April 25, 2025

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The Secret Douglas Adams RPG People Have Been Playing for 15 Years

Lewis Packwood026 mins

“While the producers and programmers work to find a way for us to play with their creations, we are busy building our own. The StarStruct Employee Forum is interactive fiction. We didn’t sit around and discuss what the game will be like or how we liked the book. We created characters, we put them on the ship, we invented storylines and conflicts, and we wrote a kind of story. It was often chaotic and frustrating, but it was (is) great.”

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Islamophobic Bus Ads In San Francisco Are Being Defaced With Kamala Khan

James Whitbrook03 mins

Well, this is just brilliant. Racist adverts promoting hatred against Muslims are currently being run on buses in San Francisco – but someone has started covering them up with anti-hatred messages from Marvel’s première Muslim superhero, Ms. Marvel. The adverts were purchased by the American branch of the Freedom Defence Initiative – who, here in…

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Here’s Why Alfred Calls Bruce Wayne “Master Bruce”

Esther Inglis-Arkell03 mins

We know that Alfred calling his employer, surrogate son, and the recipient of his wisdom, “Master Bruce,” is incredibly old-fashioned. But what did the term “Master” mean, before it became obsolete? Master comes from the term maegester, meaning “one having control or authority.” So, in the beginning, “master” pretty much meant “boss.” Over time, though,…

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Settlers of Catan Publisher Mayfair Games Offering Extra Extra and Flea Market Tabletop Games | The Escapist

Marshall Lemon03 mins

Mayfair Games, the publisher behind Settlers of Catan and Cones of Dunshire, is offering Extra Extra and Flea Market within the next two months. Settlers of Catan is pretty fun, but if you find yourself playing it as much as the Green Bay Packers, it might be time to mix things with another tabletop game….

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