Wednesday, June 08, 2005

Corporations Enter Blogosphere

Corporations Enter Blogosphere

"When General Motors Corp. wanted to stop speculation this spring that it might eliminate its Pontiac and Buick brands, Vice Chairman Bob Lutz took his case directly to dealers and customers who were up in arms about the possibility.

"He wrote about it on the company's blog."

Alien Thinking

Alien Thinking

"Not many scientists are prepared to take tales of alien abduction seriously, but John Mack, a Harvard professor who was killed in a road accident in north London last year, did. Ten years on from a row which nearly lost him his job, hundreds of people who claim they were abducted still revere him.

"Professor John E Mack was an eminent Harvard psychiatrist, psychoanalyst and Pulitzer Prize winner whose clinical work had focused on explorations of dreams, nightmares and adolescent suicide."

Tuesday, June 07, 2005

Fudge Factor: Kilbrandeen House

Here is a very good adventure that recently appeared in Fudge Factor. Being that it is written for Fudge, it would be pretty easy to adapt. It is well worth checking out.

Fudge Factor: Kilbrandeen House

"Sitting high up on a hill, on the outskirts of Scotland, there sits Kilbrandeen House. This abandoned house has held the town in awe with legends and mysterious happenings for the last 200 years.

Enter, if you dare."

Wednesday, June 01, 2005

Voyager 1 reaches solar system's final frontier

Voyager 1 reaches solar system's final frontier

"NASA's Voyager 1 has reached the final frontier of our solar system, having traveled through a turbulent place where electrically charged particles from the Sun crash into thin gas from interstellar space.

"Astronomers tracking the little spaceship's 26-year journey from Earth believe Voyager 1 has gone through a region known as termination shock, some 8.7 billion miles from the Sun, and entered an area called the heliosheath"

Wednesday, May 18, 2005

'The Riddler' Frank Gorshin Dies at 72

He will be missed. He is already missed I am sure.

'The Riddler' Frank Gorshin Dies at 72

"Frank Gorshin, the impressionist with 100 faces best known for his Emmy-nominated role as the Riddler on the 'Batman' TV series, has died. He was 72."

Tuesday, May 17, 2005

The Burger King In Yellow


And you should ask yourself, is this new concept of Burger King an avatar of the King in Yellow? Posted by Hello

Sunday, May 15, 2005

Three killed over role-playing game in Brazil

Wow. That's player immersion.

Three killed over role-playing game in Brazil

"A 21-year-old man and his parents were killed after the man agreed to be murdered along with his family if he lost a murder-mystery role-playing game, local media reported Saturday."

There's also that little voice saying, "You're a psycho" to pretty much everyone involved in this little senario.

Tuesday, May 10, 2005

Stone the crows! Exploding toad case solved

Stone the crows! Exploding toad case solved

"After weeks of flummoxing scientists, Germany's great exploding toads mystery has been solved. They were gruesomely murdered by crows with a taste for foie gras."

Sunday, May 08, 2005

TOP SECRET: Unit

TOP SECRET: Unit

"Any threat. Any location. Protecting humanity no matter how far it takes us."

This is not, however, apparently connected to the UNIT that appeared in Doctor Who. I could be wrong though.

Saturday, May 07, 2005

The FATE Interview

RPG Blog: The FATE Interview

The owner of the RPG Blog interviews Fred Hicks and Rob Donoghue, the creators of FATE, one of the more interesting versions of the Fudge rules available out there currently.