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Carrier Woes and the Civil War Breaks Out
McClellan's Army of the Potomac, thrust on the horns of a distressing dilemma. Well, the original plan was to have an AAR for a Carrier ...
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"Strike–Repeat–Strike": Impressions of Gameplay in "Carrier"
Opening setup for Learning Scenario 5. Last week I generally introduced Carrier as a game, and went over some of the basics of the game....
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"Scratch One Flattop!": a Look at "Carrier" by Victory Games
Nice box. Carrier is a Victory Games production designed by Jon Southard. It's a solitaire game covering real and hypothetical aircraft...
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How to Lose to the Bot in "Empire of the Sun"
Japan at game end. US negotiates peace. Well, I can officially confirm I've lost to the bot in my latest game of Empire of the Sun . Not...
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Blogging about my Book is Boring, Let's Talk about Games
Opening setup for EotS (technically January 1942). All right, let's get the writing update out of the way: the current WIP, Nothing...
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This One Dissolved into a Rant about Marketing and how it Sucks
“Black Cat” is a story about a guy named Marcus, who is deathly afraid of cats. I have no particular desire to write about or think about...
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Reflections on "Dreamland"
“Dreamland” is a story about insomnia, a marriage falling apart, the Internet, and desire. More than anything it's a story about the...
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Reflections on "The Serpent Atop the Mountain"
“The Serpent Atop the Mountain” is a dialogue between two Victorian gentlemen, at least one of whom is something of an explorer. It...
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Reflections on "Nowhere"
“Nowhere” is a longish, meandering story that's sort of about one thing and sort of about another. There are some ideas that work well,...
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Reflections on "Half a Life"
“Half a Life” is a pretty good story. Way more worth reading than this lousy blog post, lemme tell you. In fact, you should skip this...
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Reflections on "Inside and Outside"
“Inside and Outside” is mostly a story about how I don't like cockroaches. At the time I was writing it I thought it was a clever little...
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Reflections on "Potion"
“Potion” came to me in a dream. The dream involved some corporate bureaucrat telling me I needed to drink some liquid in a glass in front...
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Reflections on "The New Arrivals"
“The New Arrivals” is, quite frankly, a bit of a mess. I like the basic idea of the thing, but if I had it to do over again I'd make the...
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Reflections on "Creation"
“Creation” is one story I've written that regularly puts tears in my eyes when I return to it. I'm not sure what that means, but it's not...
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Reading "On the Use and Abuse of History," Sections 8-9
Last week, with sections 6 and 7 of “The Use and Abuse of History,” we went over some of Nietzsche's major criticisms of historical...
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Reading "On the Use and Abuse of History," Secs 6-7
In the middle sections of “The Use and Abuse of History for Life,” philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche gets into the discussion of his main...
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Reading "On the Use and Abuse of History," Secs. 4-5
And in this way my thesis is to be understood and considered: “only strong personalities can endure history, the weak are extinguished by...
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What Was Lost
“Obvious?” Robbie asked. “Now, don't take it so hard, it's just that I expected so much more from you,” Viola said, smiling at her friend...
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Reading "On the Use and Abuse of History," Secs 2 and 3
In the first section of “The Use and Abuse of History,” Nietzsche sets out the idea that the value of history is its value for life. That...
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Reading "On the Use and Abuse of History for Life," Preface & Sec. 1
“The Use and Abuse of History for Life” begins its preface with a quote from Goethe: “I hate everything that merely instructs me without...
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