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In America, IME, there are three types of vacation time- 1. "Gig economy" / part time jobs. What is vacation time? 2. Wage slave /...

Our experiences... differ.

A little bit of that, and a lot of bits of compulsive overworkers we sometimes had to chase out of the office so they would sleep...

Sorry, that wasn't intended. The contrast was meant between a rule that aims at simulation (which is fun) and a rule that is aimed...

When I worked for Sun, I was stunned they didn't track sick days. They trusted you not to abuse it. Even if it was a mental health day...

I thought someone behind you flashing their lights meant they approved of what you were doing. Kind of like a "high five" from one car...

I have a pair of related reactions. 1. It’s fine to have bright red lines that tell you can expect not to have a good time if you go...

Maybe I purged the memory.. Ironwood, was it?

Bloody hell, no one said there'd be math! Seriously, that hyphen? is fouling up my reading of this sentence. I keep seeing it as an...

Theatrix. Man. There's a name I had forgotten....

The original Friday Night Firefight rules...

I am reminded of the other manuscript I had at the same time as Nobilis.. from the same author...

Then compare that with Harnmaster ( at least the 1986 edition ) which had locations and degrees of severity that had their own saves and...

My earliest "Oooooooh" moments in this space were Whispering Vault and Feng Shui. I feel like Paranoia and Ghostbusters need to be...

I have suspicion that what's really being seen here is the tendency of Forge-derived games and their descendants to drill down on a...