Tor: A Games’ Short Star Wars: Squadrons Film Hunted is Everything I Want in an X-Wing Series – Damn you, EA … you’re making me want to love this game. On Venus, mysterious traces of gas tease the possibility of extraterrestrial life – As Dr. Ian Malcolm says, life finds a way. Blade Runner: San … Read more
Why smart people believe coronavirus myths talks about a phenomenon I’ve seen too many times to count: Otherwise intelligent people retweeting or re-posting questionable content without thinking it through. Case in point: people stating as fact that individuals are getting reinfected with COVID-19. There are certainly cases where people who have had the disease test … Read more
We talked for years about running a Savage Worlds-powered Stargate adventure at a local convention. This weekend I finally did it: Stargate SG-13: Double Shot on Friday, Nov. 10 at MEPACon. For those who don’t recall, Stargate SG-1 was a staple of the SyFy Channel when it was still the Sci-Fi Channel … and before … Read more
This week’s Game Day sees us returning to the Dark City campaign to wrap-up our quest to save a bunch of kidnapped kids from some dungeon-dwelling kobolds. It’s a fun adventure, but I find myself straining to connect it to a Game Day column. So instead I’m going to stick with the semi-random rambling approach … Read more
Technology vlogs — also known as video podcasts — take center stage in Radio Active 36 as I run down the big list of video podcasts I watch every morning while eating my Cheerios and feeding the baby, including commandN, Digg Nation, dl.tv, Geek Brief and Geek Entertainment TV. I’ve also got news about the … 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