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james_davis_nicoll Mar. 6th, 2026 08:55 am)
james_davis_nicoll Mar. 6th, 2026 08:55 am)
A friendly session of D&D for a worthy cause reminds former friends why they parted.
Rerolled (The Last Session, volume 2) by Jasmine Walls & Dozerdraws
A friendly session of D&D for a worthy cause reminds former friends why they parted.
Rerolled (The Last Session, volume 2) by Jasmine Walls & Dozerdraws
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This new Ninja Crusade Bundle presents The Ninja Crusade, the tabletop fantasy roleplaying game from Third Eye Games of ninja, conspiracies, and martial arts.
Bundle of Holding: Ninja Crusade
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Starting in an hour, Ninja Crusade Bundle featuring "the Third Eye Games RPG of ninja, conspiracies, and high-flying martial arts."
https://bundleofholding.com/presents/NinjaCrusade
The premise here looks rather a bit like last week's Mists of Akuna but without the steampunk elements, and as with that this really isn't a setting that interests me much, I'm just not knowledgeable enough about ninja and martial arts generally to be interested in running games where they're a major part of the background. Parts of it were in a 2016 bundle, and I wasn't really very interested then either. Having said that it's cheap and presentation looks OK., and they don't refer to multiple Ninja as Ninjas which is a friend's pet peeve about most games that use them...
https://bundleofholding.com/presents/NinjaCrusade
The premise here looks rather a bit like last week's Mists of Akuna but without the steampunk elements, and as with that this really isn't a setting that interests me much, I'm just not knowledgeable enough about ninja and martial arts generally to be interested in running games where they're a major part of the background. Parts of it were in a 2016 bundle, and I wasn't really very interested then either. Having said that it's cheap and presentation looks OK., and they don't refer to multiple Ninja as Ninjas which is a friend's pet peeve about most games that use them...
Two pair of linked speculative fiction stories.
I'm Waiting for You And Other Stories by Kim Bo-Young
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- 1. China's 450km/h bullet train is the fastest ever built
- (tags:trains speed china )
- 2. Two Major Studies, 125,000 Kids: The Social Media Panic Doesn't Hold Up
- (tags:children socialmedia )
- 3. AI-generated art can't be copyrighted after Supreme Court declines to review the rule
- (tags:art ai copyright law usa )
- 4. Beyond Oil: The Strait Of Hormuz And The Global Food Risk
- (tags:food trade middle_east doom USA Iran war )
- 5. This War Will Destabilize The Entire Mideast Region And Set Off A Global Shockwave Of Anti-Americanism vs. No It Won't (check the date)
- (tags:politics USA middle_east history )
- 6. The Siege of Cuba
- (tags:cuba usa oil )
It seems comments of mine quoted on Wikipedia has angered someone.
This bit caught my eye: " I only paid attention to this page after looking up those for several authors whose works I'd enjoyed, only to be surprised by how Nicoll's opinions had been added to criticisms of their works. Looking at the edit history, it showed they had all been added by the same person - Nicoll."
Except I didn't and looking at the Simmons entry, which I did suspect is what set this off, I don't see why anyone would think I had.
This bit caught my eye: " I only paid attention to this page after looking up those for several authors whose works I'd enjoyed, only to be surprised by how Nicoll's opinions had been added to criticisms of their works. Looking at the edit history, it showed they had all been added by the same person - Nicoll."
Except I didn't and looking at the Simmons entry, which I did suspect is what set this off, I don't see why anyone would think I had.
Benford and Bear in the Epstein files
As far as I can tell, they weren't involved in Epstein's sex trafficking. Just there as big name authors. Bear at least is reported as unimpressed.
Oddly, the third Killer B doesn't seem to have been invited.
As far as I can tell, they weren't involved in Epstein's sex trafficking. Just there as big name authors. Bear at least is reported as unimpressed.
Oddly, the third Killer B doesn't seem to have been invited.
(james_davis_nicoll Mar. 3rd, 2026 10:19 am)
james_davis_nicoll Mar. 3rd, 2026 10:19 am)
Stories about nuclear war don't usually feature popular, pre-existing characters...
Four Times Familiar Characters Faced Nuclear Armageddon
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