Iain Banks diagnosed with Gall Bladder Cancer.

Fuck cancer.

CK posted a note earlier in the week which I've looking at regularly. I tire of keeping the Facebook tab open, so I reproduce it here for my own reference. It's taken from Steven Pressfield's The War of Art.

Steven Pressfield, in his terrific book THE WAR OF ART, breaks down the difference between the Pro and the Amateur. Here is how a Pro behaves ( Read more... )

The other day I read two articles from two entirely different sources that interacted in an interesting way. Both include aspects that I'm interested in reading and thinking more about.

The first was on Ian Morris' 2010 Big History book, Why the West Rules-for Now: The Shape of HistoryThe second was about how social scientists are discovering that ( Read more... )

I only played one game on Sunday, Sagas of the Icelanders, a game about 10th century Icelandic settlers, and it was great ( Read more... )

Friday Afternoon: The Sprawl: The Flint Termination
This was a new scenario for The Sprawl, and it went as well as any new scenario has gone so far, although it didn’t go quite as I expected. Both of those are good things! I’ve written several scenarios for The Sprawl by this point, and I generally find that the first one doesn’t run particularly ( Read more... )

This is a hold page for my games:

LV-572 (The Regiment: Colonial Marines)

The Corporation lost contact with this colony a month ago... Everything looks calm... "Contact! We have a blip sir!"

The Flint Termination (The Sprawl)

Sometimes the job's just straight out wetwork.

The Sprawl is a game of mission-based action in a gritty neon-and-chrome ( Read more... )

So, this was a thing that happened: Sydney breaks temperature record

I'd intended to set myself high goals for gaming in 2012:

1. Play the RPGs I have with me in LA that I have yet to play.
   
2. Get Cyberworld (and A Certain Kind of Decision) to the external playtesting stage.
   
3. At every con I attend, offer at least one prep-intensive game.
   
4. Submit one of those games to the 2013 Kapcon SDC.
   
5. At every con I attend, offer at least ( Read more... )

I recorded a bit for the Penny Red podcast last month. It's part of an episode on Christmas gift recommendations; perhaps not so useful now, but here it is for posterity: EPISODE 45: DOOMSDAY.

It's been a while since I played around with Audacity; I'd forgotten how much I enjoy it.

Less tardy than last year.

My top 10 listened artists with (2012 playcount) and [overall ranking since 2005]

1. Shihad (230) [2]
   
2. The Prodigy (175) [10]
   
3. Fear Factory (146) [14]
   
4. The Sisters of Mercy (136) [1]
   
5. Garbage (117) [28]
   
6. Pendulum (96) [92]
   
7. Electric Six (88) [14]
   
8. Joy Division (80) [5]
   
9. Scooter (73) [89]
   
10. Flunk (67) [165]

This is a surprising list ( Read more... )