021! Apologies for the change. PM me for details!
RPG DNA Analysis
I recently posted my #RPGDNA (since that’s a trending thing right now in RPG circles), but I figured it might be interesting to look a bit deeper into my choices. The meme format is either 4 or 6 titles, but because it’s my blog and I do whatever I want, I’ll go to 8 titles – otherwise, like I said in the original post, I keep flip-flopping between the ones I want to include or exclude.
The April chocolate is here, courtesy of Origins Chocolate Bar! I’ll be happy to keep sampling some Qantu, and definitely intrigued by a brand called “the Chocolate Conspiracy” 😅
Hard to pick my #RPGDNA without flip-flopping between titles… here we go before I change my mind: Call of Cthulhu Amber Diceless RPG Cyberpunk 2020 Delta Green Unknown Armies If you can’t recognize the cover, it’s the French version ;)
