The influence of video games
Enough said. Edit: Here’s another. And another. Someday I’ll write a longer post about this.
Author Archives: Dan
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In pen-and-paper-based RPGs, the players often know things their characters do not; for example, as a player, I can obviously hear when the GM tells another player (whose character may be separated from mine) what he can see. So I know this information, but my character does not. However, it is often difficult to make… Read More »
V: A Bright New Day
The third episode of V actually did better in terms of plot pacing – much, much better. The problem is, a lot of it was a little unrealistic. For example, the V surveillance room with all the video feeds; she sneaks in without being seen. This is a restricted area of the V compound; why,… Read More »
Stargate Universe: Life
(Turns out I don’t get the SyFy channel anymore, so Hulu is my only option…) I’m getting more and more irritated with this show. Not only did they put in two completely unnecessary sex scenes, but they had to make one of the characters a lesbian, too, so they could have some girl-on-girl kissing. This… Read More »
Database server move
I’m moving the database for this site to a new host shortly; for the duration of the move, I’ll be disabling comments. I’ll update this post once the move is complete. Update: Done. Turns out I can’t enable or disable comments globally 🙁 I just had to assume nobody would comment during the minute or… Read More »