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When Donald Trump Has A Point...

October 29, 2019

One of the lines that Donald and his enablers have trotted out again and again is that the Democrats are pressing forward with impeachment because they don't...

When One Good Day Is One Too Many

October 28, 2019

There's a theory about Twitter that is a bit reductive but also instructive: maple cocaine @maplecocaineEach day on twitter there is one main character. The...

Midnight in the Senate of Good and Evil

October 26, 2019

I've seen a variety of theories for what will happen if Trump is impeached and the matter referred to the Senate in the past few days. Almost everyone agrees...

"We Have Secured The Oil"

October 24, 2019

This says it all, doesn't it? Aaron Rupar @atruparTRUMP on Syria's oil: "We've secured the oil and, therefore, a small number of US Troops will remain in the...

The Interrobang Diaries: Character Assets

October 24, 2019

First, a note: a reader pointed out to me that another name for the interrobang punctuation symbol is an exclamaquest, which is a good name for a fantasy...

Kidding Kidders Who Kid (Kiddingly)

October 24, 2019

So, Daniel Dale reported an unusual line from Donald Trump's appearance in Pittsburgh: Daniel Dale @ddale8Alert: The president said a couple minutes ago,...

Newsletter Economics

October 23, 2019

So, in the two days since my introductory sale period ended, I have not sold one new newsletter subscription at full price. During the sale, it was rare to...

Who is going to tell Ian Bogost that the shopping list missions were optional?

October 23, 2019

Well, Ian Bogost had a take… (E-i-e-i-o.)I’m told that Ian Bogost is a respected professor and a very learned expert on the subject of play, perhaps the very...

The Interrobang Diaries: Spheres & Strengths

October 22, 2019

(See the previous diary entry here.) Step two of character creation in Interrobang is to rate your character's general abilities in each of several spheres,...

So, here's where we are.

October 21, 2019

Well, today is the last day of the I Knew You When sale, the introductory offer to my newsletter. It's not really possible to overstate how successful this...

A Chronicle of Capclave: Study Sessions

October 19, 2019

So, in the past at conventions I have livetweeted panels I have attended, with the thoroughness of the report acting as an imperfect but highly suggestive...

The Interrobang Diaries: Identity & Aspects

October 17, 2019

So, I've attempted to write multiple drafts of Interrobang's rules of play and character creation, both in and out of that order, and mostly they've said...

Who Framed Donald Dingbat?

October 17, 2019

"How could Trump possibly think this makes him look good?" is the question. The subject could be just about anything: the White House-edited call transcript,...

Introducing: Interrobang?!

October 17, 2019

So, as I mentioned yesterday, I've restarted development on the tabletop RPG project that I've called A Wilder World. The point of AWW is to support a little...

A Study in Optical Projection

October 16, 2019

So, there are many remarkable things about this document produced by the Trump White House: Trish Regan @trish_reganEXCLUSIVE: I have obtained a copy of...

Heavy-Handed Design Lessons from Zweihänder

October 15, 2019

This past Sunday, we found ourselves with several hours to kill between when we checked out of our hotel and when we had to be at the Tulsa airport even...

Reflections from the Belly of a Blue Whale

October 14, 2019

I never miss my mother half so much as when I'm traveling. Part of this is that for so much of the past five or six years, the vast majority of my air travel...

Discussion Thread: Travel Time

October 13, 2019

Hello, neighbors. Today we are flying back from Tulsa. It’ll be a long travel day, so seems like a good time to try out the discussion feature. We came to...

Killing on the Square

October 11, 2019

I saw a tweet from a journalist whose feed would not make me immediately classify him as a Trump supporter who expressed dismay over Donald's "great and...

Argument from Inaction

October 10, 2019

A few days ago, Donald Trump tweeted this: Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrumpAs I have stated strongly before, and just to reiterate, if Turkey does anything...