New Media

China is building cities so fast that it actually has ghost cities where nobody lives. One other possible outcome of this breakneck construction is construction that might break your neck. Fortunately, this young lady in Xi’An survived this infrastructure failure.

A quick review of some of the other blogs where I’m writing to channel my many interests, from politics and web copywriting to my first novel, my second novel and role-playing games. Bold stuff is brand-new.

• The Investigation. Dispatches from detectives on the trail of a deadly cult, inspired by my book, The Detective vs. the Slime Monster from Outer Space, in turn inspired by the works of H.P. Lovecraft.
• A Historian of the Middle Eastside. Thoughts and commentary related to the themes I first explored in A History of the Middle Eastside
• Savage Games. An RPG-blog recapping Tuesday night adventures.
• The Propagandist. Confusion to our enemies.
• Writeimage. My company website and blog about copywriting.

Now you know where to find me, blog-wise. That is all.

I would watch this movie.

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I’ve temporarily retired from GM-ing Savage Worlds RPG campaigns with the boys and made the transition to “Player Character” in an Old West campaign a la Deadlands. I’ll probably start chronicling the adventure in a bit, but I wanted to get out some thoughts that were rolling around in my head while I was still a GM: particularly, the strategic use of guilt to make the adventure awesome.

One of the biggest challenges in gaming whatever campaign is getting your players “into” the story; in other words, making them care. Continue Reading »