artificial (adj) 1. made to copy something natural 2. not what it appears to be; fake The battle lines are drawn. The war between AI and humanity has begun. In fact it is well underway. AI is out there, drawing pictures, writing stories, asking people how their day was. As anyone who has followed my […]

This is not the post I was working on, but when you revise and rewrite and revise and rewrite as much as I do, real life has a way of getting ahead of you. So let’s talk about 2025. Let’s talk about politics (again). I’m a reasonably well-informed guy, and I try to keep an […]

When the night is dark and the future seems darker, sometimes the best thing you can do is spend time with people you care about and make beautiful things together. I have played not one but two games since the election. I normally have a regular Wednesday game and a less regular Thursday game, but […]

I flat-out deleted my twitter. It was honestly long overdue. I had my account locked for a long time now and had been ignoring it, but having any presence there supports all the toxic nonsense, which I do not. Sooo: deleted! If you have a twitter account just sitting there, or even if you’ve been […]

First off, I really didn’t think I had so many conservatives reading my blog, but I am glad to have you here and glad that we’ve been able to have civil talks. There’s far too little of that nowadays and I appreciate it. The idea that we can disagree but still respect each other is […]

I don’t normally talk about non-gaming issues in this blog, but it is just under two weeks until Election Day and this is well and truly a special case. Back during lockdown, I thought how strange it was to be making games when all around me the world was burning. Shouldn’t I be doing something […]

Nine hungry men, had six dollars each That’s 54 bucks but they were out of luck Because 54 bucks won’t buy dinner downtown Not for nine Then there were six hungry men They had nine dollars each And they went downtown and the waiter said “Sit down!” Oh, it makes a big difference how you […]

The most unrealistic thing about Microscope is that the history has an end. There’s a starting bookend and an ending bookend. Real history never ends. It just keeps going and going. Every victory sets the stage for the next battle, but so does every defeat. The next election will fix things! Or destroy things! Yes, […]