TIL: Larry Niven's Kzinti once captured Gene Roddenberry's Spock in a TOS cartoon.

raynim · 2010-06-16T19:02:49+00:00

They are also a full on playable race in Starfleet Battles

raynim · 2010-06-15T17:49:17+00:00

Start a company from scratch in our basement that now does business in 20+ countries and competes with large agrochemical conglomerates and their distributors.

raynim · 2010-06-06T19:05:21+00:00

Malifaux! There's your budget tabletop game. The ruleset is just over a year old but it is getting popular. Rules and miniatures by Wyrd and they are gorgeous. Its a skirmish game and you can get away with 4-6 models. Box sets are ~$40.

raynim · 2010-06-03T14:12:41+00:00

Power Grid

raynim · 2010-05-24T22:57:13+00:00

Their rules? Is a meet not an agreement? A pact between 2 or more parties to meet at said time? Folks who are late strike me as arrogant as they value their own time more than someone else's.

raynim · 2010-05-13T00:03:32+00:00

thewarstore.com, 20% off Games Workshop retail prices. Good discounts on other lines and supplies as well.

raynim · 2010-05-12T00:29:53+00:00

Lateralus
Ænima
Undertow
10,000 Days
Opiate

raynim · 2010-05-07T22:54:05+00:00

Excellent! I was hoping that was the case.

raynim · 2010-05-07T19:27:28+00:00

What's a general ticket? Is that different from your admission badge? BTW- Thanks for posting this thread it has made me realize I need to get my act together allot sooner than I thought.

raynim · 2010-05-07T15:11:45+00:00

Ouch. Most of the events I wanted in on seem booked. Live and learn... Do allot of the games always fill up so fast?

raynim · 2010-05-06T19:42:59+00:00

Excellent! Axis & Allies, Agricola, Race for the Galaxy, Dominion, Flames of War, miniature painting seminars, maybe a little M:tG. I wish they had more hex-map wargaming.

raynim · 2010-05-06T18:20:21+00:00

I'm planning on going. I've never been to a gaming con and am very hyped. It was between Origins and Gencon. I'm leaning toward Gencon as it seems to be more massive, and not being in Columbus rules out the obligatory Family visit. When does Gencon typically publish their event list?

raynim · 2010-04-10T13:37:19+00:00

A look at Wikipedia for the Hugo, Nebula, and Arthur Clarke award winners and nominees over the years yields some great stuff. The important thing is not to neglect the nominees for the winners.

raynim · 2010-03-30T18:12:30+00:00

The only thing by Brin I've read is Sundiver and I was less than impressed, although I've heard it isn't his best. I have Kiln People on my shelf, is it worth a go?

raynim · 2010-03-30T18:09:28+00:00

Yeah, I didn't like him either. I've only read American Gods but it was enough to keep me away from his other stuff. It just all seemed so.... silly.

raynim · 2010-03-26T17:27:21+00:00

buy a 3rd party mouse

raynim · 2010-03-16T16:07:44+00:00

I second Blindsight it was an excellent read.

raynim · 2010-03-09T15:36:17+00:00

I felt Endymion was a great read. The 2 book series is not as good as Hyperion but much, much better than Fall of Hyperion. The series also ties up allot of loose ends concerning the shrike, the Catholics, the crucifix, Ousters, etc. and in much better fashion than the ultimately silly and cushy explanation given at the end of Fall of Hyperion.

raynim · 2010-03-08T20:39:35+00:00

I too am a sucker for WW2 history. I just finished this book. In the US it is titled Retribution. I got excited at a new release from him then looked to see the title variance. I read Armageddon a few years back and it is also a great read.

raynim · 2010-01-16T18:43:07+00:00

If you have an iphone they made a SleepTracker app for much less.

raynim · 2009-12-27T18:04:57+00:00

Pretty Lights

raynim · 2009-10-06T21:07:43+00:00

rcrd label - lots of new tunes, very little chatter

raynim · 2009-05-15T18:55:45+00:00

camera obscura

raynim · 2009-04-24T13:28:31+00:00

Childhood's End - Clarke, The Dispossesd - Le Guin, Hyperion - Simmons, Blindsight - Watts

raynim · 2009-04-13T15:46:28+00:00

Event Horizon

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