Pyramid Volume 3 At Bundle Of Holding!
For over 10 years, the third volume of Pyramid magazine delighted fans each month with a new PDF of gaming goodness, perfect for GURPS – and with lots of useful material for other games. Now, thanks to the Bundle of Holding, that whole era is available at a previously unheard-of...
Covers I Love – Nikki Vrtis Edition
I recently recounted my love of a couple of past game covers from the company. Nikki Vrtis and I got to chatting about which images sprang to mind for her: * * * Two covers that I immediately thought of when Steven popped this question to me were The Fantasy Trip: In...
Scott Haring
Scott Haring, for many years a member of our staff (most notably as the Car Wars line editor in its most glorious days), passed away on July 1 from complications of pneumonia. He was 67. Scott was always fun to be around. His desk was covered with toys and baseball...
Surveillance Bytes
=== BEGIN TRANSMISSION FROM SECRET MASTERS === Electronic Frontier Foundation: "How Cops Can Get Your Private Online Data" Know your rights. === END TRANSMISSION ===
Wind Down Your Radios, Dementites And Dementoids
A bit of sadness perhaps best expressed with a kazoo: Radio host Dr. Demento (also known as "Barret Hansen" for those who prefer more mundane nomenclature) has announced his retirement after 55 years of hosting The Dr. Demento Show. His radio program was the nexus of all things musically geeky for...
Covers I Love – Steven Marsh Edition
Sometimes I'll have a thought of a thought. That is, I'll think of something I want to think about. In this case, I had one that really interested me: What covers or box-art treatments have we done at Steve Jackson Games that I really like? Two sprang to mind. The...
Playtesting In Bath
I've been meaning to write about this for a bit now, but I'm finally able to get around to it. I traveled to England for the first time earlier this year with two missions: Experience UKGE Playtest Seven-Part Pact, my ambitious wizard game UKGE was a total blast (and Birmingham...
But How Is AI At Yar's Revenge?
In case you missed the news, someone pitted the general-purpose AI software ChatGPT against the Atari 2600 version of chess (Atari Chess, as the 1977 cartridge is known). Spoiler alert: ChatGPT lost badly, on the "beginner" level of difficulty. The original post on LinkedIn has more details. Personally, I like...