For the first time in years, I completed my summer reading list during the summer. The final tally was 15 books (11 novels, 3 non-fiction books, 1 short story collection), 2 novellas, and 8 graphic novels. So what were the standouts on this[…]
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On this episode of Nuketown Radio Active, the trail to Philmont finally ends, I revisit my summer reading list, catch up on the first season of the Lair of Secrets podcast, reflect on the fact that one of my kids[…]
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In 2020, I finally exceeded the carrying capacity of the Geek Tree. This has happened before, and will likely happen again (there are no beginnings or endings to the Geek Tree… ) but this time I couldn’t simply upgrade. The[…]
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Nuketown’s tweets for the weeks of October 11 through Oct. 25, 2021. SPACE | CNN – NASA discovers first possible planet outside our galaxy. MOVIES | CNN – Warner Bros. sets ‘Dune’ sequel for 2023 after strong box office opening. The spice[…]
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I have to admit, when the various consent and safety tools started coming out for role-playing games, I was a little skeptical. After all, my group’s been together for 25 years; the issues these tools are meant to address rarely[…]
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Cthulhu called, and I answered. Chaosium’s signature game was one of my first non-Dungeons & Dragons games. My friend Adam introduced it to me in college when he invited me to a one-shot scenario involving a haunted house investigation. ted house.[…]
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Nuketown’s tweets for the week of October 3, 2021. COMIC BOOKS | Screen Rant – “Why Scarlet Witch Isn’t a Mutant Anymore (and Won’t Be Again)” – I had no idea that Scarlet Witch had been retconned into a human with[…]
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RPG | En-World – Enhancing “The Wild Beyond the Witchlight” MOVIES | CNN – Killer design: How the villain lair became part of the James Bond blueprint HEALTH | Ars Technica – Kids 5-11 appear safely protected by small doses of COVID vaccine,[…]
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ZINES | GEEK NATIVE – As good as the first: Knock! 2 is a gazette of weird OSR insight #zines #osr SPACE | CNN – The battle for the next lunar lander #space #moon SPACE | CNN – The US and Canada have a new[…]
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Egon: “Don’t cross the streams” Pete: “Why?” Egon: “It would be bad.” Peter: “I’m fuzzy on the whole good/bad thing. What do you mean ‘bad’?” Egon: “Try to imagine all life as you know it stopping instantaneously and every molecule[…]
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