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I think Jean Wells’s version of this adventure is far superior to the Moldvay version, and is indeed superior to the much-lauded Gygax adventure “The Keep on the Borderlands.” It’s tragic and all too common how Wells got sidelined and fall-guyed by TSR. She deserved better. I was already playing D&D in 1981, and it …
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It’s easy to get deep into the weeds arguing over if something is art or not. Is a craft like knitting Art? Is a performance like professional wrestling Art? It’s not really possible to nail down, except to say that pretty much everything is Art, in a way. Seems to me that art is just …
I try to be wary of dehumanizing those I’m in conflict with. But it’s very hard to understand the mindset of people who value guns over children’s lives, people who profess liberty but celebrate authoritarianism. I have a hard time seeing blatant hypocrisy and not attributing it to either Evil or an almost sub-sentient stupidity. …
Our toaster lasted about 25 years, but two of the four slots died, so my parents got me a new toaster for my birthday OMG, I just realized I’ve had that toaster half my life! That’s a weird thought. Can I throw it away???
I seem to have a knack for discovering music twenty years late. Whatever. Anyway, I’ve been obsessed with this Flaming Lips album lately, and I think I need to write an RPG about it. Here’s my pitch: The city you live in is awful. Wave after wave of industrialization, offshoring, crime, neglect, overpolicing, war, and/or …