=> https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2025/01/08/helldiverinos Penny Arcade: Helldiverinos

Made me laugh. I used to read Penny Arcade a lot, years ago. It's nice to be back reading it regularly again, even though I don't really play any video games anymore. 

=> https://oldmenrunningtheworld.com/on-agon/ On Agon

John Harper's game Agon has come up on my radar a few times recently. It seems worth learning more about. He does seem to be a brilliant designer. The only game of his I've played is Lasers and Feelings but I've read several others. 

=> gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2025/01/07.1 I am Socrates

A nice post about A.I. which I related to. I work in tech and A.I. is getting discussed for various things and I am very skeptical about it. I think rightly so, but this quote from Douglas Adams, shared in the post, is worth keeping in mind:

> Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works. Anything that's invented between when you're fifteen and thirty-five is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it. Anything invented after you're thirty-five is against the natural order of things.

=> https://www.gauntlet-rpg.com/blog/the-7-3-1-technique The 7-3-1 technique

A nice GM tool from Jason Cordova, creator of The Between (among other cool things).

=> https://www.polygon.com/star-trek/505101/star-trek-section-31-movie-origin-opinion Star Trek: Section 31 is about the most dangerous idea in Trek canon

Some good musings on Trek.

I'm enjoying gathering together these weekly links posts. Browsing the web can be a very transient thing, so it's nice to reflect back on recent stuff to see what made an impression. 
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