So what do you do when your guest doesn’t show and your schedule for the rest of the week is shot to hell? You go ahead, press record and make it up as you go along. A beloved friend of the show is on his deathbed and no doctor is in sight to save it. […]
Entries from September 29th, 2009
Three Moves Ahead 32 – 45 minutes of cold open
September 29th, 2009 · 14 Comments · Podcast, Three Moves Ahead
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Costikyan on Randomness
September 28th, 2009 · 6 Comments · Design
Talks like this are why I hate missing GDC. Even an Austin GDC. (Spotted at RPS.)
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Order of War review fact check
September 26th, 2009 · 18 Comments · Media, WW2
From IGN’s Mark Birnbaum: While not totally unprecedented in gaming, it is quite rare to find a WW2 game that offers a German campaign to players. While apparently not taboo to allow gamers to light up American troops with an MG-42 in Return to Castle Wolfenstein’s multiplayer, it’s not as common to have full-fledged campaigns […]
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Once More Unto the Teach
September 25th, 2009 · 9 Comments · Me
A blogging heads up for my readers. Assuming someone hasn’t stolen my fingerprints and set me up for a bunch of armed robberies in Missouri, next week will see me begin a long term substitute teaching position at a local public school. With the freelance market slowing down and other things affecting our family income, […]
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Treasure Hunter
September 24th, 2009 · 6 Comments · History, Me
An English farmer with metal detector recently stumbled upon one of the largest hoards of Anglo-Saxon gold and silver ever found. The find is being compared to uncovering another Book of Kells insofar as its importance in understanding Anglo-Saxon art and culture. I love the idea of archaeology and treasure hunting. As my colleague Brett […]
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Diplomacy – With Hats
September 23rd, 2009 · 11 Comments · Board Games
This is great. Via Darius Kazemi‘s Twitter.
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