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eBook deals 4/9/2021

Open Road Media manages the back catalog of ebooks for several of my favorite authors, and I like them in part because they regularly have great sales on ebooks. I think digital media has less value than physical media, given that you typically can’t turn it around and resell

Linkfest 2021-04-02: Good Friday

The Christian scandalously asserts that this day is a good day. And it is. Yesterday I got into a discussion on Twitter about how badly misunderstood the paladin has become in D&D. The meme on the gets the laugh from contemporary players, but it is the equivalent of

Linkfest 2021-03-26: Trigun Edition

. . . And Between the Wasteland & Sky JD Cowan masterfully analyzes the Catholic themes in Trigun Made in China Razib Khan looks at the history of China and various governments actions in Xinjiang. Appendix N Connection: The Origin of Shadows in the D&D Game How a classic story by

Linkfest 2021-03-12: The Importance of Leaving Bad Reviews

The Old That is Strong: Tolkien & the Anglo-Saxons An achingly beautiful exposition on how key passages in the Lord of the Rings echo either Anglo-Saxon history or Northern epic poems. Now I want to re-read my copy of Beowulf translated by Seamus Heaney [Amazon link]. I had considered naming

Linkfest 2021-02-06: The Implied Appendix N

The Implied Appendix N I like the phrase “The Implied Appendix N” to refer to the whole corpus of pulp adventure that formed the background of modern pop culture. DIY vs. BUY BUY BUY As the history of Gary Gygax at TSR illustrates, what makes a good hobby and what

LinkFest 2020-10-02

Seeing Our Own Reflection in the Birth of the Self-Portrait A fascinating look at Albrecht Dürer’s slightly scandalous self-portrait. ASTEROIDS: BY THE NUMBERS A detailed look at Asteroids by RETROGAME DECONSTRUCTION ZONE. Asteroids was meant to be something of a physics simulator, but with interesting adaptions to make the

LinkFest 2020-09-25

Welcome back to LinkFest, my weekly look at interesting things I’ve read, as well as retrospectives on my two main projects here, With Both Hands and The Long View re-posting project. Theodore Roosevelt and the Case for a Popular Constitution TR is a common subject here at With Both