What Does a Robot Want?
No, self-aware robots aren't going to turn on us, Skynet-style. Not unless we designed them to.
Who Broke the In-Game Economy?
Why are RPG economies so bad? Why are shopkeepers so mercenary, why are the prices so crazy, and why do you always end up a gazillionaire by the end of the game? Can't we just have a sensible balanced economy?
Chainmail Bikini
A horrible, railroading, stupid, contrived, and painfully ill-conceived roleplaying campaign. All in good fun.
The Mistakes DOOM Didn't Make
How did this game avoid all the usual stupidity that ruins remakes of classic titles?
The Best of 2019
I called 2019 "The Year of corporate Dystopia". Here is a list of the games I thought were interesting or worth talking about that year.
T w e n t y S i d e d
Wow. That IS cool. It’s really neat that the folks in Hollywood can still surprise one (and in a NICE way, too).
Dick Van Dyke? who’s he?
Dick Van Dyke is most famous for playing Bert in Marry Poppins in 1964.
He now spends his time in things like ‘Diagnosis Murder’.