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The adventurers managed to get out of the inn and into the burning streets. Being the heroes that they are, they start to help everyone...

Fantasy stories started out as folk tales. And many folk tales are extended metaphors: "don't play near the water children or Green...

The multiverse was there, in the rules, irrespective of if it was "needed" or not. Read the 1st edition DMG and you will find the words...

Parallel prime material planes where in the 1st edition AD&D DMG. That’s how come Ed Greenwood was able to converse with Elminster and...

Of those, I would rate Andor highest, and it makes the interesting point that you don’t need to be hard SF to be serious SF. Perhaps...

The D&D multiverse predates TSR’s purchase of the Forgotten Realms. It’s in the core rules.

One thing that you learn if you ever study fairytales or folklore is that all Oral stories are contemporary to the time of their telling...

The reverse is often true as well. Think about how many technologic futuristic fantasy games (like Final Fantasy 7 for instance) have...

50 years worth, going by the things you list.

Your calculations are correct, and those 3 molecules are enough that all geostationary satellites will eventually fall. No, they are...

Note, as an example, that much of the deterioration of the Pyramids of Giza came from human action looting the outer layer of the structure.

True, however "orbit" can also be used loosely in non-scientific language, to indicate one thing going round another "The M25 is the...

Eh. Once a civilisation spreads into outer space, it's perfectly reasonable to extend the use of words like 'geography' and 'geology'...

Geostationary orbits are relatively low orbits - 36,000 km for Earth. That's low enough to have very slight atmospheric breaking. The...

I don't see it as "tonal whiplash" because fascist dictators are often insane clowns (not the good posse kind). Just look at Hitler. An...