Please enjoy these family photos taken this month. The photo above is from the kids and I reenacting the classic Edgar Allen Poe story “The Cask of Amontillado”.

Wizards of the Coast has just published a short article on one-on-one gaming that looks interesting. I am in the process of teaching my wife how to play D&D (her first RPG) and I’ve been debating which tact to take. I want her to be “in control” rather than GMing a game with [...]

Reuters is reporting that former AIG head Maurice Greenberg may be interested in taking over the New York Times:

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Maurice Greenberg, the former head of insurer American International Group Inc. (AIG.N: Quote, Profile, Research) is interested in launching a takeover for all of New York Times Co. (NYT.N: Quote, Profile, Research), CNBC [...]

The little ones are getting to the point where they identify or focus on particular characters when they watch movies. Sometimes their choices are a bit interesting, for example:
When watching Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Maggie wants to know where Gaston is and she’s concerned that he hurt himself when he falls from the [...]

I knew I shouldn’t have taken all those courses on existentialism in college… I’ve been tainted.

You scored as Existentialism. Your life is guided by the concept of Existentialism: You choose the meaning and purpose of your life.
“Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he [...]

Ben Robbins over at ars ludi presents an interesting concept in this entry. Why not put a second AI into video games whose purpose is to maximize the player’s enjoyment of the game.

Whats missing is the Second AI, the AI that controls the game itself, the AI that tries to make sure the player [...]

You scored as Storyteller. The Storyteller is in it for the plot: the sense of mystery and the fun of participating in a narrative that has the satisfying arc of a good book or movie. He enjoys interacting with well-defined NPCs, even preferring antagonists who have genuine motivations and personality to mere monsters. To the [...]

We were having Thanksgiving Day leftovers for lunch today, and Joey put a fork half-full of cranberry sauce on the table. He then proceeded to pick up a lima bean and a kernel of corn and held them above the fork.
Joey then said, “Look at my traffic light!”

After I chased the kids around this evening, pretending to be a zombie, they decided to embrace their own zombieness:

I find chasing the kids around, pretending to be a zombie and trying to unhinge their skulls, is an effective way of preparing them for bed. My wife, not so much.

Levi Kornelsen announces GameCraft:

I give you GameCraft.  This is a forum for discussion of tabletop roleplaying games.  It is not, by design, a standard forum for general use; for that, visit RPGnet or theRPGsite or ENworld.  GameCraft has a mission and a target: To become the best place to refine play from the ground up.  Let me [...]