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If you've been on a bit of a space-nostalgia kick for the past while, may I humbly suggest this video from the Gary Friedman archives of a tour of NASA's computers from the 1980s. It's sobering to think that the systems behind the Voyager and Galileo programs were the merest...

During my trip to Japan I was interviewed by Mr. Seki, aka "Mr. Urban Legend." He pulled me right in, and we had a great time. It is now on YouTube, and you can see the interview here! With the release of this video yesterday (Tokyo time), the Japanese edition...

The Red Dragon Inn has once again welcomed Spyke and Flower to the pub in an already-fully-funded(!) campaign that just launched on Kickstarter. Fans of starting a round of gambling, buying your opponents a drink, and messing with their fortitude can choose between the original 2018 art and the new...

Ahoy, Me Hearties! If you pre-ordered Brigand's Bluff, you should be receiving it any day. We know you'll be thrilled to gather your band of pirates for a game night to try this all-new, dice-based social deduction game. Because each session is different and you might run out of score sheets...

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart recently featured a segment on the Electronic Frontier Foundation, interviewing their Executive Director, Cindy Cohn. She's also the author of Privacy's Defender: My Thirty-Year Fight Against Digital Surveillance. Following the show, the EFF shared an interesting article to help folks learn more about their...

For tabletop RPG gamers, here's an easy recommendation: dCode.fr. This website has a heaping helping of tools to decode (and encode) just about any variety of cypher . . . including being able to identify them (or at least run through various permutations). On the GM side, it's useful for creating interesting...

Ancillary Justice – The trilogy that began with Ancillary Justice was an unprecedented award-grabber. The first book won the Hugo, Arthur C. Clarke, and Nebula Awards for Best Novel - the first novel ever to do so. The sequels, Ancillary Sword and Ancillary Mercy, also collected honors. Ann Leckie's books are...

Life is hard. If you're looking for a new career path, might we humbly suggest something with a little magic . . . battle magic. For those who weren't part of the excitement of the original Kickstarter, Path of Mastery for The Fantasy Trip is now available in print or...