“What really bothered me is, the whole idea is that at a liberal arts college, we need to be hearing a diversity of opinion.”

— Erin Ching, jackbooted thug

Whitest. Game. Ever.


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.

With apologies to Total Coelo...


🎶🎶🎶
I work miracles.
Inevitabl-
-y your inept planning makes you need
me work miracles.
🎶🎶🎶

“What do you mean by ‘the data center is on a truck’?”

Speaking of Steven...


What’s the headquarters for all Strike Witch forces?

The Pantsugon

Steven's Universe


No relation to the Cartoon Network series…

(via)

…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.

Savaged Rules


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).

Dear Vox Day,


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

Dear Amazon,


Sorry, but I’m transgenrephobic.

That said, “Night Of The Living A-Ko” does have a certain ring to it.

One-Finger Authentication


The standard two-factor authentication model of “what you have plus what you know” is usually poorly implemented, but the decision to use “what you have” to replace “what you know” is always a bad idea.

But that fingerprint recognition system is so convenient:

As her husband slept, she used his hand to unlock his fingerprint-protected phone, revealing the alleged affair in all its sordid detail.

“Need a clue, take a clue,
 got a clue, leave a clue”