I thought about not even writing about this game. Here's the short version. I love Battletech. I don't love this new video game. To examine that statement with a bit more nuance... I'll just give you my impressions of the game. Take them as you will. I've put about 20 hours into the game and …
The newest Battletech videogame, from Harebrained Schemes is now officially released, so it seemed like a good time to return to Battletech. In my previous post I mentioned that there were two significant debates I see crop up about Battletech and that they were both somewhat intertwined. The first was about why Battletech never achieved the …
So, Star Wars is a hot-button issue for our little geek community these days… I’m going to skip over all of that though. I want to ruminate about the Force. This post evolved from a lunch conversation with my wife, a lifetime of being a Star Wars fan, and 20+ years of running/playing/thinking about Star …
I follow a pretty decent Battletech group online. They have their squabbles, and there is plenty of old vs. new debate... But by and large it is a quality group that helps spread the lore, provide good updates, and occasionally engage in an interesting debate. There have been two debates that I've seen recently that …
Here's an odd one for today, following up on my Nine Princes piece last week. I want to discuss the issue of the "whiteness" of the Princes and the story they are in. We live in a time when diversity is being recognized (and reacted against) in new ways. Black Panther - with a brilliant …
(aka... a little, fluffy, fandom post) I had this whole post planned for today discussing the lunatic fringe of our little subculture today... but then it was all rainy and unpleasant out and I thought... why not something pleasant instead. So - here's my dreamy fan-casting for the Amber movie(s) that will never be. Also, …
This little post started out as a message to one of my players who was struggling with playing the Decker. She felt like her options were actually rather limited as the Decker, because they always seemed to come down to "I throw a data spike." So, I was thinking about the issue... This idea that …
