Aha, Kevan points out that all the Shoot London photos are up, better illustrating the original-groupthink phenomenon Holly articulated and I repeated. It took me three tries to find our own picture on the Clue A page.
Category: Connections
That took entirely too long
Dispatching the Dungeon Master is back from its long hiatus-by-spam-death, with all entries and comments lovingly hand-restored. No, not lovingly. The opposite of that.
I had just enough strength remaining to post one new game seed, and I’d like to start the old thing up again, if you guys are interested.
Dark secrets of nerdism
Man, I thought I was going crazy, but it turns out Penny Arcade really did quietly redact one of their own strips, about pregnancy versus PAX. It’s still around on the Waybacks, or I’ve got a local copy. For futures. It’s one of my favorite strips, but I guess I am not surprised to discover they took it down.
Why are lists funnier than nonlists?
John Scalzi has some funny stuff about Hitler and Pluto up at Subterranean Online, which I didn’t know existed. Via Leonard.
I think Miles had that beard when he was in high school. You suck, Miles
Hey, look at that! Miles, one of my Todd Six kids, is doing a Park Ranger internship at Yellowstone this summer, and he’s got a sharp five-letter domain name at which to chronicle it. Welcome to the five-letter brotherhood, Miles. Kevan and I will be flying in to haze you shortly.
DC contributed to Kind Of About Superheroes Week! And I got some very nice presents and had generally a fantastic day thanks to my housemates.
I have, at least, more and better friends than Batman.
A DRM Story
“How is that a number?” asks Val, squinting at it. “There are letters in the middle of it.”
“Huh?”
“The fourth digit is an F, tenth one is a D, thirteenth is an E…”
“I don’t know, must be a computer… something.” Glick shrugs. “Look, it starts with an oh-nine… then another nine after the F. And before the D. Hey, maybe it’s like that thing from Lost?“
“The Lost numbers didn’t have an 11. Or an 02.” Val turns the monitor toward him. “See, the third and fourth pairs.”
“Maybe some of that Nine Inch Nails stuff, then. Gimme a pencil. 74, a 3 after the E… 5B…”
“I’ll read them off, you write. D8, forty-one, fifty-six. C5. Isn’t that like a kind of bomb?”
“I bet it’s a substitution code!” says Glick excitedly. “Like, next, 63 would be… uh, FC…”
Val scrunches his nose. “But then what about the C0 at the end? There’s no zeroth letter.”
“No, and the part before would have been EFHH anyway.” Glick looks glum. “I was never any good at these things.”
Val chuckles. “Leave it to the kids, man.”
“Yeah,” sighs Glick, “they left us behind a long time ago.”
Thus begins… KIND OF ABOUT SUPERHEROES WEEK on ANACRUSIS
Speaking of Story Hacks
Hey, I actually picked up last prize in the Lyttle Lyttons this year!
I got spam today with the most intriguing subject line ever, so I googled it and bam, first result was Gordon Fay’s 24-hour RPG Blood Royal. The subject line, and its description: “A competitive game of fairy-tale intrigue and skulduggery in which players take the roles of a dying King’s children, each vying to be named successor at the end of the week.” How cool is that! Thanks, spam! Welcome to unintended consequences.