I just want to give another public thanks to Pixy Misa, who was nice enough to let me put the DM of the Rings comics onto his site. It was really nice to make #43 and not agonize over size. It was great to not have to balance the JPG slider between “Looks Like Crap” and “Die Bandwidth Die!”. I just made the comic and put it up, just like in the good old days.
All comics are now being leeched delivered from shamusyoung.mu.nu.
Quakecon 2012 Annotated
An interesting but technically dense talk about gaming technology. I translate it for the non-coders.
The Disappointment Engine
No Man's Sky is a game seemingly engineered to create a cycle of anticipation and disappointment.
Starcraft: Bot Fight
Let's do some scripting to make the Starcraft AI fight itself, and see how smart it is. Or isn't.
D&D Campaign
WAY back in 2005, I wrote about a D&D campaign I was running. The campaign is still there, in the bottom-most strata of the archives.
This is Why We Can’t Have Short Criticism
Here's how this site grew from short essays to novel-length quasi-analytical retrospectives.
Welcome to the MuNuVian family, Shamus! Just another step closer for Pixy’s Plan For World Domination ™.
I, for one, welcome our new Magical Girl overlords.
Frankly I’m sick of you tipping all of these hats without wagging any fingers!
Maybe this is why i can no longer see any of the DM of The Rings Comics. Five days ago i was able to see them but not anymore… and now i read this and see that this is the only major change that has occured between my being capable of seeing them and my lack of seeing them.