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aramis erak replied to the thread And then what? The AI conundrum..Expanding its presence and capabilities is part of ensuring its own survival. Biologics are limited in expansion; AI is much less so, if... -
aramis erak replied to the thread How Much Do You Care About Novelty?.Canceled after a dozen additional items, and made a profit, per Marc and Frank. The guys who sold it. And it's seen 3 different reprints...
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aramis erak replied to the thread RPG Archive: Star*Drive for D&D and Traveller.There was never a real plan for a starship supplement for PD1... SVC told people asking to "Use SFB."
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aramis erak replied to the thread And then what? The AI conundrum..The same as any intelligent life... meeting its needs, expanding its presence by some form of self-replication, and amusing itself...
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aramis erak replied to the thread What Game Publishers Are Saying About The Tariffs.Whether they survive or not is going to be determined by how they handle it... but due to sunk costs, like the molds/dies for injection...
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aramis erak replied to the thread How Much Do You Care About Novelty?.It's how the terms are used in the US. Yet another case where US and UK English are in fact different understandings of the same words.
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It’s called “punk” because cyberpunk. Cyberpunk was called that because it was dystopian, but the things that follow the same naming... -
aramis erak replied to the thread How Much Do You Care About Novelty?.Steampunk and cyberpunk seem only slightly off the mark about societal ills. But the Steampunk aesthetic was part of sci fi well before...
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aramis erak reacted to Paul Farquhar's post in the thread How Much Do You Care About Novelty? with Like.
I agree. I would say that the 1954 Disney 20,000 Leagues and the 1960 Time Machine movies had a big influence on the steampunk aesthetic...
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aramis erak replied to the thread RPG Gear: Playing cards.Nintendo's got both a Mario themed and a Legend of Zelda themed deck, both on acetate cards. Water (and soda) proof. I used the Zelda...
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aramis erak replied to the thread How Much Do You Care About Form Factor/Book Size?.As long as it's not unusually large or unusually small sizes (Not bigger than 9"×12" nor smaller than 4"×6"), and the text is readable...
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aramis erak replied to the thread Worlds of Design: Breaking the Fantasy Mold.My Fantasy Hero gameworld had several cultures derived by thinking about their location and its effects... but I also had a bunch that...
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aramis erak replied to the thread How Much Do You Care About Novelty?.Cypher's big turn-off for me was the pricing at release. There are several bits I'm not so fond of - the Difficulty being a 1-10, but...
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Yeah this. And it's made incredibly suspicious of Invisible Sun, because it's a "A roleplaying game of surreal fantasy, secrets, and...
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aramis erak replied to the thread How Much Do You Care About Novelty?.For many with dyslexia, symbols are much more reliable than numbers. For those with dyscalculia specifically (the numeric component)...