Ken Newquist Warning: This is a long-winded article recounting my battle to replace Windows Me with a copy of Windows XP on my wife’s desktop computer. As such, it’ll probably only interest those who are facing a similar upgrade war. A few years ago, I was having problems with my Windows 98 desktop machine. It was a … Read more
For various reasons — renting Season 1 from Netflix, reviewing the X-Files: Resist or Serve (Amazon) game for SCI-FI.com, working on my Delta Green campaign — I’ve been spending an awful lot of time thinking about the X-Files, and about what went wrong with the series. At one point in time, the X-Files wasn’t just a … Read more
I just saw an ad for Fluid’s new mapping/adventure creator program, Dundjinni, on the back of Dungeon Magazine yesterday. I’ve got mixed feelings about this. On the one hand, the Character Creator that shipped with the PHB 3.0 was probably the best such tool I ever used. On the other, eTools was … disappointing. It … Read more
The Goa’uld are vile, parasitical worms who take human hosts, command extremely advanced technology, and are obsessed with galactic domination. They’re also the chief enemies of Stargate Command, the branch of the U.S. military dedicated to protecting Earth from interstellar attacks while simultaneously exploring the universe through a series of inter-connected stargates. Living Gods is … Read more
Microsoft formally announced today that it’s dropping the price of its Xbox game console to $150, from $180. The price will go into effect on Tuesday, and with any luck, I’ll be buying an Xbox sometime soon. A few years back, when I picked up my PlayStation 2, I never expected to buy an Xbox. … Read more
The Websafe Color Palette (expertly rendered here) — also known as the Browsersafe Color Palette — came about when Web designers tried to figure out exactly what colors could be counted on to render properly on older computers that could only handle 256 colors (8 bit color). Because of the mathematics of computer rendering and … Read more
StarGirl’s a year old today. Wow. It seems like only a handful of months have passed since the night that Sue and I went to Hunterdon Medical Center, excited, edgy and still not knowing whether we were going to be parents to a baby boy or girl. Still blissfully unaware that our unborn baby was … Read more
I’ve been jumping around the blogosphere for the last few months, doggedly attempting to find good science fiction and libertarian blogs. I’ve found a few, which I’ve posted to Nuketown Links, but in all that time it never occurred to me to try and find blogs for one of my other great interests: role-playing games! … Read more
Godlike‘s the best superhero game I’ve played since my DC Heroes days in college. Ok, it’s also the only superhero game I’ve placed since DC Heroes, but that doesn’t change the fact that its an excellent game with an intriguing game mechanic. Godlike lets you take on the role of a relatively low-powered superhero fighting … Read more
Alias is my kind of show. It’s got a cute, strong-willed female lead (Jennifer Garner), storylines involving shadow wars between rival espionage agencies, and the obligatory James Bond like spy toys. And yet, somehow over the last three years I’ve never seen it on TV. Not once. Not even for five minutes while clicking through … Read more