Something For Your Living Room When You Accidentally Fall Asleep
Are you nostalgic for the DVD era? Do you like LEGO? Then you will probably like the DVD bouncing-logo screensaver recreated in LEGO. The video shows you how it came to be, but if you just want to see the mechanism in action – including one of the most-common anticipatory...
Kickstarter's Employees Need Your Support
For those of you who have not heard the word, Kickstarter United-OPEIU's 153 workers went on strike on September 26, 2025. Why? To quote the union press release: "The key issues: protecting Kickstarter's existing four-day, 32-hour workweek and establishing a minimum salary that provides a livable wage." You can read...
Are YOU The Best Ogre/GEV Player?
Find out by joining the online match! Tim Tow will host the Ogre Internet 2025-2026 Tournament. The game will be played over several rounds using the Swiss-Elim format. Scenarios will use Mark III attacking for the preliminary round, followed by Mark V for round two. It will then...
Fun With Social Media Chicanery!
Here's something you gamers can use for a variety of purposes . . . just don't do anything nefarious! Let's say you have a social gathering coming up that you can be reasonably assured about the possible outcome – for example, you're setting up a few Munchkin games for Halloween....
Back From Gamehole
Gamehole Con in Madison was as much fun as it always is. I got to run two games of Melee and play in a third one! Irene took the Adversary role in both Melee games, and ran a game of her Scurvy Buggers RPG . . . with some players...
Take A Terror-Filled Journey Through Four New Choose Cthulhu Books
Pledging is now open on Kickstarter for Choose Cthulhu Books 11-14! Choose Cthulhu is a series of non-consecutive, solo adventure gamebooks set in the otherworldly realms of H.P. Lovecraft. Throughout the books, you'll face terrifying decisions which force you to choose the best path forward. Each decision you make will...
To Every Key, Turn Turn Turn . . .
If you're looking for a different near-steampunk aesthetic, consider a computer keyboard that uses rotary-dial telephone technology. Treading similar ground to The Onion's revelation of the MacBook Wheel 16 years ago, Google Japan has created the Gboard, Dial Version. Anyone born before 1980 or so will recognize the tech (and...
JUST ANNOUNCED: Munchkin Second Edition! Pigs Fly!
We are thrilled to announce Munchkin Second Edition, coming soon to BackerKit! Munchkin, the mega-hit card game of backstabbing your way to 10th Level, debuted nearly 25 years ago and took the gaming world by storm. Now, after all these years of kicking down doors and stealing treasures, we're...