geofreycrowApr 203 min readCarrier Woes and the Civil War Breaks OutMcClellan'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 ...
geofreycrowApr 133 min read"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....
geofreycrowApr 63 min read"Scratch One Flattop!": a Look at "Carrier" by Victory GamesNice box. Carrier is a Victory Games production designed by Jon Southard. It's a solitaire game covering real and hypothetical aircraft...
geofreycrowMar 303 min readHow 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...
geofreycrowMar 233 min readBlogging about my Book is Boring, Let's Talk about GamesOpening setup for EotS (technically January 1942). All right, let's get the writing update out of the way: the current WIP, Nothing...
geofreycrowMar 162 min readThis 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...
geofreycrowMar 92 min readReflections 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...
geofreycrowMar 22 min readReflections 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...
geofreycrowFeb 232 min readReflections 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,...
geofreycrowFeb 162 min readReflections 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...
geofreycrowFeb 92 min readReflections 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...
geofreycrowFeb 23 min readReflections 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...
geofreycrowJan 262 min readReflections 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...
geofreycrowJan 192 min readReflections 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...
geofreycrowDec 8, 20247 min readReading "On the Use and Abuse of History," Sections 8-9Last week, with sections 6 and 7 of “The Use and Abuse of History,” we went over some of Nietzsche's major criticisms of historical...
geofreycrowDec 1, 20248 min readReading "On the Use and Abuse of History," Secs 6-7In the middle sections of “The Use and Abuse of History for Life,” philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche gets into the discussion of his main...
geofreycrowNov 24, 20248 min readReading "On the Use and Abuse of History," Secs. 4-5And in this way my thesis is to be understood and considered: “only strong personalities can endure history, the weak are extinguished by...
geofreycrowNov 18, 202414 min readWhat 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...
geofreycrowNov 10, 20248 min readReading "On the Use and Abuse of History," Secs 2 and 3In 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...
geofreycrowNov 3, 20248 min readReading "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...
