In Stalin vs. Hitler by Alexey Lipatov, the WWII heavyweights duke it out, Marvel-comics style! Includes a guest appearance by Otto Skorzeny
[ link from I. ]
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Author: Dotan Dimet
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Lexicon: The RPG
Lexicon: an RPG, the creation of Neel Krishnaswami, is a game in 26 letters, where the PCs play the roles of opinionated academics composing an encyclopedia.
Here are two games of Lexicon, both running on Wikis. One is based on Nobilis, the other is based on Paranoia, and instigated by Alan Varney, one of the writers of Paranoia XP.
[ link from Ogre Cave. ]
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Sonic Weapon issued to Marines in Iraq
US Marines in Iraq have been issued a sonic gun, according to the Daily Mail:
The "Secret Scream" gun as it is called, could revolutionise the way US troops deal with snipers, suicide bombers and riots in the turmoil of post-war Iraq.
The actual sound used is a recording of a baby’s scream played backwards.
"For most people, even if they plug their ears, it will produce the equivalent of an instant migraine," said Woody Norris, chairman of American Technology Corporation, the Californian company that has produced the weapon.
"It will knock some people to their knees."
[ through decafbad ]
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Diet of Worms
Apparently, probiotic bacteria are no longer the cutting edge in re-introducting wildlife into the human digestive tract. a painfully (but inevitably) titled article claims that a diet of worms protects against bowel cancer.
[ New Scientist, via decafbad. ]
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Game Over
Last night (in the first hour of April the 15th, 2004), my campaign (Secret Origins) ended. It was a bit unexpected for me and for the players too, I think. However, I had put the loaded gun on the table, so to speak, when the PCs first learned that one of them (together with an NPC), could end the world. And I had signaled we were entering the last stretch a session or two ago, and last session chaos broke out and NPCs started dying (or making threatening comebacks).
But, you know, I guess I didn’t expect them to hit the "abort universe" (or "restart", whatever) button, at least not for a couple of sessions. Maybe I’m forgetting how my players are…
Ironically, earlier yesterday I had read Anders Sandberg’s campaign notes where he talks about the GM being willing to destroy the world. Well, we did it.
The question now is, what next? We started brainstorming our next campaign last night. This is the most exhilarating and most frightening step, I think. What shall we wear, oh what shall we where?