Ken Newquist

Old Man’s War Sequel Serialized

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John Scalzi’s new novel set in the Old Man’s War universe is going to be serialized starting in January 2013. Called The Human Division, the book will be weekly between January 15 and April 9. The 13 part series will be available electronically through Amazon.com, Apple, and Barnes & Noble. It looks like each story … Read more

Game Of Thrones Season 3: In Production

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There’s a new featurette up on YouTube for Season 3 of HBO’s A Game of Thrones series. Unfortunately I’m still waiting for Season 2 to come out on Blu-Ray in February 2013 so I can catch up with the series, but I enjoyed Season 1. The books are excellent dark fantasy, where magic has a … Read more

Kindle Touch: Embracing e-Reading

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I bought a Kindle Touch over the summer for two reasons: 1) I wanted to take a bunch of books with me on vacation, and didn’t want to pack four hardcover novels and 2) I was jealous of my daughter’s Kindle.

StarGirl, age 9, got the Kindle Touch from her grandparents for Christmas and spent the next six months devouring books on it. Early in the summer the family went to Sandy Hook, N.J. for the day, and I decided to give it a try. I was curious about how well it held up in direct sunglight, which is something my iPad has a notoriously difficult time with.

Writing the Game: Pen and Paper Journaling

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RPG Blog Carnival logoThis month’s RPG Blog Carnival topic is “Writing the Game”, and it got me thinking about my own efforts to get return to “pen and paper” preparation. I say “return” because most of my game prep is digital; sure I have printed books I refer to before and during the game, but even those have PDF equivalents. Going analog with my Pathfinder campaign isn’t realistic; the game is so complex, and so many resources are digital, that writing out adventure notes and stat blocks just isn’t efficient.

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Disney With Kids, Part 2: Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom

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My family and I went to Disney World in October 2012. This is part 2 of my 4 part series looking at the trip. Read Part 1: Downtown Disney, Epcot, Hollywood Studios. Magic Kingdom We arrived at the Magic Kingdom just before it opened and got to see the show that opens the park. We … Read more

It’s Alive! Nuketown 7 is in production!

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It’s alive! Nuketown 7 is now in production. It’s not quite finished yet — there are a couple of bugs here and there that need to be squashed — but the site has been upgraded to Drupal 7 and it’s running its spiffy new theme. The social media buttons are active and — amazingly — … Read more