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Godless gets some press

god — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:06:26 +0000

As noted by, among others, past Godless Radio guest Larry Moran, the U of T eBulletin has done a writeup on Godless. Hurrah!

William Gibson weighs in

god — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:32:00 +0000

Over on William Gibson’s blag, a discussion of undecided voters, and an apt analogy. If you think WG is as awesome as I do, go over and check it out.

Holy shit

god — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 02:48:59 +0000

If you haven’t seen this clip from Obama’s recent talk in Canton, OH, just… hot damn. Watch it. He is on fire. He got me so choked up I didn’t even mind the “god bless you” at the end. Seriously, watch it. It’s just a few minutes long.

Seriously. Hot. Damn.

Venn Diagrams FTW

god — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 04:31:42 +0000

Seriously, though, Venn diagrams are a concise and satisfyingly geeky way to convey complex information. Instead of writing a paragraph about how some of the people in my life are geeks, and some of the people in my life are artsy, and explaining that those groups overlap , and further that some subset of the overlapping region will find my webcomic project viscerally satisfying, I can draw three circles in a square and you know exactly what I’m talking about.

And Venn diagrams are versatile! You don’t even have to mouth off to anyone any more if you can just scribble some pithy circles on a bar napkin. Draw three interlocking circles titled “smart people”, “sexy people” and “talented people”, then enclose them in a circle labeled “people who aren’t you” within a larger rectangle labeled “everybody”. See? It’s that easy!

Yes, the Venn diagram could be the key to an new, utopic, entirely non-verbal society. Keep your eye on it!

As Usual

god — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:06:42 +0000

Weedmaster P sets us straight. When will the rest of us learn to see the world as clearly as Weedmaster P? When we look at it through a red-eyed pot haze I suppose.

Also, if you don’t already read Overcompensating by Jeffrey Rowland you oughta.

My latest consumerist yearning

god — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:59:38 +0000

It’s been a while since I’ve raved about seeing a t-shirt or some other swag that I want to own. Okay, so it’s also been a while since I blogged anything with content. But here, check this shit out:

Must be fate

god — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:50:33 +0000

It’s like the webcomic author knows me!

Rob Donoghue’s Dice Bag

god — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:08:17 +0000

is awesome.

I love this bag: it is rugged, has six compartments, sits flat on the table — beautiful. And it’s 10$, which is nothing to sniff at, but isn’t as much as I would have expected. Of course, it’s meant as a utility item, not as a luxury, so that makes sense. Seriously, check this out:

Rob’s Fantastic Dice Bag

Nerdgasm!

god — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 04:02:57 +0000

OMG, this sounds awesome: Shadowrun mashed up with Don’t Rest Your Head. Fred Hicks calls it Don’t Sleep on the Run. drool.

Lenny B on world-building in FATE/SotC

god — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 18:31:26 +0000

Leonard Balsera, one of the authors of Spirit of the Century, has written up a short and clear description of how to use FATE/SotC characters’ aspects in worldbuilding. If you’re just getting started in your FATE GMing career, give it a read to get some good ideas for how to sculpt a world that will interact nicely with your heroes. If you’re an experienced FATE GM, check this out anyway. Your players may be worried that the aspects they chose won’t be especially useful in your setting, and this article may help you convince them otherwise.

Finally, a personal note. I urge all you GMs, DMs, Storytellers, Bartenders and Referees to keep your world flexible. Your current crop of players is the most important group in the world, and if their fun requires that you modify your plans a bit, so be it.