e447 — 23 and Games

Dungeons & Dragons adventure characters generated via DiffusionBee

Published 1 January 2024 Andy and Michael R are back while Michael M is away – and have a fantastic show on the DNA of 2023 in games. This episode starts with a stroll down the beginnings of Dungeons and Dragons, with Michael R sharing a couple of links from the Internet Archive.  He found a veritable treasure trove of documents, rulebooks and more.  A couple of which are in the show notes below.  Michael R noted that AD&D was not only about dungeons and dragons, with the same rules and mechanics applied to other sci-fi genres.  An additional example … Continue reading

e425 — Cone Heads

traffic cones on top of a fire hydrant and posts on the side of a street

Autonomous vehicles, new & old games: #Viewfinder, #DTD, #DND, #BaldursGate & #KOTOR as well as a discussion about the #Framework laptop. Continue reading

e415 — Pushing Our Buttons

modern automotive interior with physical buttons

metaverse, VR, Horizon Worlds, Skeuomorphism, design, buttons, fake license plates, Hell of a Racket, Dune, 2une, DND, Babylon 5, The Guild Continue reading

e412 — 3D or not 3D

3D picture of a book with a silhouette of a face due to the folds of the paper and light shining on it

3D holograms & tv, #VR treadmill, populating a virtual small town with 25 #AI models, self healing code & runways, #ChatGPT #dnd & #jailbreak Continue reading