Two Worlds: A State of Frenzy

"We're doomed I tell you. That planet is hurtling through space towards the Earth and we haven't the power to stop it." Doctor Henry Warwick of the Royal Observatory could…

Two Worlds

What if Prospero didn't just loop through time and space but also dimensions? What if it revealed to the modern world the battleground of an unknown war, the genocides of…

It’s been slow here…

...and I apologise. From June last year until July this year I was working in a very low creativity (but nicely paid) job which meant that from the very minute…

Dectet

The Decktet is a deck of cards with suits, ranks, and named images. It is structurally unlike ordinary poker and tarot decks, meaning that you can do different things with…

Government scrambles to conceal UFO

On June 20th, there was a report of a UFO over England. Today the BBC announced that it was a 'glow lantern' and not actually an observer from another world.…

I have a pretty strong stomach…

...but this revolts me: A BOY of seven was kept chained in a cellar by his cannibal family — as they ATE parts of him. He had been partially skinned…

Sarcasm

Sarcastic quotes made me laugh this morning. Thanks to @darrylxxx for the link.

Frontier ‘look and feel’

More of a precis to get the feel across. There are a few themes that I am exploring here. And I'm not being preachy about it. Western Europe is devastated…

Frontier summaries

Summary: The basic setting assumes that players are highly skilled, highly motivated members of the Explorer division of Human Unity, a 'federation'-alike government. Their job is to make contact, explore…

Frontier: History of the Future

In the first half of the twentieth century, humanity discovered, developed and weaponised nuclear fission. Through a small amount of vision and a large amount of luck, humanity managed to…

Frontier: man and machine

While the scientists of Human Unity have pushed the frontiers of science and innovation further than any of their ancestors, there are some areas which they have not dwelled heavily…

The Morality of AI

On the Morality of AI (from an rPG net thread about Eclipse Phase"Their morality may seem alien because we may not want to grasp it but, at the end of…

Gallifreyans do it in Time…

Wired writes about Gallifreyan incest: "Doctor Who star David Tennant is currently dating Georgia Moffett -- the actress who portrayed The Doctor's daughter in the Who episode of that same…

Erick Wujick has passed away

Kevin Siembieda writes: “Erick passed away as gentle as a snowflake.” That’s how Kay Kozora, Erick’s ‘Beautiful Kate’ of nearly 30 years put it when she called with the sad…

Frontier Swarmtech

Swarmtech is the application of robotics to nanotech principles. Nanotech is used extensively in molecular replicators - large immobile devices designed to replicate thousands of identical objects - often microscopic…