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Got the ebooks AND the trade paperbacks, sir.

Need to wait for newer CPUs anyway.

Some special challenges (not just the standard starts, but interesting situations/challenges):

Preorders Sep. 22.

Everyone's chasing that elusive Great Filter. (and yes, finding any non-Earthborne form of life IN our own solar system ends up pretty bad news)

The inorganic chemistry ("industrial production") doesn't seem that exotic too. Some phosphate inorganic compound, lots of heat (Venus, LOL), and a catalytic which is apparently the part that's "missing" for Venus. So my guess is that there's another, slightly more harder, inorganic pathway that...

There's all kind of mechanic abuse possible. One is the "One Emperor" strategy. Principle: The normal levy/stat system means that your vassals domains yield a puny 1.6% of the levies, and 0.1% of the cash if you're Emperor because they filter over several layers of vassals. Meanwhile, if you...

Remember when everyone was excited about some "possible biosignature" in martian soil?

And mandatory Facebook account. Given that Facebook refuses to unlock my old account unless I send them a picture ID, not going to happen. Like, ever.

Specially when you realize this is basically an indie studio production. Granted, most of the guys come out of major chinese game studios, but still. The game you saw in their first gameplay trailer there was apparently made by about 30 people. THIRTY.

Weak. The previous opening had THREE. (the antics on the openings are always funny)

Not going to happen. They would have to demonstrate irreparable harm, which might be the case if Epic's existence was tied to that product (that is, if Fortnite missing on App Store would lead Epic to bankruptcy. Which of course isn't the case, or they wouldn't have done the Apple trolling). As...

In fact, that's exactly what happened with the Google Playstore issue. Fortnite used to be an external APK you had to install from Epic's site. Then, they moved to the Playstore to increase the number of downloads. And now, they want it both ways. Which is why I want their suit against Apple to...

Fun decision: if you can secure the comely/etc trait, you unlock the Strengthen Bloodline decision which makes your dynasty into uber(wo)men: Modifiers - CK3 Wiki

I'll probably try my hand at being the Mongol Empire before there's a Mongol Empire. It's probably going to end up gloriously. Either figuratively or not.

And that's the final point. Anyone wanting to purchase the studio or invest in it is going to look for any of those four items: IP - there's none whatsoever worth mentioning. Brad WAS the IP of the studio; his name was what might have interested people. Emphasis on "might". Product - there's...

This is Musk time. He counts in martian years (of 687 days).

Jason vs low-mana Earth secret societies is promising great stuff.

Even if they don't land at the Musk space base, they'll launch from Musk's spacepad: https://www.masten.aero/blog/spacex

Yea. When they announced that SLS would cost 30% more, my first reaction was "Are they putting it on the Apple Store?"

Stirling said it was an homage to the original.

Welcome to historical Ireland.

Comes out on Kindle October 2nd. The new cover is absolutely... appropriate. A bit too much, at times.

For funsies, Sir Nigel Loring and Sam Aylward are major characters in the Emberverse series by S. M. Stirling. Pretty much the entire cast is there (John Hordle, Alleyne, ...)

Getting ready for next year's Adventures in Forgotten Realms AD&D pack?

The author did a bit of a fake-out earlier

I'm assuming "doesn't give a fuck about mounts, cosmetics or achievements"? Then no. Even the invasions will give you gear that will be replaced as soon as you've finished levelling or maybe even before 60, which I assume will take about 10 to 15 hours.

There's 2011 ES4 that's a bit larger and might pass closer than 2018VP1, but the error margin doesn't let him intersect Earth's position. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_ES4#2020

All those slightly unbalanced stuff is why most people remember vividly stuff from EQ, and very little from WoW. I do remember an Agnarr raid in BoT where we wiped down to two people, probably from some stupid shit. I managed to get combat rezed while our MT was kiting Agnarr around his circular...

Nobody wants Unreal blocked on Apple Store. The judge is also apparently deeply unsympathetic to the concept of exclusive stores - Apple might get shafted and allow alternative stores to be opened on iOS. The idea is that Apple can implement whatever rules it wants on his store, as long as...

First week of november, 1999. I'm minding my business, heading toward the usual HHP spot for the standard picklaw mine hunting pickup groups for the mid-20s. And then there's those red-con creatures that I'd never seen in the middle of Kithicor, and I'm "uh? wtf?". For an entire week, Kithicor...

Looks good.

And everyone know this. It was the most stupid idea in game design - penalize people for things outside of their control. Yet the end point is WoW, where death does not matter, and no one bats an eye to dying 100 times to a boss, which means the boss HAS to require you to die 100 times in order...

You should not fear dying, but you should absolutely hate dying.

The one part of EQ's death system that was really terrifying was the "seven days - you lose it all" risk. Your corpse decays, you lost all. This was even worse for planar raids - if you fell below the threshold, then you were truly fucked. A modern game with severe death penalties would...

Found out about EvE Echoes, the EVE Online adaptation for mobile: https://www.eveechoes.com/ (made by the guys who distribute the PC version for China - Netease) Looks like its a slightly simplified copy of the original, with the same type of F2P/P2P model.

"D'vinn to zone!"