One Can Count on "Mad" Mike

One Can Count on "Mad" Mike

I strongly disagree with his stance on abortion*, and am apalled at the strawmen he allows himself when discussing that issue, but he is an acerbic hater of liberals, and can still give good advice. For example, don't stick your male parts in a liberal [http://www.michaelzwilliamson.com/blog/index.php?itemid=494] . Best line? "There's a cure for some forms of cancer. For Demorrhoids, there is only helicopters." * To put it mildly. And I likely have more respect for him than he displays to thos…

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Moritz von Schwind

Moritz von Schwind

A bit of art for the beginning of the week. Moritz von Schwind [https://infogalactic.com/info/Moritz_von_Schwind]. The Prisoner's Dream is what captured my attention.…

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Convergence in Gaming

Convergence in Gaming

Yesterday's post may have been a bit unfair to Euro's. Having played games like Small World I know that a number do involve direct conflict and strategy, and that far from all of them are "parallel solo" games. Nevertheless, there is a degree of focus on economic engines and indirect conflict, if any at all, that in degree and depth is markedly different from older hobbyist games like AH wargames, the original Steve Jackson minigames, and the games TSR sold in addition to D&D like Awful Green…

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