Via William Gibson's twitter feed came this compelling bit of musing-accompanied-by-photos: Goodbye BordersIt is about the closing of a well-liked bookstore, and the line that caught me was a throwaway halfway through. He causally talks about "Some time after participating in the sack of Borders". The Sack of Borders - there's an epic poem in that
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oh my. Marvel does satire now. At least, I think this is actually done by marvel. Who knows. While I am not much of a superhero comic reader, this deserves major 'props', as they say.
I love it when random chance throws together creators who then make something cool. Looks like this is happening over at Schlock Mercenary headquarters.
the World Peace Game. via SonoshiIt reminds me of a lot of things (essentially soem sort of DM run strategy game), but it's not really like any of them. What I find neat is that the guy in the interview seems to be focusing all on widening the worldview and empathy of the kids he's 'teaching'. Sure there's the "work together or you all die" aspect
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