It’s amazing how much less random root and postmaster email I get when 2,000+ servers are down (deliberately, that is; I get a lot more email when they’re down accidentally…).

(they really needed a few more takes for Kate Mulgrew on this scene to make her hand gesture less artificial, but Joel Grey is so perfect that I’m willing to forgive them)

Saturday Update

Doing 85 MPH on the highway with Twinkle Trick blasting on repeat is how I bring over switches from the old building.

You are so fired. The four potted bamboo plants on my front porch that were up to a lovely arching 8 feet in height are now horrifically topped like a cheap shrub.

By the way, the guy on the left didn’t bring a date; he’s just there to feel up your wife. His name’s Harvey.

🎶🎶🎶
I work miracles.
Inevitabl-
-y your inept planning makes you need
me work miracles.
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“What do you mean by ‘the data center is on a truck’?”

What’s the headquarters for all Strike Witch forces?

No relation to the Cartoon Network series…

NSFW

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…which reminds me that I’m way overdue for a big cheesecake post. Maybe this weekend, if we don’t have any problems moving the entire company into a new building.

As far as I can tell, the Savage Worlds RPG has never been playtested against veteran rules lawyers. Fourteen years after the first release of the core rulebook, there are still significant ambiguities caused by flavor text, inconsistent wording, and poor organization. The FAQs and forums do not clear them all up.

I suspect that the only reason the system thrives is that it’s largely taught at cons rather than learned from the book.

Update

Half the fun is figuring out which official downloads to ignore. The current version of the Test Drive rules is the one in the Lankhmar section of the site; the only sidebar link in the Savage Worlds section that’s current is the GM Screen Tables (and it oversimplifies some rules).

Please rally your troupe to nominate What Happened for the Hugo. It’s apparently a first-rate alternate-history novel, although I hear the main character is a bit of a Mary Sue:

“I ran for President because I thought I’d be good at the job. I thought that of all the people who might run, I had the most relevant experience, meaningful accomplishments, and ambitious but achievable proposals, as well as the temperament to get things done in Washington.”
— Hillary Clinton’s ghostwriters