Some SJG Favorites Of Mine Through The Years - Part 2
Note: If you are wondering where Part 1 is, you can find it here. But you don't have to read them in order! Another excellent favorite . . . Another project I had a big hand in working on was Bill & Ted's Excellent Board Game. This one was SO...
A Mystery Where You Use A Computer To Pretend To Use A Computer
The escape-room enthusiasts of The Escape Game have a neat activity called DESCEND Inc. that can give you a few minutes of mystery-solving fun in your web browser. It looks like it'll be a five-part "story"; so far, four folders have been unlocked. One neat aspect I'll have to remember for my...
Steamwork Makes The Dreamwork
Longtime fans of the site know about Evil Stevie's Pirate Game, which encourages you to gather your plastic toy bricks of choice to build buccaneer vessels to battle it out on the high seas. Well, next time I hear of the game at a con, perhaps I'll see if I...
Celebrating 31 Years Of The Daily Illuminator
The first Daily Illuminator was posted on November 16, 1994, and today the blog celebrates its 31st anniversary! Here are some fun facts you might not know: The title of the first entry was "Welcome To . . . What Are We Calling This, Anyway?" Steve wrote the inaugural...
When It Comes To Computers, I'm Something Of A Fun Guy Myself
One of the supreme triumphs of my collegiate career (last millennium) was getting a "Great Ideas in Computer Science" course to count as my natural-science requirement. Forget biology or oceanography; electrified silicon is where the real natural world lies. But maybe there's more to the idea, as the latest research...
Munchkin Pathfinder Is Coming To Steam!
Enter the realm of Golarion in a new DLC for Munchkin Digital – Munchkin Pathfinder! Based on Paizo's award-winning Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Munchkin Pathfinder brings all your favorite characters to the classic buddy-stabbing card game. Included in the first stand-alone set within Munchkin Digital are 168 cards. New classes – including...
Keep The Cosmos On Your Finger
For those looking to outfit their heroes with a bit of flavorful bling, there's a fun article on Open Culture about armillary sphere rings. When folded, these precious-metal rings fit on one's finger (just like most other rings), but they can unfold to make a little armillary sphere, useful for...
Some SJG Favorites Of Mine Through The Years - Part 1
The first of a three-part series detailing favorite projects that I had a significant part in: For the first 18 months that I worked for Steve Jackson Games, I was solely a production artist. My earliest work was mainly Munchkin reprints and marketing ads. My first "big" assignment was doing...