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Discovery has persistent... let's say issues with its dramaturgy, but seasons 3 and 4 are a pure and clear contemporary restatement of the Star Trek ethos. Especially season 4, which resolves a Federation-threatening, err, threat with an act of interspecies communication rendered as spectacle.

I like to think it was the events of Discovery season 2 that led to Section 31 being edited out of Starfleet's official history over the next 80 or so years. Then again, I like it when the Federation does things that a real political entity would so. It tethers the utopianism.

How so? They're the bad guys who don't know it.

I appreciated the fact Section 31, while still operating openly as Starfleet's intelligence branch, almost ushered in the AI apocalypse. It was very on-brand.

Master of Orion. The original, not 2. I find the greater level of abstraction works better for an interstellar 4X. Agree that Alpha Centauri is the apex of Civ-style games and long live Lady Diedre Skye and her aforementioned mind-worm swarms. Anyone know the easiest way to get SMAC running on...

Your specific questions? Yes. :) But if you’re looking for quality science fiction shows to potentially hate-watch, have you tried Severance (Apple) or Station Eleven (HBO)? They’re some of the best television out there.

And Lee Pace. Captain Marvel was fine, but the new one has Kamala Khan in it so therefore I am excited!

Ahem… Season 3 is very good Season 1 is (nearly) great Season 2 is... 2 out of 3 ain’t bad

It's nice to see Star Wars as laser-sword filled space opera again. Not that I'm dissing Star Wars as a critique of authoritarian bureaucracy from a Marxist perspective. That was amazing.

My reactions to this are, in order: It's an elegant solution that sidesteps the need for balancing mix-and-match traits between dozens of playable humanoids, I don't particularly like it, wait... it's essentially Mr. Spock (a Vulcan/human mix with the mechanics based one parent). If it's like...

It's not a lateral move from 'the entire solution' to 'part of the solution'. Some people have trouble adjusting.

The game’s editions was interoperable for almost 20 years during the AD&D 1e and 2e era. Why not again?

Oddly, setting it in the 32nd century makes me much more interested in an Academy show. The far-future Federation is still in the process of rebuilding. It’s an exciting time. Plus, you get Tilly, Vance, and Kovich whenever you need them.

Jack’s not manifesting telepathy, right? It’s something like the human version of the Great Link. Connection.

I share that concern. I run my current game off of a MacBook for people whose hardware ranges from 'gaming rig' to 'laptop-shaped potato'.

What are the odds of a Day One macOS support? That isn't just the phone/tablet code meant for a touch interface. Not that I'm interested in jumping in anytime soon.

Some people are still upset over the OGL fiasco, not to mention the guys who are still upset the present isn't the past.

One of the many great things about this episode, aside from the wonderful dialogue, was seeing the Federation continue its long tradition of responsible AI development.

Fast gin should be a thing in D&D. It has the effect of a Haste spell - and it makes you mean.

True. And TNG embodied that in a fantastic way; a ship equipped with metaphoric nuclear weapons and a literal kindergarten.