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...
Welcome To The Bobiverse
Beyond a doubt, this is my favorite "discovered in 2025" series. The Bobiverse books, by Dennis E. Taylor, chronicle the adventures of one Robert Johansson. He was cryonically suspended, murdered and uploaded by a Christofascist future government, and installed as the enslaved brain of a space probe designed to do the...
Last Train To Bremen Backerkit
Last Train To Bremen is available now on Backerkit! It is a tragedy for a doomed quartet: a storytelling game about four arrogant musicians who made a deal with the Devil that blew up in their faces. Now they're stuck in a boxcar, fleeing from their cursed contract, and there's...