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Okay, it's not quite that good. But at least we'll have the option to turn it off completely. So reported the Verge yesterday (February 2). The relevant update is expected February 24. My fingers are crossed.  -- Steve Jackson

According to the Hubble Reentry Tracker, the Hubble Space Telescope's decaying orbit may have it reentering our atmosphere as early as 2029. The best-case scenario has it coming back to Earth around 2040. And by "coming back to Earth," I don't mean in a triumphant "let's throw it a parade"...

I missed it in the moment, but the last week of January saw the invention of television, demonstrated for the first time by Scottish inventor John Logie Baird to journalists gathered in a café in Soho. There's more info on Baird's Wikipedia page, and a fun overview (including some neat...

Munchkin's original artist, John Kovalic, was excited to return to update illustrations on all the cards in Munchkin Second Edition, plus the gameboard and box.   He recently shared a behind-the-scenes photo on Bluesky comparing the original Sleeping -5 To Monster and Level 19 Medusa cards with early sketches that...

GURPS heroes are built using character points, which define their abilities and their limitations. Of course, those brave adventurers don't know about those points . . . but what if they did? GURPS Dungeon Fantasy 24: Finer Points helps you explore various possibilities for letting your crypt-crawling conspirators know about...

After so much work over so much time, it's heartening to see the reaction to the Backerkit campaign for Munchkin Second Edition. Thank you all! This won't be our biggest-dollar campaign ever, simply because the game is only $40. But it will be in the running for most backers ever,...

I recently received that exact message via text: "Car Wars IRL?" Attached was a picture of a car that certainly fit the bill. No bolted-on weapons, of course; this one was solely a 5e or earlier affair. So what made it a Car Wars car and not just a racecar...

While I work on larger things, I've found myself needing a new project to work on. I want it to be something that lets me use my game designer brain, but doesn't ask me to write a bunch of words to make something publishable. I've been letting my brain ideate...