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A sweet potato isn't actually a potato, rather it's a distant relative. They're in the same order as the potato, but a different family and genus. They don't really belong on this list because they're no more a French fry than tater tots are. Though at least tater tots are made from actual...

I never liked tater tots. I said what I said.

I can't possibly choose one fry over the other. But I can put sweet potato fries at the bottom of the list. Everything else is tied for first.

My sister was in the US Navy, aviation, and when she saw Coop hop in the ship at the end of the movie to rescue Brand she said, "I can believe a lot of things, but don't tell me he can just jump into a brand new spaceship and automatically know how to pilot it." It's always funny how we have...

I took a Gender & Science Fiction class as an undergraduate, and we read some letters from the 1930s about how ill suited women were to writing "scientifiction." For some critics, it was specifically because they found women focused on the human aspects instead of the technical aspects of the...

It's not really a big problem though. The important thing about Frankenstein isn't that you can't revivify a corpse via some chemically induced process, it's the philosophical implications of doing so along with how we treat our created life and really defines the story.

There's a long running debate about what makes a good science fiction story. For some, the science must be accurate otherwise you have a fantasy, but I think that's too rigid. You can make a good science fiction story that has some fantastical elements such as faster-than-light travel or even...

I'm trying to think of any RPGs where combat is an even risk. But then who the heck in their right mind tries to get into a fight when the odds are 50/50? Cyberpunk 2020 is fairly deadly, but the player characters are very often better trained and better equipped than their enemies, so not...

I've never actually run a Cthulhu by Gaslight game, it's just that I majored in history, even went to graduate school, and the area of American history I specialized in was Reconstruction through 1939. When I'm not busy thinking of the Roman empire, as all men are wont to do, I'm thinking of...

I always welcome another miniature company or a new way to market miniatures into the world. I look forward to seeing what they have to offer.

I'm keeping it edition agnostic here. Just let the information flow.

It really is. It's one of my favorite eras of American history because we really start to see modern life as we understand it today. It's a liminal setting where we're torn between familiar elements including electricity, skyscrapers, elevators, automobiles, telephones, and even fashion that's...

Maybe next time I'm shopping for home furnishings....

You're preaching to the choir here. Even my players understood the number of skills in GURPS is simply the natural result of having a universal set of rules designed to cover, well, everything. It's still a bit overwhelming for those new to GURPS and I see similar problems in other games with...

I've got an organization of epicurean monks called The Fat Boys who refuse to eat anything that was a thinking creature in life. They won't touch the dragon with a 20 foot fork. I'm not doing this myself. I pawned it off on you guys.

Last time I ran a GURPS game, back around 2005, one of the players incredulously exclaimed, "There's a dropping skill!" 60+ skills does seem rather excessive, and it makes me think a good number of them won't be all that useful for "adventurers."

I won't say it's a powerful driving force behind why I make a Kickstarter purchase, but it's certainly played a part in my decision to support some Kickstarters. I've participated in two Zombicide Kickstarters in part because of the exclusive models that came with it. FOMO certainly isn't...

For a while now, I've thought the best way for GURPS to make some kind of come back is to have more self-contained games. Games that have all the GURPS rules needed for that particular genre including powers, skills, or other abilities. The rules for GURPs aren't bad, but if you're just using...

I'd go full alien influence on humanity here and make them the reason the Roman Empire was so successful. All those great Roman structures, their economy, and military prowess are only possible because of alien influences.

Oh, mi! A Jamacian werewolf. A uu eva ier bout soch a ting?