PSA: if you purchased any Dark Horse digital comics, remember that it’s shutting down any time soon. There are unofficial tools out there to download your comics. Next time, remember: DRM-free downloads or piracy, these are the only two viable options.
The Stochastic Game
Ramblings of General Geekery
Fuck off Discord. I don’t want to do “quests”, get “orbs”, click on “crumfibs” to collect “wizamags” or whatever the fuck you’re going to invent next to “drive growth and engagement” or something. I just want text & video chat, plus a simple way to pay for it.
“The Media’s Pivot to AI Is Not Real and Not Going to Work”: this is a lengthy but very interesting dive into the use of AI in media companies. You need a subscription to 404 Media to read the whole thing but even the first (free) half is good.
A week ago I setup AdGuard-Home on my home server. After a few days trying it via my laptop, I enabled it by default for all devices connected to our Wi-Fi… let’s see if the rest of the family notices!
Just finished another one of Majuular’s great video retrospectives on the Ultima games, this time on Ultima Underworld. I love Ultima!
Here is a nice, short interview with Bernie Sanders about AI and who gets the benefits (if any) from it.
Okay, sure, my last four TTRPGs played:
- Spire (GM)
- Dragonbane (GM)
- RuneQuest (GM)
- Call of Cthulhu (GM)
You know that action scene cliché where the hero is chased by a large creature and he escapes by passing between two large trees and the creature gets stuck? Anyway my dog was running behind me with a large stick and I needed to feel like an action hero. Totally worked!
Oh and the bundle of ladies-led series from Image Comics is back at Humble Bundle! Several great series like Saga, Paper Girls, Bitch Planet, and Black Magick. Don’t forget to adjust the shitty dishonest payment dials on checkout.
There’s a new GURPS 4e Humble Bundle for the GURPS-curious out there! It includes the must-have “How to be a GURPS GM”.