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I'm a big fan of curated random.encounter tables. This particular Dark Forest possesses certain traits, so it's encounter table should...

Once you have time travel that isn't blocked off in some fashion, that sort of thing in kind is intrinsic to the beast.

My take is that I notice that people who want to push bigotry, sexism and other identity-based strife tend to want to infect any circle...

I think nerds generally are uncomfortable with him constantly trying to get nerd cred, especially since it's pretty clear he hasn't...

In your household, both too high and too low seems distinctly plausible.

Elsewhere: "This product isn't racist! Also, could you review this product by an actual Nazi?" I'm now pretty sure that first product...

No, no, no, you've got it all wrong. The Dungeon Master is supposed to be miserable. Remember: if the DM is enjoying the gaming...

I don't need them to be immiserated, but I need there to be a lot of tension.

Reminds me of what I've said about the novels I like best being like chewing on a live wire.

Working in a context where you hear words pronounced on the regular sometimes gets in the way of communication ... :LOL:

Oh yes. It’s one of the great tips for copyediting. (Another is to start at the bottom of the page and go up line by line. You can use a...

When I was recording audiobooks, we often found errors--some of them were pretty egregious (such as "two-car garbage"). I sometimes...

What worse, sometimes, are the people who genuinely think they’re being helpful, who have no idea what it’s like outside the narrow...

It was in the ‘90s I saw a thread with someone asking for horror films that aren’t bloody or gory. Responses included Alien, The Thing...

Finally made out to our pinball museum!