1917 Russian Revolution: Why the Reds Won

Battletech fans, examine this photo closely:

Then go read this!

 

From XKCD: Sex Dice

I love XKCD, and today's strip is just too good not to share.

Sex Dice:


Click-thru to read the mouse-hover message. :-)

Are there rules for this in Battletech?

Somewhere in that 100-ton, 10-meter tall piece of walking mechanical mayhem you think there might be room to squeeze in a port-a-potty.

But then, given how quickly they get destroyed in battle typical Battletech game, maybe the problem has never come up? Click thru to the Far Left Side for the full-size, high quality image, and look for the neuro-helmet reference.

This and That

Some odds and ends to help me get back into a regular posting habit.

A nice post about the craft of game design at My Play, and Battletech gets a mention.

Zero Punctuation offers it's awards for 2009, for a bunch of games I don't play, but the insults are fun.

y=e^x, a cartoon at Abtruse Goose about exponential relationships. This relates (sort of) to my post about probability and odds.

A MechWarrior Mod for Crysis?

Know your Audience, and other Humor

Life has been busy, so here is some entertainment to fill the gap.

[Found on Probably Bad News]

[Found somewhere on Mental Floss, but I lost the page.]



[Zero Punctuation is always rude, crude, and highly entertaining.]



see more Funny Graphs
[From GraphJam]

This hits close to home

Voynich Manuscript, from XKCD

What will people think of Battletech in 500 years? ;-)

PacMac LARP

[Via Jesper Juul at The Ludologist]

PAC MAN (REMI GAILLARD)
by nqtv

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Critter-TEK

Found at BoardGameGeek

The Dungeon Librarian

Ed Greenwood recalls an amusing tale of ...

The Dungeon Librarian

at

Kobold Quarterly

Lots of other fun stuff in their dungeon too.