10 out of 10!!!

While I am sure the ETs out there are laughing at us, in all seriousness it is amazing that we can get a functional skyscraper to fly now. Very excited to see where SpaceX goes. Who knows, maybe explorers like those in Under a Hostile Sun are possible. Congrats @SpaceX team on an exciting test […]

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Double Standards

When I ran a game jam for Open Gaming, I had to remove one and only one posting for hate speech. It was not against racial minorities. It was not against woman. It was not against the LGTBQIAADBDSM+ community. “Kill the police”. That was the only instance of full hate speech. Though other entries made […]

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Regarding the Recent Allegations

The Martian Muckraker would like to vehemently deny that we, any of the aliens we represent, or any of our subsidiaries and allies were involved in the four* unidentified aerial objects recently sighted in Earthling atmospheric space. When asked for comment C’therax, Editor and Chief of the Muckraker, calmly stated “WE SWEAR WE DIDN’T DO […]

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AI As Teacher

As anyone who has been anywhere near the internet knows, there is currently a huge internet war being fought over AI. The timing of this right after OGL-gate is interesting. As The Open Game movement is about (ethical, reasonable, initiated by the creator) sharing. Whereas fears around AI run the risk of making people scared […]

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To Ascend

The greatest dungeon crawl, IMO, is Dante’s Divine Comedy.  So you can imagine that my Catholic, geeky self has been enjoying World of Warcraft: Shadowlands.  (At time of writing I have not beat all of it yet).  Shadowlands’ tale starts with a raid on “the Maw” (Hell by another name) and after a harrowing escape […]

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