There Is Something for Both Board Gamers and Video Gamers in Mechs vs. Minions

Some thoughts on why Mechs & Minions is so good.

There Is Something for Both Board Gamers and Video Gamers in Mechs vs. Minions

Virginia: Masks, Identity, and the Horror of Our Own Reflection

A strange and compelling little game. For those who like strange and compelling little games.

Virginia: Masks, Identity, and the Horror of Our Own Reflection

I like teaching Gertrude Stein

But that's because I like explaining that which seems inexplicable.

Is the emperor wearing clothes? Maybe. Maybe Not.

Clothed or nude, emperors are amusing. They all always seem so certain of themselves.

Posthuman Examines the Tension Between Competition and Co-operation

The board game Posthuman has an odd mechanic that leads to an alternate co-operative ending within what is otherwise a competitive board game. I suspect this mechanic is intended to prevent the problem of "king making," a common unintended consequence of American board game design that players frequently complain about. My thinking about this lead to the following essay:

Posthuman Examines the Tension Between Competition and Co-operation

Westworld Ponders the Lives of NPCs

Hard to say what I think of Westworld so far. Definitely interesting. Very grim, though.

Along with being grim, it's humorless, which can be the death knell of something so dark. Shakespeare understood this, which is why there is so much humor in his tragedies. Tarantino understands this, too, of course. We'll see how it works out for this show.

Westworld Ponders the Lives of NPCs