At the request of my cousin, I recently added the ability to roll the narrative dice from Fantasy Flight’s Edge of the Empire system to my dice roller. After putting this off for quite a while, I sat down and powered through it over the course of a couple of evenings. As expected, the hard part was really getting the iconography together, organized, and displayed in a way that looked good, while the plugin system I developed for my dice roller really made the coding very easy. Continue reading New Dice Roller Updates
Monthly Archives: March 2017
Second Stage Lensmen
So, if you’ve read any post on my blog with “Lens” in the title over the last year, you know what this one is about – I recently finished Second Stage Lensmen by E. E. “Doc” Smith. Though the title is plural, the story really focuses on Second Stage Lensman Kimball Kinnison, though, to be fair, Worsel and Nadrek both have their part to play (I can’t remember Tegonsee making an appearance at all, however.) A bit of a summary below the fold. Continue reading Second Stage Lensmen
Of Monsters and Men: King and the Lionheart
Read the Book or Watch the Series?
I recently heard about the SyFy TV Series, “The Expanse,” with a close friend of mine mentioning that it was very well worth watching. When I learned that the show was based on a series of books, I found myself in something of a dilemma – do I make the time to read the books and then watch the series, or do I find time to watch the series and then read the books? Continue reading Read the Book or Watch the Series?
Netrunner: New Angeles
A handful of the guys at the shop recently pitched together and bought me a copy of Netrunner: New Angeles. I’ve had my eye on this game for a while, but never picked it up because while it looked really interesting to me, I didn’t think I would be able to get enough other interest to fill out the four player minimum. That being said, the day I got it, we got a six player game in, so I think it may have the interest. Continue reading Netrunner: New Angeles
Cool Geniuses on TV
I mentioned in my post about The Librarians that I felt there was a lack of cool geniuses on TV these days. When I started thinking about it though, there were a few that I did like, so I wanted to call them out and say what worked for me. Continue reading Cool Geniuses on TV
The Demon Awakens
A long while back, I saw The Demonwars series by R. A. Salvatore on audio book on the Humble Book Bundle. Now, I really like this series, so I picked it up even though I already own a copy of the physical books. A few weeks back, when I was looking for something to listen to on my way to Grand Junction, I stumbled across the MP3s; even though I didn’t listen to them on the trip (I had a passenger then), I dropped them in one afternoon while I was hanging around the house, and in a little more than a week, I had listened through the entire first book. Continue reading The Demon Awakens
Pathfinder ACG: Burnt Offerings
I recently finished the Burnt Offerings adventure – the first adventure in the Rise of the Runelords Adventure Path. In it, we gutted a goblin, strung up a sorcerer, destroyed a druid, and clocked a cleric; all of it to keep the people of Sandpoint safe. My decklists and a blurb about the defeat of Ripnugget and Stickfoot below. Continue reading Pathfinder ACG: Burnt Offerings
Independence Day: Resurgence
I recently watched Independence Day: Resurgence with the full expectation of a hilariously bad sequel twenty years late. I picked it up from the $12.00 rack at Wal-Mart, which is about my threshold for “Huh, this movie could be bad.” While it wasn’t all bad, Independence Day: Resurgence suffered from a lot of issues which I’ll discuss after the break. Continue reading Independence Day: Resurgence